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Apple's iPod mini to ship worldwide on July 24

updated 08:20 am EDT, Wed July 7, 2004

iPod mini now worldwide

Online Apple Stores across Europe are currently down as the company prepares the worldwide roll-out of the iPod mini, MacNN has learned. Pricing and availability are unknown at this point. In January, an Apple executive told The Guardian that Apple was looking at a U.K. price of the release until July. Even today, new U.S. orders for minis face month-long backorders. Update: The iPod mini is now available in Europe for �279, in the U.K. for �179, in Japan for �28,140, and other regions (prices include tax). In Canada, the mini is available for C$349, excluding taxes but including the CPCC's Blank Media Levy of $15. Delivery is expected July 24.

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johnny66ch
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07/07, 11:35am | report spam | close Reply |
I've ordered mine

In Switzerland the price is CHF 369.-, equivalent to about GBP 161 od EUR 245.-

I read reports that in the US there are shipping delays for the iPod mini extending into August. The cause may be that Apple has reserved a large batch for Europe. So there definitely is still a large demand over supply on a world-wide basis.

Mine is scheduled for shipping on 24 July.

ctishman
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07/07, 11:42am | report spam | close Reply |
Shipping internationally?

How the #&^$%! do they expect to keep up with international demand when they can't even meet domestic requests? The store I work at got five pink minis in January, and haven't seen so much as one more since. This reminds me of the debacle with the 500MHz Sawtooths. Is Apple insane, or just overextended and boxed in by shareholder demands?

jbrjake
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07/07, 11:45am | report spam | close Reply |
Cram and Jam

Aren't you going to mention today's other iPod news? The summer edu promo's back!

ctishman
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07/07, 11:56am | report spam | close Reply |
Hey!

The Summer edu promo's back!

ecrelin
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07/07, 12:43pm | report spam | close Reply |
its all about hard drives

and remember, HP wants to release their version this month, rumors indicate that HD yields are up but the demand keeps outstripping it and Apple is not the only customer. Patience, I guess if its worth having its worth waiting?!?

absmiths
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07/07, 01:22pm | report spam | close Reply |
Funny

They corrected their misprint from April to July, then removed my post pointing it out.

hayesk
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07/07, 03:19pm | report spam | close Reply |
Re: Funny

That's a good idea. It saves from people insulting you believing you have poor reading comprehension skills.

vvedge
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07/07, 03:47pm | report spam | close Reply |
Hate to gloat but...

I've had mine for almost half a year...

ok, I love to gloat.

jimothy
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07/07, 04:08pm | report spam | close Reply |
re: gloat

Amazing...the iPod mini was announced less than six months ago (Friday will be six months), and already you've had yours for almost a year? How do you do it?

testudo
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07/07, 04:47pm | report spam | close Reply |
Re: gloat

and already you've had yours for almost a year?

Umm, he said "almost half a year", as in, he got his day one (or there abouts).

And the HP thing has no bearing on this, since they're selling the iPod, not the mini, and they use different parts then the mini, so there should be no issue (I've not read anything about availability issues with the standard iPod, just the new cool looking one that everyone wants but no one can get).

testudo
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Re: gloat

(I've not read anything about availability issues with the standard iPod, just the new cool looking one that everyone wants but no one can get).

Oh, except for vvedge, of course.

PookJP
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07/07, 08:10pm | report spam | close Reply |
oh man... eat it.

eat it... you TRAIN!

bauhaus
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07/07, 10:14pm | report spam | close Reply |
what's the problem

SO far, I've bought 5 as presents and not once have I had to wait to get one in Los Angeles. There seems to be a plethora of them in this city (and I didn't have to drive about looking for one either-- just went to Fry's in Manhattan Beach or Best Buy in West LA or the Apple Store in Santa Monica.)

dennis
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07/08, 12:35am | report spam | close Reply |
Too expensive

No one's going to buy this thing when you can get the 15 GB model for only ?70 more. ;-)

Rewes
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07/08, 02:02am | report spam | close Reply |
Price

Price in Finland is 269�. I think it�s OK.

1800-whatever
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07/08, 03:29am | report spam | close Reply |
w00t

The prices in Europe for the mini aren't too bad at all! I've ordered one :-)

@ Dennis, No it's not that expensive if you compare it to similar FLASH CARD players, which is what the mini is.

testudo
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07/08, 09:58am | report spam | close Reply |
Re: woot

The mini isn't a flash card player. Its a hard-drive player (although I believe the drive is equibalent in size to a flash card).

And I agree that no one's going to buy this. This whole 'supply' problem they're having in the US isn't because of a huge demand. Its because Apple made like 10 of them, and they paid a bunch of people to complain they can't find them anywhere. There isn't any demand in the US, just like there won't be any demand in any other country. (Of course, if you people were so smart, you'd realize that the iPod mini is there just to push iPods, because apple knows people will look at the mini and go "Wow, look what I can get for $50 more" and buy an iPod, causing its sales to soar!).

jonbwfc1
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07/08, 10:54am | report spam | close Reply |
Arf!

'The mini isn't a flash card player. Its a hard-drive player (although I believe the drive is equibalent in size to a flash card).'
Yes, if you're willing to pay about a grand for that flash card. It's probably between 5 and 10 times more capacity that most 'solid state' players of roughly the same price.

'This whole 'supply' problem... iPod mini is there just to push iPod'
Yes, and Steve Jobs is actually an Alien Lizard in disguise. Who kidnapped Elvis and Glenn Miller.

ecrelin
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07/08, 12:12pm | report spam | close Reply |
months of backorders�

would clearly indicate that while a couple of you wouldn't buy them many thousands of people ALREADY have. I totally agree that it isn't worth the price due to its storage limitations and I also don't agree that the sheep-minded, shiny object mentality is a good thing but those marketers know something we don't about human stupidity and vanity and these things are flying off the shelves, you cannot get one in NYC or anywhere on the east coast for that matter. And yes I was the duh that equated the mini hard drives with the HP standard unit, but you'd think it was the only iPod available at all with all the press. If this helps Apple keep phshing into the enterprise and keep selling those supercomputers I'm all for it! Buy those minis!

dennis
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I was KIDDING!

Did no one notice the little wink at the end of my post? I was trying to make a joke about how so many people complained when the mini was announced, saying it wouldn't sell. I just changed $50 to 70 GBP; unfortunately, the pound symbol didn't work.

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Apple's iPod mini to ship worldwide on July 24

updated 08:20 am EDT, Wed July 7, 2004

iPod mini now worldwide

I've ordered mine

Shipping internationally?

Cram and Jam

Hey!

its all about hard drives

Funny

Re: Funny

Hate to gloat but...

re: gloat

Re: gloat

Re: gloat

oh man... eat it.

what's the problem

Too expensive

Price

w00t

Re: woot

Arf!

months of backorders�

I was KIDDING!

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I've ordered mine

Shipping internationally?

Cram and Jam

Hey!

its all about hard drives

Funny

Re: Funny

Hate to gloat but...

re: gloat

Re: gloat

Re: gloat

oh man... eat it.

what's the problem

Too expensive

Price

w00t

Re: woot

Arf!

months of backorders�

I was KIDDING!

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