HP iPod: white and silver, extra features?

Contrary to popular belief and original demonstrations of the player earlier this year, the Hewlett-Packard iPod will debut in attire very similar to Apple's version of the player.

According to Hewlett-Packard's

">shopping website

, the HP iPod will sport a white and silver enclosure rather than the blue skin demoed by the computer maker earlier this year.

An article write-up in today's Wall Street Journal also claims that HP's iPod will include "different hardware features" to further distinguish it, although no details were provided.

HP has already begun to take pre-orders for the digital music players on

">HPShopping.com

, selling 20GB and 40GB versions for US$299.99 and $399.99 respectively, the same price as Apple. The company also said the iPod would be available at Circuit City, CompUSA, Best Buy, Office Depot, Staples, Radio Shack, Fry's, Amazon.com and Costco.

HP will debut a new advertising campaign to launch the music player during the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, Aug. 29. The campaign will feature ads directed by Music video producer Paul Hunter, the company said.

Hewlett-Packard and Apple first announced plans to ship an HP version of the iPod back in January. HP is expected to officially introduce the new players during a press event at 10:00 AM Eastern Time today.

Meanwhile, at least one analyst expects HP's version of the iPod to "outsell Apple's version relatively quickly" due to the company's "broad distribution at electronics retailers."

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21 Comments

new

said about 19 years ago

Well, since appleinsider is a bit LATE on this, you are all welcome in my already existing thread.

nagromme

said about 19 years ago

Outsell Apple's own iPods? Can they even MAKE that many?

pbg4 dude

said about 19 years ago

Quote:

Originally posted by nagromme
Outsell Apple's own iPods? Can they even MAKE that many?

Only the iPod mini is constrained. There are more than enough HDs for the full size (like it's so frickin' big) iPod.

mortigi tempo

said about 19 years ago

Quote:

Originally posted by AppleInsider
Meanwhile, at least one analyst expects HP's version of the iPod to "outsell Apple's version relatively quickly" due to the company's "broad distribution at electronics retailers."

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If this happens, say bye bye to the iPod in the future. One years time, HP releases their own music player, and it will continue to outsell the iPod due to existing mind share. Here's hoping the hPod is a "modest" success

bill m

said about 19 years ago

Quote:

Originally posted by mortigi tempo
If this happens, say bye bye to the iPod in the future. One years time, HP releases their own music player, and it will continue to outsell the iPod due to existing mind share. Here's hoping the hPod is a "modest" success

But on the other hand, if it proves to be a huge success, hPod customers would be tied to AAC and iTunes; a non iPod device would be simply ignored by the growing user base. I thing HP is in it for the long run and hope others join soon. I am glad to see Apple and its logo along the HP iPod anouncement. Much better than just a re-branded version. Kudos to Jobs and Fiorina.