Apple Unveils Low-Cost Mac, Tiny IPod
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Seeking to make inroads against lower-cost competitors, Apple Computer Inc. introduced a cut-rate computer the size of a paperback and a tiny iPod that starts at &#36;99 but holds far fewer songs than the company's hard drive-based music players.
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Apple Inc.  plans to launch a  cheaper version of the iPhone in the fourth quarter that could  be based on the ultra-slim iPod Nano music player, according to  a JP Morgan report.
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Apple Computer Inc. chief executive Steve Jobs introduced a cut-rate computer the size of a paperback on Tuesday and a tiny iPod that starts at &#36;99, but holds fewer songs than its hard drive-based music players.
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Steve Jobs shows enthusiastic Macworld audience Apple's new tiny computer and music player.
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Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs unveiled new versions of the company's market-leading iPod media player Wednesday, including an iPod Nano with a 2.5-inch screen for watching movies and playing games.
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Apple has unveiled an iPod with a photo display function aimed at maintaining the company&#39;s lead in the market for digital music players.
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(InfoWorld) - Apple will follow up its debut iPhone with a cheaper version based on the iPod nano, a JPMorgan financial analyst said yesterday, echoing comments last week by bloggers scouring the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office database. Kevin Chang, a Taiwan-based analyst with New York's JPMorgan Chase, said that Apple will release a less-expensive iPhone in the fourth quarter, according to Reuters. Chang, who based his forecast on unnamed sources in the supply channel and an Apple application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office filed last week, said a follow-up to the current iPhone could be based on the iPod nano, Apple's flash drive-based music player. "We believe that iPod nano will be converted into a phone because it's probably the only way for Apple to launch a lower-end phone without severely cannibalizing iPod nano," Chang told Reuters. At $300, a scaled-down nano-based iPhone might sell as many as 30 million to 40 million units in 2008, Chang argued. Apple's CEO, Steve Jobs, has fixed the iPhone sales target through 2008 at 10 million handsets. Apple's iPod nano currently sells for between $149 and $249. Chang's take comes after bloggers last week noticed a July 5 patent application titled "Touch pad with symbols based on mode" that, they theorized, could serve as the interface for an entry-level iPhone. Both Unwired View and MyiTablet, for instance, noted that the patent described a touchpad-based device that would serve as only phone and iPod. Unlike the current iPhone, the cheaper alternative would not boast a large screen or allow Internet browsing. The patent application spells out a touchpad similar to the iPod's click-wheel that would change modes -- and its display -- depending on the application. When in phone mode, for example, the circular touchpad could show dialing numbers in a style reminiscent of long-obsolete rotary phones. Switch to music mode, and the touchscreen reverts to a traditional iPod click-wheel for traversing artist or genre lists. Apple introduced the iPhone on June 29 to fanfare and long lines of customers.
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Apple Computer Inc. (AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) could decide to sell a lower-priced of its Macintosh computer to attract consumers already enamored of its iPod music player
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Apple shares rose 4.9 percent on Monday after analysts said they expected the company to introduce a smaller, cheaper iPod in January.
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US computer company Apple Computer Inc. on Tuesday unveiled its latest version of the popular digital music player iPod, which enables users to store and share photos.
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Apple is cutting the price of its one-gigabyte iPod Shuffle, from $69 to $49, and announced that a two-gigabyte version will be available later this month for $69. "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 new 2GB model lets music lovers bring even more songs everywhere they go in the impossibly small iPod shuffle."
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Apple Computer Inc. AAPL.O on Tuesday moved to make its products more affordable for the masses, unveiling its cheapest Macintosh computer ever and a version of its iPod digital music player for under &#36;100.
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Low-priced Mac starter system has enough oomph to do most jobs.
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Dan Frakes  likes what he sees. âThe screen makes it clearâno pun intendedâthat the design is a winner.â Awarding iPod nano 4.5 (out of five) stars, he points out that âmenu text is clearer and easier to read than it was with the previous model. And even though this is the smallest video-playing screen Iâve used, after watching a 90-minute movie on the nano I was pleasantly surprised by the experience. Picture quality is comparable to that of the iPhone, just smaller.â âEssentially a miniaturized version of the iPod classic available for as little as $149,â iPod nano offers âall the same features and capabilities including video playback and output.â
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Dell will introduce Thursday a small music player to compete with Apple&#39;s iPod mini. The new Pocket DJ 5 offers one GByte more memory, but is priced $50 less than Apple&#39;s market dominating player.
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&#147;The Apple iPod mini, at $249, is my choice as 2004&#146;s hottest high-tech gadget,&#148; writes Mike Wendland in the Detroit Free Press. &#147;All of the iPods are awesome. But this little package, weighing in at 3.6 ounces, a half-inch thick and the size of a business card, is so slick and so sleek that all I can say is: Sweet &#133; And it delivers a sound quality so big and so pristine that it&#146;s hard to believe it&#146;s coming from something so tiny. It&#146;s cutting-edge, high-tech chicness.&#148; [Dec 10]
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Apple's 1GB iPod Shuffle is getting a price cut, plus a 2GB sibling that ships this month.