Toshiba Announces 0.85 Inch HDD, MagicStor Announces new 1 Inch Drives

So by mid year. We'll have an entire new iPod and iPod mini range.

think I'm setting myself up for disappointment.....again.

though maybe by years end.

Just wondering, would anyone in the States be willing to purchase an iPod mini on my behalf, and send it over here (UK)? If so, let me know ...

this only goese to show that theres a huge market here. just think of what we might end up with.. Stuff your usb drives bring out the firewire pocket drives lol

See what kind of good stuff he finds? Ehh, ehh, ehh???

Go you!

MagicStor also announced new drives

2.2GB and 4.8GB 1" drives.

arn

Originally posted by joed
So by mid year. We'll have an entire new iPod and iPod mini range.

think I'm setting myself up for disappointment.....again.

though maybe by years end.

I know, but I have learned never to order anything within a month of a show or after 5 months of something being on the market. I waited sooo long for the DVD-R Powerbook, and in the end had no choice but to buy one without. Two months later, guess what happened!?

I know people think the iPod is expensive, and I guess it is, but the technology is so advanced and the design so beautiful that they REALLY are worth the extra $50 when you compare them side-by-side with the RIO. Consider that the 4GB drive alone costs more to buy as a consumer than the whole iPod Mini. I looked at one for my camera and they are over $400 in Compact Flash format.

I think it is important not to consider this as a cut-down iPod, but as a whole new form factor that will probably replace the main iPod as the capacity increases. Right now, buyers will pay a premium for the technology because it is cool and despite it being only $50 less than the main iPod.

You really need to hold one of these things to appreciate them. Once you do, and if you have the money, you will want one ASAP. If you don't have the money, do not go near them. These are the iPods of Power.

Maybe things aren't that bad for the iPod mini. The new one is for early adopters of course. They really will not have much market penetration until around July, and then a few months later 2gen iPod mini with different capacities and maybe a 2gig $149 price (new colors too!) Then we have the holiday season and next year around this time Apple has 90% market share! Along with G6 PMac and G5 everything else. Hopefully.

Originally posted by alfonsog
Maybe things aren't that bad for the iPod mini. The new one is for early adopters of course. They really will not have much market penetration until around July, and then a few months later 2gen iPod mini with different capacities and maybe a 2gig $149 price (new colors too!) Then we have the holiday season and next year around this time Apple has 90% market share! Along with G6 PMac and G5 everything else. Hopefully.

But, but next year, every clown will be making a 2g or 4g mp3 player. they'll be everywhere and the Flash ones will be dying. iPod Mini will still be the most expensive. Then, add all these new music stores to the picture, most of which will not support iPod, but will support all these other guys. The timing was definitely perfect to grab the entire 1gig+ mp3 player market, but I fear that they entirely missed.

Real player allows you to listen to protected AAC tracks.

Well this is according to a friend that was demoing just day ago.

I recall when the press release went out that Apple was making a "digital lifestyle device" that had something to do with music. When the word finally broke that it was just an mp3 player, everyone was crestfallen. All that excitement for nothing.

But when the press event finally happened, and we all saw how cool the iPod was, everyone was salivating again. Apple really showed the world how good an mp3 player could be, and it really was a revolutionary product.

The iPod mini is less revolutionary, but all evolutionary. Now that Apples kicking out 20-40 gb iPods, 4Gb seems woefully small. But, there are lots of consumers who's *active* music collection (i.e. the stuff they listen to on a day to day basis) doesn't even exceed 1000 songs. That's still 80-90 CD's.

I had the opportunity to speak with Ron Johnson when the iPod was still very new (i.e. the only $400 mp3 player on the planet), and I asked him how he felt about the price point. He said (paraphrased), "Think about the tremendous investment people have already made in the music they own. If they own 100 CD's, thats about $1500 worth of music. Now what would it be worth to be able to enjoy that music all the time, everywhere you go? Wouldn't that also be worth $1500, or more?"

For a lot of people, the iPod mini is a stylish, complete solution. The extra storage of the 15Gb model doesn't add value for them. But the smaller form factor, and anodized aluminum does.