Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced at the press conference yesterday, touch-screen iPod
iPod touch and 16GB versions have 8GB, shaped much like the iPhone
iPod touch 299 release date
Beijing on September 6, according to foreign media reports, Apple this week upgraded the iPod three comprehensive product line, while the iPhone price dropped substantially.
Introduction of touch-screen iPod
Apple, introduced the "iPod Touch" a new iPod, in a sense, it actually does not have a camera phone capabilities and the iPhone. Like with the iPhone, iPod Touch also uses a 3.5 inch screen, multi-touch interface, and similar smart phones desktop. iPod Touch can connect to 802.11b / g Wi-Fi network, installed the Apple Safari browser, and built-in Google and Yahoo search.
There are two versions of Apple's new iPod, of which storage capacity for the 8GB version priced at 299 U.S. dollars, storage capacity for the 16GB version sells for 399 dollars, are to be listed this month. According to Apple CEO Steve Jobs (Steve Jobs) said the new iPod's battery can support 22 hours of music playback or 5 hours video playback. Apple executive vice president of iPod product 格莱格约斯 Kerouac (Greg Joswiak) said, iPod Touch and iPhone using the same version of Apple's OS X system. Developers can only be developed for the iPod Touch Safari-based web applications, because Apple has yet to application developers plan to open the device.
iPhone iPod Touch could have a negative impact on sales because of its lower price, but without the consumer and the AT & T signed a two-year service contract. But Apple's not worried about it, Yuesiyake said: "This is a competition between the products of our own, better than other competitors to join." Apple's original iPod models were also upgraded, including the common iPod, iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle. Apple will introduce a storage capacity of 160GB of ordinary iPod, can store 40,000 songs. This new product thinner than existing models, and longer battery life, enough to support 40 hours music playback. In terms of price, storage capacity of 160GB version sells for 349 U.S. dollars, storage capacity of 80GB version sells for 249 U.S. dollars, are to be listed this weekend.
Comprehensive upgrade iPod line
Apple iPod Shuffle minor adjustments in the product line, adding a new color for the price the same as with the original product. Apple iPod Nano joined for the video playback, although its screen is only 2 inches. New iPod Nano preloaded with the new games and Apple's Cover Flow software. There are two versions of the new iPod Nano, which version of storage capacity 4GB sells for 149 U.S. dollars, storage capacity 8GB version sells for 199 U.S. dollars. Like with the iPod Shuffle, Apple iPod Nano also adds new colors, new products will be listed this weekend.
The same as the industry had expected, the new iPod Nano's screen supports 320x240 high resolution. Despite the size of the old version, but it is a shorter wider, mainly to meet the 2-inch screen. Apple iPod Nano has always been one of the best-selling products, but in the future may be subject to the impact of iPod Touch. While adding the new iPod Nano video playback, but if consumers want to watch movies through the iPod or TV shows, they are more likely to choose a larger screen and storage capacity iPod Touch.
IPhone prices down sharply
Jobs also announced a sharp reduction in the price of iPhone multimedia phone. iPhone market by the end of June this year, storage capacity 8GB version sells for 599 U.S. dollars, storage capacity of 4GB version priced at 499 U.S. dollars. Price adjustment, the storage capacity of 8GB the iPhone price dropped to 399 dollars, while the 4GB version will stop selling. Endpoint Technology Group analyst Roger Kay (Roger Kay) said Apple iPhone price dropped substantially, probably because of lower than expected demand. He said: "This is an interesting signal, my first reaction was less than expected iPhone sales."
However, Apple's exclusive iPhone partner AT & T denied the poor sales of the iPhone speculation. AT & T spokesman 马克辛吉尔 (Mark Siegel), said: "Customers responded very positively for the iPhone, Apple iPhone price cut is mainly to further enhance the product attractive." Jobs also reiterated that Apple plans in the current quarter sell 1 million iPhone. Apple iPhone price cut as early as before the investment company Piper Jaffray said in the report, Apple is expected to achieve this goal.
iTunes Music Store, wireless
On the software side, Apple introduced a new version of iTunes media
Player. New version of iTunes added many new features, including allowing users to download songs from iTunes into a ringtone making, and for iPhone. However, users need to pay 99 cents per ringtone, which does not include the price of songs. Apple also introduced the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store, allowing users to buy songs wirelessly. Users can preview the iPod Touch or iPhone, download and listen to songs, when synchronized with a computer, these songs will be transferred to the user's iTunes music library.
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