iPod Nano Cheaper to Build
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The new iPod nano combines components from a range of brand new suppliers, enabling Apple to offer more features at lower price points, according to iSuppli.
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Ziff Davis - The company quietly lowers the pricing on some of the PC's build-to-order options at its online Apple Store, including a new price of &#36;325 for replacing the base 256 MB of RAM with 1 GB.
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JP Morgan says Apple will replace its popular iPod Nano MP3 player with an inexpensive Nano-style mobile phone by the end of the year.
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Apple Inc. plans to follow up its new iPhone with a less-expensive version based on the iPod nano, a JPMorgan financial analyst said yesterday.
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Remember a couple of weeks ago when Steve Jobs took the stage and announced a $200 cheaper iPhone. That was pretty bad. And an iPhone that's just an iPod. Who needs that! The new Nano sure is cute, but cute insn't enough. I have a 1.5 year old 60GB video iPod that still works (sorry Steve) and I never use the video, so the $300 I have burning a hole in my pocket for my monthly Apple impulse buy (above and beyond the new Mini I bought last week) is going to (drum roll please) Nokia!  Yup, my next iPod/iPhone-alike thingy isn't even from Apple and it runs Linux, and comes highly recommended by geeks everywhere. I just put in the order on Amazon, I'll let you know how cool it is in a few days.  PS: This is my way of thanking Ben Bernanke for the huge windfall I got in the stock market yesterday and today. I think the 1/2 percent drop in interest rates is supposed to make us go out and buy stuff to stimulate the economy. Just doing my part Uncle Ben!
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Apple's new iPod Nano may provide a significant boost to the company's bottom line by giving the company a greater profit margin on each device. According to a new report from research firm iSuppli, the materials in the new 4GB version of the music and video player cost $17 less per device than in the company's first Nano.
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InfoWorld - On the day Apple revealed its first Wi-Fi-enabled, touchscreen iPod, Microsoft&#39;s rival to Apple&#39;s wildly popular multimedia player got a little less expensive.
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(InfoWorld) - On the day Apple revealed its first Wi-Fi-enabled, touchscreen iPod, Microsoft's rival to Apple's wildly popular multimedia player got a little less expensive. The Zune device from Microsoft now costs $199, $50 less than its original price tag. Microsoft announced the price cut on its Zune Insider blog on Tuesday, a day before Apple was rumored to beÂ introducing new iPod modelsÂ at an event in San Francisco, which the company did indeed do. Naturally, Microsoft did not mention Zune's archrival in its blog post, saying that the price cut had been in the works for some time. "Itâs part of the normal product lifecycle, something weâve had on the books for months," according to the blog post. "We just got some research back and customer satisfaction with the 30GB device is really high (around 94 percent), and we expect even more consumers will now want to discover the Zune experience at the new lower price." With the new iPods introduced by Apple CEO Steve Jobs in San Francisco on Wednesday, that prediction doesn't seem too likely. The new iPod Touch that Jobs unveiled is the first iPod with Wi-Fi capability, one of the differentiators between the current iPod lines and the Zune device, which was launched with Wi-Fi last November. iPod Touch also is similar in look and feel to theÂ recently launched Apple iPhone, and features touchscreen controls that are making Apple's phone/multimedia device combination a hit with customers. In other bad news for Zune, Apple on Wednesday also has cut the price on its 80GB iPod from $349 to $249, which makes it only a fraction less expensive than the 30GB Zune. It also has introduced a 160GB iPod for $349. According to Jobs, Apple has sold 110 million iPods to date. There are rumors that, to compete more aggressively with Apple, Microsoft will introduce new Zune devices by the holidays with new features and form factors, but so far the company has declined to divulge specific details. There have also been hints from executives that an iPhone rival is in the works. Microsoft has said from the beginning that Zune is a long-term investment, and expects it will take some time before the device will be a worthy competitor to iPod, which has a five-year head start and Apple's brand power behind it.
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An iPod for Bill Gates? Why not?
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Apple will be getting some stiff competition in the coming year. A slew of manufacturers will soon offer players utilizing small 1&quot; hard drives that help propel the iPod and allow them to compete more favorably in the market.
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Apple Computer Inc. AAPL.O on Tuesday moved to make its products more affordable for the masses, unveiling its cheapest Macintosh computer ever and a version of its iPod digital music player for under &#36;100.
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Coughing up before the complaints? Hardware Widow Just when you thought the new metal-made iPod Nano marked an end to screen scratches, there's another threat to the diminutive music player's colorful good looks - and this time Apple's admitted it up front.â¦
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Apple today unveiled a revamped iPod lineup that includes new touch-screen iPods that offer Wi-Fi access and look a lot like the company's popular iPhone. CEO Steve Jobs also announced a $200 price drop on the company's top-of-the-line iPhone.
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Microsoft has decided to drop the price of the Zune in an effort to spur sales, while indicating it hadn't completely ruled out a Zune phone. Effective Wednesday, the price of Microsoft's competitor to the iPod is now $199 USD.
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TechWeb - A teardown analysis finds that Apple has reduced the cost of materials for the 4GB Nano.
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OK, so you were the first one on the block with an iPod. But just having one isn't enough anymore, because everyone has one. To be cool, you're going to need something more.
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Via Technologies, best known for chipsets and tiny motherboards, announces a new design for budget ultramobile computers. Its Nanobook will weigh 1.9 pounds, be capable of running Windows Vista and cost less than six bills.