{"id":168,"date":"2007-09-06T14:38:44","date_gmt":"2007-09-06T14:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the-finance-zone.co.uk\/companies\/apple-overhauls-entire-ipod-line\/"},"modified":"2007-09-06T14:38:44","modified_gmt":"2007-09-06T14:38:44","slug":"apple-overhauls-entire-ipod-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-finance-zone.co.uk\/index.php\/2007\/09\/06\/apple-overhauls-entire-ipod-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple overhauls entire iPod line"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"629\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\">\n<div class=\"mxb\">\n<div class=\"sh\" \/><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 416px\" valign=\"top\"><font size=\"2\"><!-- S BO --><!-- S IBOX -->\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"208\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/newsimg.bbc.co.uk\/shared\/img\/o.gif\" width=\"5\" border=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<td class=\"sibtbg\">\n<div class=\"o\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"300\" alt=\"Steve Jobs with iPod touch, Getty\" src=\"http:\/\/newsimg.bbc.co.uk\/media\/images\/44099000\/jpg\/_44099010_ipodss-getty203.jpg\" width=\"203\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"o\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/newsimg.bbc.co.uk\/nol\/shared\/img\/v3\/inline_dashed_line.gif\" width=\"203\" vspace=\"2\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<div><!-- S IMED -->\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"mvtb\"><a onclick=\"javascript:newsi.utils.av.launch({el:this});return false;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/mediaselector\/check\/player\/nol\/newsid_6980000\/newsid_6980900?redirect=6980902.stm&#038;news=1&#038;nbram=1&#038;bbram=1&#038;bbwm=1&#038;nbwm=1&#038;asb=1\" \/><\/div>\n<p><!-- E IMED --><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- E IBOX --><!-- S SF --><strong>A touch-screen iPod has been added to Apple&#8217;s popular line of portable music players.<\/strong>The gadget also has wi-fi and a web browser on-board so people can buy music when they are out and about.<\/p>\n<p>The device was unveiled by Apple boss Steve Jobs during a press conference that also showed off revamped versions of the other models of music players.<\/p>\n<p>The overhaul comes in time for the key US holiday season when Apple typically sees an upturn in sales of the players. <!-- E SF --><\/p>\n<p>The iPod touch was the star of the widely anticipated announcements made by Mr Jobs which saw changes made to every music player the company makes.<\/p>\n<p>Owners of the iPod touch will be able to use the built-in Safari browser to surf the web or buy music via the onboard wi-fi iTunes store.<\/p>\n<p>A deal with Starbucks will let people use the wi-fi iTunes store for free while inside one of the company&#8217;s cafes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Two versions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dedicated icons on the touch screen give access to YouTube or the Google and Yahoo search engines.<\/p>\n<p>The touch screen iPod comes in two versions that have 8 or 16 gigabytes of memory. In the US the smaller device will cost $299 (in the UK it will cost \u00c2\u00a3199) and the larger $399 (\u00c2\u00a3269 in the UK).<\/p>\n<p>As with many Apple products prices in Europe are usually higher than direct comparisons suggest.<\/p>\n<p>The iPod touch will be in shops by the end of September.<\/p>\n<p>Said Mr Jobs: &#8220;It&#8217;s one of the seven wonders of the world &#8211; it&#8217;s just incredible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Apple also announced that the full-sized iPod will now only be available in 80 or 160 gigabyte versions.<\/p>\n<p>The iPod nano got an overhaul that saw it assume a squarer shape, the ability to handle video and bigger memory. The shuffle is now available in five colours.<\/p>\n<p>Apple is also starting to sell ringtones via iTunes for iPhone owners. An update to iTunes will let them craft their own ringtones for $0.99.<\/p>\n<p>The price of the iPhone with eight gigabytes of storage is being cut by $200 to $399. The four-gigabyte model is being dropped. Currently the iPhone is only available in the US.<!-- E BO --><\/p>\n<p \/><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 A touch-screen iPod has been added to Apple&#8217;s popular line of portable music players.The gadget also has wi-fi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-companies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-finance-zone.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-finance-zone.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-finance-zone.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-finance-zone.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-finance-zone.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/the-finance-zone.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/the-finance-zone.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-finance-zone.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/the-finance-zone.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}