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Apple refreshes iPod shuffle colors, intros 120GB iPod classic

Although it wasn't mentioned during chief executive Steve Jobs' keynote presentation Tuesday morning, Apple refreshed the color options for its second-generation iPod shuffle. Separately, the company introduced a new 120GB version of the iPod classic.

iPod shuffle

Billed as "the world’s most wearable music player," the iPod shuffle is just half a cubic inch in volume, weighs just half an ounce, features an aluminum design with a built-in clip and comes in silver, red, and more vibrant shades of blue, green, and purple.

"At just $49, the iPod shuffle is the most affordable iPod ever,” said Greg Joswiak, Apple’s vice president of Worldwide iPod Product Marketing. "The 2GB model lets music lovers bring even more songs everywhere they go in the impossibly small iPod shuffle."

The new shuffles remain priced at $49 for the 1GB model and $69 for the 2GB model. The new vibrant color palette (top) compared to the pale color units that were announced earlier in the year.

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iPod shuffle

iPod classic

Separately, Apple said its iPod classic family of players now consists of just one slimline model in either grey or black. The thicker 160GB model has been discontinued and the thinner 80GB model was upgrade with 50 percent more capacity for the same $249 price tag.

iPod shuffle



22 Comments

johnny mozzarella 19 Years · 1818 comments

The shuffle gets no keynote love from the Steve : (

mrtotes 20 Years · 746 comments

120GB?

Methinks the 160GB drives are needed for MacBook Airs

takeo 19 Years · 446 comments

WTF?! They REDUCED the capacity of the Classic?!?!?!?! Seriously p*ssed off.

stuart kirby 17 Years · 14 comments

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Originally Posted by Takeo

WTF?! They REDUCED the capacity of the Classic?!?!?!?! Seriously p*ssed off.

Oh behave yourself. I take it you bought a 160GB one to contribute to the obviously poor sales of it?

Most people who bought a classic bought the 80GB. It's a good move.

joelsalt 17 Years · 820 comments

Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuart Kirby

Oh behave yourself. I take it you bought a 160GB one to contribute to the obviously poor sales of it?

Most people who bought a classic bought the 80GB. It's a good move.

wasn't the 160 just two 80 gb anyway?

This seems like the end (or near it) for both products, as they got anemic updates (shuffle especially ... no price drop or anything)