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Apple Introduces 1GB iPod nano, Reduces shuffle Price

Tuesday, February 7th, 2006 at 8:45 AM - by Staff

Apple announced the immediate availability of a 1GB version of the iPod nano on Tuesday. The new model comes in either black or white, and includes the same features and form factor as its 2GB and 4GB siblings, like a color display, Click Wheel, and slip-cover case. The 1GB iPod nano is priced at US$149.


Apple Promotes the New 1GB iPod nano

In conjunction with the release of the new nano, Apple reduced the price on the iPod shuffle. The smaller iPod without a display is still available in 512MB and 1GB capacities, but is now priced at $69 and $99 respectively.


Apple Lowers the shuffle's Price

The introduction of a 1GB nano comes as no surprise to analysts, who have been predicting this since before Macworld Expo in January. What they did not expect, however, was that Apple would continue to produce the shuffle in both 512MB and 1GB models.

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Brutno said:

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Tue Feb 07, 2006 10:43 am

While the analysts were surprised it does make sense to continue producing the Shuffle. The tooling is existing and long-ago expensed - why not milk it? The oddity I see is in the Nano 1 GB pricing. A US $50 differencial for essentially a screen and larger battery seems a bit much; I see the price dropping soon, especially since the tooling for the Nano has long been expensed as well. (I know there are other cost factors in play but I tried to view the pricing structure from a customer's prospective.)

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A guest said: (hide)

Tue Feb 07, 2006 10:50 am

A shuffle is a nearly a perfect workout player (for some gyms, a FM tuner would be great for the televisions) so I see why they keep making them. There are no screen scratching worries and you spend less time trying to find songs and more time listening. It is a nice complement to a regular iPod.

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A guest said: (hide)

Tue Feb 07, 2006 12:41 pm

I have the 1G iPod (10GB), the 1G iPod mini (4GB), the 1G iPod nano (4GB), and the iPod shuffle (1GB) and have to say that my favorite by far is the shuffle. It's almost a perfect product.

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A guest said: (hide)

Tue Feb 07, 2006 12:52 pm

I love my shuffle. I've had it for almost a year now and still feel almost no temptation to buy a more expensive one. While the iTunes library on my PowerBook is 12.3GB, there is simply no need for me to spend hundreds more to haul all that around when my longest walk, bus ride, or drive is 25 minutes. The shuffle holds 10-14 hours of music. There is none of the anxiety that goes with owning a "better" iPod. Its white plastic doesn't look like it has scratches, although it does if you look closely. It can be dropped without worry. The accessories cost less. It fits in pockets as small as the coin pocket of jeans. Practically speaking, it has no weight or size.

I have found that I can operate the shuffle buttons through a layer of fabric, such as putting it in an inside jacket pocket (to better rein in the headphone cable) and controlling it from an outside jacket pocket. Not sure if that's possible with the touch wheels on the "better" iPods.

The most interesting move here is not the introduction of a 1GB nano, but the use of the 1GB nano to push the 512GB shuffle to $69. I have toyed with the idea of getting a shuffle just for the car. By having a $69 iPod available, Apple may have figured out how to get more money out of me. They are moving the shuffle further into the "impulse buy" category, and for that reason alone, the shuffle deserves to live.

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Tue Feb 07, 2006 1:39 pm

It makes perfect sense to continue the iPod Shuffle. I will be buying a 512MB for my youngest niece, and 1GB for her older sister and myself. I gave my bf one after receiving one as a gift. I already have a 4Gen iPod, but played around with his to show him how to put music on it. I thought I'd never like an iPod without a display. But because it's rugged and I have almost no worries with it, I want one for myself. I'll wait till later this year of MW07 for a true Video iPod.

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A guest said: (hide)

Tue Feb 07, 2006 5:35 pm

This round of price reductions was probably driven by price reductions in the flash memory market. I just saw a thread on a photo website about 30% price reductions announced on some brands of Compact Flash cards for cameras. 30% off is about how far the shuffles prices were cut.

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burrito said:

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Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:49 pm

this is stupid. it's a step backwards, really. what they should have done is drop the 512 shuffle, redesign the 1gb into a slimmer, sexier form factor, include a black version, and drop the price to $100. if anything, they should be increasing memory size-- drop the price of the 2gb, and release a 6gb or 8gb-- that's what i was originally hoping for anyways. the 4gb nano was a monumental step back from the 6gb mini. if they released an 8gb, i might actually go for it, but i know for a fact i'll never buy a 1gb... it's just too damn small...

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A guest said: (hide)

Thu Feb 09, 2006 3:36 am

Love the Shuffle price drops, but a Black Shuffle would've been awesome too. You listenin', Apple?

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A guest said: (hide)

Thu Feb 09, 2006 3:42 am

Btw, I'm really glad that Apple decided to keep the Shuffle around, instead of axeing it in favor of ever-cheaper Nanos. Why?

Simply put, the Shuffle's little secret... SOUND QUALITY.

The rest of the iPod line (and most competing players) use capacitors in their output stages. The Shuffle, on the other hand, used a superior push-pull transistor design, which makes the Shuffle simply sound better, especially in the bass.

Some of the newer iPods have narrowed the gap, but the Shuffle is still the best sounding iPod... and possibly the best sounding player on the market, period.

For more on this, check out this PC Magazine article:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1777890,00.asp

And charts:

http://home.comcast.net./~machrone/playertest/playertest.htm

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Wed Mar 01, 2006 10:55 am

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