From: Peter Fraser (pjfraser_at_mac.com)
Date: Thu Jan 08 2004 - 08:54:06 PST
glad you're enjoying the pix.
well, this is always so subjective, but there's a feel to it when it's in your hand that is just...right...and that instills desire to own one. i held the regular and mini ipods simultaneously in each hand and the difference is more extreme than you'd think by reading the specs alone.
my guess is that kids and hipsters will jump all over these. i mean, how many folks buy expensive phones that they don't really need, because they're cool? and these are definitely cool. many of the apple blackshirts are walking around with them strapped to their biceps, which emphasizes the lightness and smallness as well, and shows how the runners and bikers will probably want them too.
yeah, i'd probably also go for the 15gb at $300, because i'm more practical than hip.
but if my daughter is any indication of the american market, i thinks this will be a happening item. when i tried to hand her the larger white one to compare weight she gave me the old brushback!
cheers,
Peter
On Thursday, January 08, 2004, at 07:11AM, Larry Zasitko <l.zasitko_at_sasktel.net> wrote:
>Peter,
>Nice pictures, thanks for sharing them.
>Unfortunately for the mini the price is still too high at $249, especially
>when you can get a 15gig iPod for $299. The mini is around 1/2 inch narrower
>and shorter, around 1/8 inch thinner and a couple ounces lighter. Colours
>are nice but you can get skins for the iPod to give you colour if you want.
>
>Larry Zasitko
>Gang -
>
>Went to MacWorld SF today and took a few pictures. Wore my Newtontalk
>shirt, but the only folks who commented were Apple employees...older
>Apple employees (they're mostly looking around 25 years old now, which
>means they were still in elementary school during the heyday of Our
>Favorite PDA).
>
>All the demo iPods are filled with really amusing fake contact and
>calendar information. It would be fun to sync that stuff via our tools
>and put it onto our spare Newts...
>
>Here's the pix:
>
>http://homepage.mac.com/pjfraser/randomfun/
>
>Cheers.
>
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