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iPod Mini Ships 60

Posted by pudge from the it-is-about-time-now-where's-mine dept.
dave at hostwerks writes "The iPod Mini is now shipping. The number of pre-ordered units was about 100,000. CBS News has a good write-up as well as an accompanying piece they ran on the Saturday evening news report here in the U.S."
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  • color breakdown (Score:5, Funny)

    by McAddress ( 673660 ) on Tuesday February 24, 2004 @01:37PM (#8375818)
    I want to know the color breakdown.

    • Re:color breakdown (Score:5, Informative)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 24, 2004 @02:04PM (#8376204)
      Posting AC - you can guess why.

      M9160LL/A (silver) - 13.62%
      M9437LL/A (gold) - 0.03%
      M9436LL/A (blue) - 37.25%
      M9435LL/A (pink) - 48.12%
      M9434LL/A (green) - 0.98%

    • Re:color breakdown (Score:4, Funny)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 24, 2004 @02:08PM (#8376265)
      6,000 pink, 3,000 blue, 1,000 silver, 122 golden, 244 green.
      Now, do you feel better?

      Of course, the numbers are totally made up. But their knowledge bear the same impact as the knowledge of the real numbers.

      In respect to the numbers: No, I don't want to suggest that the iPod-mini is gay. Maybe my subconsciousness is speaking, and it is just the jealousy speaking out of me. Not that there is something being wrong gay. I would be quite gay to have one. The blue one would be a perfect fit with my pink mobile phone. Oh, wait.
      • No the color pink suggests that it is very popular with females who are physically active, either in jogging or some other cardiovascular activity, while at a gym.
    • The marketing executives who worked on the development of the wheel had a similar problem:

      "All right, Mr. Wiseguy,", she said, "you're
      so smart, you tell us what color it should be".

  • shipping ???? (Score:3, Interesting)

    by dcocos ( 128532 ) on Tuesday February 24, 2004 @01:42PM (#8375875)
    I've had mine since last Thursday. Is this story stale?

  • where's the tie-in? (Score:3, Interesting)

    by bandy ( 99800 ) <andrew.beals+slashdot@gmail.com> on Tuesday February 24, 2004 @01:45PM (#8375915) Homepage Journal
    Where's the marketing tie-in with the Mini [mini.com] [Cooper]? Buy a Mini, get a Mini.

  • FYI: Apple's Spec Page (Score:4, Informative)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 24, 2004 @01:56PM (#8376049)
    Spec Page [apple.com]
    Info Page [apple.com]

  • The odd oclor out is Silver? (Score:5, Informative)

    by amichalo ( 132545 ) on Tuesday February 24, 2004 @02:01PM (#8376144)
    According to the Montley Fool [yahoo.com] the color not sold out was silver which would indicate either the color was not as popular or Apple did not produce the same number of each color Mini iPod.

    It is interesting to note that when the color iMacs were introduced, vendors were required to purchase them in lots that included one of each color. This draw the ire of some Apple resellers who were stuck with unpopular colors while they could not order only the most popular ones.

  • Stale. Very stale. (Score:4, Funny)

    by parksgm ( 723709 ) on Tuesday February 24, 2004 @02:01PM (#8376152)
    I thought about posting an iPod Mini release article last Friday night, when the iPod mini actually was released, but reconsidered. I guess someone finally got around to posting. That's ok though, as there has otherwise been a general lack of Apple news.

    I bought a silver mini on Friday night. No problems so far, and I can say that the smaller size makes all the difference in the world for those of us who like to take our music with us when we run. Smaller size = less weight = less bouncing around while running.

    (It's the same reason you see very few DD marathon runners.)
    • I used to be on the track team at my school and there occasionally would be some well endowed female runners. It looked like they were going to knock themselves out.

  • Obligatory How-to-take-it-apart link (Score:5, Informative)

    by Dr. Smack PhD ( 604514 ) on Tuesday February 24, 2004 @02:02PM (#8376162) Homepage
    Clearly, the first thing anyone should do with a new gadget is take it apart.
    http://www.ipodlounge.com/articles_more.php?id=305 9_0_8_0_C [ipodlounge.com]

  • Mini Ipod Review on WinXP (Score:5, Informative)

    by Sparky9292 ( 320114 ) on Tuesday February 24, 2004 @02:04PM (#8376200)

    I've had my ipod mini for about four days now. I have the blue one. I sync it with my WinXP machine.

    I've filled it with mp3's of various bitrates from Kazaa (all legal music of course) and it hasn't had a problem playing them.

    The first thing that strikes me is that it is really small and really lightweight. It's only $50 less than the 15GB one but this one is way better than anything iRiver puts out for working out at the gym.

    It also has a fun name that tune game where it plays one of your songs and then has you pick from four tunes that appears on the screen. It's pretty fun to get familiar with your entire music collection that way.

    The mini's also have (finally) a star rating system, so you can rate your songs as you are listening to them.

    One caveat: It does not work with USB 1.1. The older ipods can sync with 1.1 and 2.0. You'll have to either buy a USB2.0 card or a firewire card to sync on a USB 1.1 machine.

    • Re:Mini Ipod Review on WinXP (Score:4, Informative)

      by egomaniac ( 105476 ) on Tuesday February 24, 2004 @02:26PM (#8376525) Homepage
      One caveat: It does not work with USB 1.1. The older ipods can sync with 1.1 and 2.0. You'll have to either buy a USB2.0 card or a firewire card to sync on a USB 1.1 machine.

      My wife syncs her iPod Mini using USB 1.1 without difficulty. She's on a Sony Vaio GR-something-or-other laptop.

      And considering she got her Mini last Thursday, this story seems a little belated.
      • My wife syncs her iPod Mini using USB 1.1 without difficulty. She's on a Sony Vaio GR-something-or-other laptop.

        Are you sure? I was under the impression that all Vaios all came with iLink ports, which are just another branding of IEEE 1394 aka Firewire. You can't charge the battery with most iLink ports, but it works just fine for uploads.

        • Re:Mini Ipod Review on WinXP (Score:4, Informative)

          by egomaniac ( 105476 ) on Tuesday February 24, 2004 @03:27PM (#8377320) Homepage
          Are you sure? I was under the impression that all Vaios all came with iLink ports, which are just another branding of IEEE 1394 aka Firewire.

          Yes, I'm sure. The Firewire port on her laptop is a 4-pin port, the iPod Firewire cable is 6-pin, and we didn't have an adapter lying around. It is connected via USB.
    • I have a 20gb iPod with a dock connection and it has the star rating system and the "name that tune" game.
    • The mini's also have (finally) a star rating system, so you can rate your songs as you are listening to them.

      What do you mean, "finally"? The ipods have had star rating systems on them at least since 2.0, and the minis just came out, so you couldn't have been waiting for star ratings on the minis any longer than you would have been waiting for the mini itself.

      =Brian

  • Ridiculous! (Score:1, Insightful)

    by Zurd3 ( 574979 )
    But just who's going to buy a mini-ipod of 4GB for 249$ when for 299$ you have a 10 GB ?

    Because of the color ? This is so ridiculous. A mini-ipod should be sold 159$ !

    And were's our DVD discman as each DVD can hold a 5GB ?!?

    • Why mini: Size and weight and better interface (Score:4, Informative)

      by AHumbleOpinion ( 546848 ) on Tuesday February 24, 2004 @02:38PM (#8376710) Homepage
      Color is not the only difference. The Mini is much smaller, much lighter, and the physical interface is better. The four horizontal buttons on the full sized iPod are over sensitive and less convenient than the older style "buttons" next to (older iPods) or on the dial (the Mini). I visited an Apple store over the weekend and checked out the full sized and mini iPod.

    • Re:Ridiculous! (Score:5, Insightful)

      by druske ( 550305 ) on Tuesday February 24, 2004 @03:13PM (#8377165)
      Ah, but one of the best selling points of the new iPod is its smaller form factor. When buying an ultra-portable device such as a PDA or a music player, the size can make or break a product.

      At one time I owned a Zaurus 5500, but finally gave it up in favor of a Palm m505. Looking at those two PDAs side-by-side, the size difference didn't look like much, but in day-to-day use the Palm did a MUCH better job of fitting in a pocket. I traded the far superior capability of the Zaurus for the Palm, mostly because the Palm was smaller.

      It's all about tradeoffs. Forget the price for a moment; what matters more to you, a smaller form factor, or a larger storage capacity? No matter which you choose, there are others who would choose differently.

    • More to it. (Score:2, Interesting)

      by Apiakun ( 589521 )

      There is more to it than that. I know a few folks who are big into digital photography and are considering buying the iPod mini strictly to remove the hard drive, which retails for $499 [google.com].

    • Re:Ridiculous! (Score:5, Interesting)

      by nosferatu-man ( 13652 ) <spamdot@homonculus.net> on Tuesday February 24, 2004 @05:17PM (#8378670) Homepage
      The 40gb is too small for me, so I bought a mini. My collection is much larger than the largest iPod available, so I figure, get the smallest physical device. As long as I have to sync my iPod occasionally to the computer, what's the big diff between 4 and 40gb? An extra week's worth of music? If the battery lasted that long, maybe it'd be worth it, but as I plug my iPod into my computer every morning when I get to work, who cares?

      'jfb

  • Underwhelmed ... ? (Score:5, Insightful)

    by Mad_Fred ( 530564 ) <fredrik&bjoreman,com> on Tuesday February 24, 2004 @02:23PM (#8376482) Homepage
    I find it interesting that we all (and that includes me) seemed to be underwhelmed, as the article mentions, by the iPod Minis when they were introduced. Certainly nobody gasped in sheer awe at the introduction. Anyway, the connection I want to make: wasn't it all just the same when the iPod itself was introduced? People had expected something much more, as usual, and "all" they got was an expensive mp3 player. Now, this writer and many others (again, including me) just can't stop loving our iPods, and he rewrites history to say we've all been impressed by the full three generations of iPods. A testament to the convincing power of actually getting to use a device?

    And right now, I "just" feel the iPod Mini is cool. A few steps up since the introduction. But then, I haven't held one in my hand yet :-) ...

  • Pink Factor (Score:5, Interesting)

    by LlamaRama ( 561817 ) * on Tuesday February 24, 2004 @02:29PM (#8376570)
    The Mac nerd at CompUSA told me that they had never seen as many girls in the store all at once as when the iPod Minis came in.
    • I wonder why so many girls want the ipod mini as opposed to the regular ipod? To be perfectly honest, if I ever bought one I'd go for the 40 gig ipod because my music collection is similarly massive. To girls just not collect as much music or something? It baffles me as to why so many pink minis sold.
      • "To" should be "Do", yeah yeah use the frigging preview button, stupid lack of an "edit post" feature.

        Score -1, pointless ranting.

      • Re:Pink Factor (Score:1, Funny)

        by Anonymous Coward
        I wonder why so many girls want the ipod mini as opposed to the regular ipod?

        It's because girls like things in smaller packages. At least that's what my girlfriend told me.
    • The Mac nerd at CompUSA told me that they had never seen as many girls in the store all at once as when the iPod Minis came in.

      There's a 'Pink Factor' joke to be made here, but I won't be the one to make it.

  • A good reference for the size of this thing.... (Score:5, Funny)

    by amichalo ( 132545 ) on Tuesday February 24, 2004 @02:48PM (#8376831)
    If you want to get an approximate size of the Mini iPod, dig through your wallet and find a business card, or a stack of about twenty for thickness comparisson.

    While you're in your wallet, pull out $249.
    • Gabe: "Hey Charles"

      Charles: "Hey, Fuck You."

      Gabe: "Yeah, So I Was Looking At iPods Today, I thought Of You."

      Charles: (Pulls Out iPod) "Oh Yeah? Pretty Neat Huh?"

      Gabe: "Oh Yeah, Real Good. Then I Got Up To The Register, Came To My Fucking Senses, And Bought A $30 Discman Instead."

      Charles: "Yeah, But The iPod Doesn't Skip."

      Gabe: "Neither Does This. It's Cushioned By About $380 In Cash."

      The Above Dialog Was Taken From This Comic [penny-arcade.com]. Check it Out

  • I'm still waiting (Score:2, Interesting)

    by jetsfandb ( 446202 )
    for the $99 version :-)

  • Most geeks won't understand the popularity... (Score:5, Interesting)

    by Chief Typist ( 110285 ) on Tuesday February 24, 2004 @04:45PM (#8378229) Homepage
    My wife and I headed to the local Apple Store on Saturday to check out the iPod minis. It wasn't my idea.

    When we got to the store, we had to wait to try one out. I noticed that all the people in front of use were women.

    After about 5 minutes, my wife looks at me with the "I WANT THIS" look. At no point did she ask how much hard drive space it had. Later, when filling it with music she likes, she said "look it's only half full" (and she's no dummy when it comes to computers, she's a system architect.)

    On Monday, I learned that the wives of two colleagues had also gotten iPod minis over the weekend.

    To me, it's clear that the fairer sex will drive the sales of this product. It took me by surprise, but I'd bet Apple's market research showed this trend.

    And the really interesting part: after getting the iPod mini home and playing around with it, I want one too!

    -ch

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