Great news for people who wanted an iPod mini, but lived outside of the US. Apple announced today that the iPod mini will soon be available worldwide on July 24. Apple delayed the shipment of the iPod mini because of "stronger-than-expected U.S. demand and tight supplies of the hard drive" earlier this year.
Apple Computer Inc. on Wednesday said its iPod mini digital music player would be available internationally, beginning July 24, at a price of $249. In March, the company said it would delay the international launch of the player due to stronger-than-expected U.S. demand and tight supplies of the hard drive, which is at the core of the player.
Apple had originally planned to start worldwide shipping in April. Earlier this year, the company said it had 100,000 preorders for the iPod mini, a smaller version of the popular iPod player that is about the length and width of a business card and holds about 1,000 songs. The company, best known for its Macintosh computers, has found huge success in digital music. Apple has sold more than 3 million iPods and has a 50-percent market share of digital music players. Its iTunes online music service is the most popular legal music download sites, claiming 70 percent of all songs bought online.
News source: Reuters
Apple Computer Inc. on Wednesday said its iPod mini digital music player would be available internationally, beginning July 24, at a price of $249. In March, the company said it would delay the international launch of the player due to stronger-than-expected U.S. demand and tight supplies of the hard drive, which is at the core of the player.
Apple had originally planned to start worldwide shipping in April. Earlier this year, the company said it had 100,000 preorders for the iPod mini, a smaller version of the popular iPod player that is about the length and width of a business card and holds about 1,000 songs. The company, best known for its Macintosh computers, has found huge success in digital music. Apple has sold more than 3 million iPods and has a 50-percent market share of digital music players. Its iTunes online music service is the most popular legal music download sites, claiming 70 percent of all songs bought online.
News source: Reuters
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Lets just see how much they end up costing in the UK Store shall we? £134 when converted to our currency.. i'm betting the actual price ends up being nearer £200.
Here in canada, there is a CRIA levy on mp3 players.
whoops, they don't have hard drives!
I think you might be wrong there
http://www.ipodlounge.com/articles_more.php?id=3059_0_8_0_C
These iPods have been testing with paint mixers. I think mountain biking will be fine. You will probably not exhaust the buffer.
Almost forgot: hurry Apple and get iTunes music store to Canada.
Ordered mine today. Silver, along with one of the dock things. £208 in total. Not bad (could be worse...). Roll on July 24!
where did u order it from??
Here!
Only took five minutes to order and it was quite painless. Now the wait begins...
Whoohoo. I think I'll stick with my iriver *40* GB for a hundred quid more
this is already many months and months overdue, much like everything apple do which arrives everywhere much later.
before someone flames me, yaeh, i know other companies are the same - look at the film industry 6month delays between film releases in the US and UK aren't uncommon due to prints being shipped to the uk to save reprinting costs. Even most asian counties where additional dubbing, or subtitling work needs to carried get films before the UK. The difference being of course, that the film industry doesn't deny being US centric.. unlike apple.
What drugs are you on, and more importantly, where can I get hold of them?
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