crave.cnet.co.uk - 9/10/2008
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Apple has scrapped the 80GB and 160GB iPod classics, replacing them with a single 120GB edition. With 1.8-inch 240GB hard disks available, why did Apple do this to us?
appleinsider.com - 9/9/2008
gadgets.boingboing.net - 9/9/2008
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gadgets.boingboing.net —
Steve Jobs just announced that the 160GB iPod
Classic — basically the only one that can handle...
the totality of a serious iTunes collection — is being discontinued in Apple's manic pursuit of thinness... a pursuit reflected in the ...
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Apple discontinues 160GB iPod Classic: 120GB the only ...
gizmodo.com - 9/10/2008
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gizmodo.com —
With yesterday's refresh to Apple's iPod line, it
was hard not to feel at least a little...
deja vu . I've been following new iPod announcements—which often come more than once a year—since 2001, when the first iPod showed up in stores for an astronomical $399. In the iPod's seven ...
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7 Years of iPod: What You Paid and What You Got [Apple]
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iPod Classic May Get Genius Playlists [Ipod Classic]
Gizmodo —
... was getting kicked to the curb—so to speak. However, Crave UK claims that Apple reps at the event told them that Genius playlists would come to the device via a free software upgrade. It's a glimmer of hope for classic fans who feel a bit gypped, but source here seems sketchy, so I wouldn't don't take this rumor to the bank. [Crave UK] ...
iPod Classic might get Genius brain
CrunchGear —
... Crave is reporting that the poor old iPod Classic may get Genius playlist creation through an upcoming firmware update that may give the Classic a little more respect after the launch of the ...
Zune 30, older iPod classic getting new firmware fun
Engadget —
... the new Genius playlists. That's particularly interesting since Genius is most definitely a new feature, but it doesn't sound like Apple's going to charge for it -- which flies in the face of the company's "we have to charge for new features because of Sarbanes-Oxley accounting requirements" $9.95 iPod touch update price reasoning. We won't complain too loudly about free updates, but that's definitely a little odd -- care to explain that one, Steve? Read - iPod classic getting Genius update Read - Zunes getting Zune 3.0 firmware ...
Zune 3.0 firmware and iPod Classic Genius Update
PR News: —
... the Zune 3.0 firmware update which will enable Buy From FM, WiFi music store features and channels, Apple on the other hand at the Recent Lets Rock Event said to CNET that the iPod Classic will get the Genius update (Genius Playlist).
Now we all know that Genius is a brand new feature, so to see something new going onto something old is pretty good when you think about it, oh and for good measure as far as we can see Apple are not going to charge you for it.
Read more on the iPod classic getting Genius update – Read more on the Zunes getting Zune 3.0 ...
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