WP: An iPod of a Better Color

[DeepModem Mom]

An iPod of a Better Color

By Rob Pegoraro
Sunday, April 10, 2005; Page F07


Just a dozen years ago, laptop buyers had to think hard about whether it was worth spending all the extra money a color screen would cost. Then, seemingly overnight, that added price dwindled to nearly nothing, as color displays quickly became standard equipment.

Digital music players are going through the same transition, with Apple Computer Inc.'s market-leading iPod a prime exhibit of the trend.

Five months ago, Apple shipped its first iPod with a color display, the iPod Photo -- and the market yawned. At $499 and $599 each, the two Photo models cost $100 and $200 more than the next-priciest iPod, not to mention many desktop computers.

Now Apple is taking another crack at adding color to an iPod. The price of entry is now $349, and Apple sells only one non-color-screen iPod outside of the iPod mini line. In other words, color now amounts to a feature you get for free if you want more than 20 gigabytes of storage in an iPod....

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A new $29 Camera Connector lets the iPod Photo double as an enormous backup for your digital camera. Using this tiny adapter, you can download your latest shots off your camera to free up space in its own memory for new pictures....


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39145-2005Apr9.html

[suziedemocrat]

1. Cool!! I Love Apple!! n/t

[lateo]

2. Me too...

Except I'm not keen on the Ipods...I'm more of a fan of the direction their company is headed with OS X.