Apple 15GB iPOD for $255 + shipping

[mchammer187]

Originally posted by: Wheatmaster

Originally posted by: anxman69
PLEASE WAIT BEFORE BUYING AN IPOD. There is a price drop this week. New iPods are being anounced 7/19/04.

-Ankur

huh source?

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=38&threadid=1354690&highlight_key=y&keyword1=ipod

4th gen ipods will be $299 for a 20GB

and cheaper with the education discount

i think it may be time to update from my 2nd generation

 

[MicroChip911]

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=40&threadid=1354648

 

[Ultimobah]

Originally posted by: KAMAZON
I wonder why IPODs are so expensive and overpriced.

They aren't overpriced, you're just overcheap.

Originally posted by: vroom1810
doesn't the iRiver 140 (40gb hd) have more features (like digital in/out, and play formats iPods don't, and have ability to record through microphone and some other things) and cost less than an iPod? I, too, wonder why iPod's cost so much. Aren't there comparable (or better units) out there? Just wondering since i plan on getting a hd-based player. This iPod deal here seems like a good price, though!

Because the iRiver's extra features don't matter to 99% of the people 99% of the time, and would just add extra size to a player that caught on because it hit that magic capacity/size equation. How many people are realistically going to use thier music player to record sound? How about the fact that digital output isn't going to make any difference when you're listening with headphones, as you'll be doing with the iPod?

Things that Apple can do with the iPod that the iRiver can not:

1) come up with their own naming scheme
2) use smart playlists
3) play songs from the iTMS, the best music store available.

Sure there are other music stores, but either they don't have the selection that iTMS does or they use WMA with its inconsistent, butt pirate restrictions on use.

To the guy who wants a sub $200 iPod...don't hold your breath for a new one. Try to get a refurb or a used one from somebody who's upgrading. Or hold out and hope that the HPods (HP branded iPods) have a cheaper, lower capacity verison.