macworld ipod gossip -- new $100 ipod to be unveiled?

Where do I line up to purchase one?

I've read in the local (re: Silicon Valley based) paper that Apple is almost certain NOT to reduce the price (or reduce the size), since demand for iPods has actually increased of late.

not $100 but just out. Seems a bit pointless to me.

what i mean by that is that its not significantly cheaper to justify its relatively small storage capacity.

My thoughts exactly.

Agreed. It looks nice enough but it seems like it's a worse deal than the full-sized one. Not that I think the big one's a 'bad deal' (I own one), but you know.

I dunno, I've talked to a few people who are eagerly awaiting this thing.

From 10 minutes ago!
The iPod mini was announced this morning...
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iPod Mini Steals Show at Macworld

Small, colored MP3 players are just the tip of new Apple offerings unveiled in San Francisco.

By Steve Enders, Tech Live Web producer

The iPod has a mini-me.

Apple CEO Steve Jobs kicked off the annual Macworld Expo in San Francisco Tuesday morning commemorating 20 years of the Apple Macintosh and announcing a new line of miniature iPods that are about the size of a business card.

The new MP3 players, derived from the company's wildly successful iPod players, are available now but won't ship in the United States until Feb. 16. For $249, iPod mini users get 4GB of music storage, the familiar iPod user interface, and a choice of five colored aluminum models that stray from the traditional white models.

Tonight on "Tech Live," get the very latest from Macworld, including an up-close look at iPod mini, and a slew of other announcements made during Jobs' keynote address.

Mini-dissappointment?

For weeks, Apple rumor sites have been pumping up the prospect of miniature iPod models. Most speculation pointed to models of 2GB or less for around $100. As usual, Apple proved most of the rumors either wrong or only partially correct.

On the heels of the pre-show speculation, Jobs' announcement of the 4GB iPod mini drew muted applause from the crowd that packed San Francisco's Moscone Center.

It would seem the Mac faithful wanted less from Apple this time -- less storage and a lower price.

Just prior to announcing the $249 iPod mini, Jobs announced Apple was boosting the bottom line of the traditional iPod, taking it from 10GB to 15GB and keeping the price static at $299.

With the iPod mini, for $50 less, music lovers will get 4GB of storage, albeit in a much smaller iPod package. The business-card sized iPod comes in five colors -- blue, pink, gold, green, and brushed aluminum. It also comes with an optional dock for synching and charging the device, a new belt clip, and an optional armband -- something many active iPod users have been clamoring for.

ipod users have been clamouring for an armband? hahaha! and brown shirts too no doubt!

I knew Mac users were secretly nazis.

"secretly"

Openly, happily and merrily, as compared to the squelching Wintel untermenschen, but we've been down this road.

I like the iPodmini but it's too expensive.

Windows users are secretly The Blob.

it looks like a toy - i don't like the way it looks.

It is a toy, though!

What the fuck?
249 for less memory?

I am one of the mac faithful, but this sucks.

Yeah but, like, look how, like, pretty it, like, is.

Wankers. What I wanted was something cheapish with about 1 gig memory that works on plain old vanilla USB and doesn't require an operating system. OSX .x + Firewire? Fuck off and die.

anyhow i am looking forward to getting it , onec it is true~ hope i can get her ~ it is my dream~

I want to know when the 120g version is coming out, I want to get my bootlegs happening!