Apple Gets Aggressive: New iPods, Lower Prices, WiFi, Starbucks & More
Some music industry related highlights via Gizmodo of today's Apple product announcement:
- New ringtone store for the iPhone
- New models and lower pricing:
iPod Shuffle ($79), iPod Nano ($149, $199), iPod Classic, ($249, $349), the iPhone like iPod Touch player ($299, $399) with WiFi, lower iPhone prices (8GB model dropped $200 in price to $399)
- New iTunes Wifi Music Store for over the air downloads to enabled devices.
Free access to the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store while at Starbucks.
"Their rollout starts October 2nd, starting NY and Seattle. 600 Stores, following up with San Francisco’s 350 stores in November, nothing in Christmas, and starts again in February ‘08 with LA (600 stores), and March ‘08 in Chicago. After these, that’s 25% of the Wi-Fi stores. In ‘09, they hope to have all Wi-Fi enabled stores online."
