From Steve's mouth: "phat" Nano, 160gb Classic, new Touch, cheap iPhones

[strredwolf]

Okay, summary...

New iPod Shuffle colors, 1gb for $80, including a (PRODUCT) RED shuffle.

iPod Nano: 320x240 display, looks like a fat squat sumo wrestler that's a thousand pounds overweight (for a sumo wrestler), does video and a choppy CoverFlow, $150 for silver 4gb, $200 for colored 8gb.

iPod: Now the iPod Classic, thinner, same stuff, $250 for 80 gb, $350 for 160 gb.

iPod Touch: iPhone w/o Phone & edge.  Thinner.  Has Wifi + safari, no speakers. $300 for 8gb, $400 for 16 gb.

iPhone:  PRICE DROP!  $400 for 8gb iPhone plus service.  Ringtones for extra $1 through iTunes, any 30 seconds of any song.

iTunes:  WiFi accessible via native iPod Touch/iPhone -- download and pay for music on your device.  Free access to WiFi store in all Starbucks in two years time.

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I've waited on an iPhone, and I'm rewarded by a $200 discount... but for the same amount of money, and forgoing phone & EDGE, I get a 16 gb version!!!  Oh $DEITY what to do what to do...   

Comments

[raemonde.livejournal.com]

] Consider your current phone/provider and whether they suit your needs (also the ability or lack thereof to unlock from AT&T). Consider whether you want your media device and phone to be the same device or not. Consider waiting even longer?

] I haven't completely decided myself yet, but I also don't have the clams.

-Rob

[strredwolf.livejournal.com]

1a. It's AT&T, so it's a matter of "$35 prepaid + $20 for unlimited data, or $60 postpaid, each month."

1b. I'm carrying a cell phone and an iPod 80gig. Most of the time I'm listening to podcasts. I think I can stop carrying two copies of Top Gear around.

1c. I got to wait anyway. My paycheck got deposited, but with a weekend overdraft I woke up with $850. I just dropped $200 on two scanners (one for me, one for Mia), three cheap plastic crates to put junk in, and a copy of Spaceballs on DVD that was in Office Depot. I need to slap $300 on my student loans, and possibly pack Mia's scanner up to ship along with an old Quadro Mac to send back to Apple. I can't drop $400 right now.