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[Scott <catfather AT donpoo.net>]

On Jan 6, 2004, at 11:17 PM, Ian Meyer wrote:

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> Alright, time for a quick poll.
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> www.apple.com if you don't know, and if you do, bear with me. At 
> macworld today, Apple announced an "iPod mini". available in 5 colors 
> of anodized aluminum, the business-card sized device (unknown if its 
> hard drive or flash based, we all suspect hard drive of some sort) has 
> a 4 GB capacity, and will sell for $249. Considering that you can get 
> a 15 GB iPod (they upped the bottom of the line from 10 to 15 as well) 
> for a mere $50 more, do you think its going to sell well?
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> Personally, I think it shoulda been $200.

I also thought it should have been a $200 player but then when I saw a 
new Rio 4GB model, announced yesterday, priced at 249 also I started to 
think maybe Apple had a little inside knowledge. Perhaps this will be 
like the game consoles and in 6mo or less we'll see the iPod mini drop 
to $200?



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