The Skinny on Apple's New iPods
After weeks of speculation and anticipation, Apple finally dropped a few bombs on us eager gadget hounds yesterday. Some of the announcements, like the touch-screen-enabled iPod Touch and the new iPod Classics with twice the memory of previous models, were welcome (hey, we even like the redesigned new Nanos with video capability). Other news, such as the $200 price-drop on iPhones (a 33 percent drop in only two months!), was maddening to throngs of early-adopters everywhere.
Apple also announced a new Wi-Fi download store and an iTunes ringtone creator for iPhones. To get more information on all of yesterday's announcements, check out the following posts:
Apple iPod Touch:
Apple's New iPod Touch -- Should You Get It?
New iPod Classic, Nano, and Shuffle:
Apple Announces New Nanos and iPod Classics
iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store and iTunes Ringtones:
Apple Adds Wi-Fi and Ringtones to iTunes
iPhone Price Drop:
iPhone Price Drop Turns Early Adopters Into Cry Babies
Still not sure what's what on the new iPods, or, more importantly, whether or not you should upgrade? Have no fear -- we've got you covered with this handy chart that highlights all the major differences between old and new iPods (just remember 80-gigabytes, or GB, holds about 20,000 songs or 100 hours of video).
| Old Nano | New Nano | Old iPod | iPod Classic | iPod Touch | iPhone | |
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| Price | $199/249 | $149/199 | $299/399 | $249/349 | $299/399 | $399 |
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| Capacity (GB) | 4/8 | 4/8 | 30/80 | 80/160 | 8/16 | 8 |
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| Video | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| Cover Flow | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| Touch Screen | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
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| Wi-Fi | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
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| Battery hours (audio/video) | 24/NA | 24/5 | 14/4 | 40/7 | 22/5 | 24/7 |
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Aaron @ Sep 6th 2007 1:19PM
oh i will be getting the new ipod. and possibly the iphone. i was waiting for the sidekick 4 to come out but it's taking too long and does less than the iphone. i just have to wait until november when my contract expires with t-mobile.
doug m @ Sep 6th 2007 2:36PM
why would someone buy an ipod touch when they can get an iphone that has more features for the same price?
xLydiax @ Sep 6th 2007 6:31PM
I definetly will get the iPod touch but not the iPhone. Only cuz I work for T-Mobile and I am more than happy with the Blackberry Pearl. I have the first iPod Video and the battery life sucks. I hope the iPod touch is for real that it will last hours
tealedsign @ Sep 6th 2007 9:30PM
Get the iphone - it is ALL of this and more in one. So worth it! I absolutely LOVE mine! Good money spent. I have my Mac, my phone and ipod with me everywhere I go.