New iPods For The Trendy Music Lovers

How do you design the new iPod shuffle? Well, you could cut it into half, then skinned a few millimetres off the thickness, attach a clip, give it a shiny aluminium body and bump up the storage capacity to 2GB.

Simply WOW!

Someone is calling the latest iPod shuffle the "world's smallest MP3 player". I agree. It will be available in October, and at the price of US$79 (S$125). If I didn't have an MP3 player now (or if I wanted a new one) I would get this!



Latest iPod nano is also a charmer. Coming in a few colours like the mini series, it has new capacities, better displays, better batteries, and new pricing. Features include even-thinner aluminum case as well as green, silver, black, blue, and pink colours (only aluminium or black for the 2GB and 8GB versions) It will cost you US$149 (S$240) for 2GB, US$199 (S$320) for 4GB, and US$249 (S$400) for the 8GB model. This will be for those who really likes the screen and the small form factor. I think this is one of the best selling products from iPod and I hope that it does not suffer from the poorly-designed screen problem that the old nano has.



This is Apple's flagship iPod (with video) model. The screen is now 60% brighter, the battery can last up to 3.5 hours when you playback video, comes with a new set of headphones (personally I think we should use our own). Most of the specs remained the same, with a few changes in the software. The iPod is getting gapless (no gaps between songs) playback, text-based search and brightness controls, together with a few games (free!). Bejeweled (my favourite), Cubis 2, Mahjong, Mini Golf, Pac Man, Tetris, Texas Hold 'Em, Vortex, and Zuma are bundled. New games can be bought from iTunes at US$5 each. The new 30GB iPod will be going for US$250 (S$400), and the 80GB model for US$350 (S$560), which means they are much cheaper than before and certainly more storage per dollar you spend. When can you buy it? I'm not sure either, but it should be around the corner.