Report: 2GB and 4GB iPod shuffles in the works
Apple Computer plans to introduce a 2GB iPod shuffle in June and a 4GB version two months later, according to an overseas report.
It should be noted that DigiTimes has been consistently inaccurate in their predictions of future and unannounced Apple products.
Still, the overseas publication which closely monitors Apple's component suppliers and hardware manufacturers in the far east, may be on to something.
AppleInsider sources believe Apple is destine to use at least one of these chips for a future digital music player that will debut in the next month or so.
Rumors of a new iPod using 2GB flash memory have been steady over the past two months. Whether these new players will debut as an iPod shuffle — in its current form and design — is a totally different subject.
The most reliable rumors suggest the new breed of flash-based iPods, due this spring, will contain a display screen.
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I hope it sells better than the 1GB model sells now.
I said it before and I'll say it again...the whole beauty behind iPod is the user interface and it's ability to access hundreds/thousands of songs quickly and easily.
The iPod Shuffle does not do that. It does serve a purpose for those who simply just want to hear music randomly...but for all intensive purposes...it's not much different than any other MP3 flash player.
I'd love to see a 2gb iPod (perhaps flatter but wider than a shuffle) with click wheel and display. Price it at the current 1 GB Shuffle price and you've got a winner.
I just don't see it happening. It's already takes forever to fill up the 512mb. It would take like an hour to fill up a 4gb.
but for all intensive purposes
Must... resist... urge... to... nitpick.... AAAAAAHHH!
It's intents and purposes, not intensive!
**Pant** **Wheeze** I'm just too weak...
people are lso liking the display screen that the minis have and such.... so they might sell a lil better b/c they have more space, but it might not encourage people w/out that display screen, but who knows.. we'll see what happens when it come out