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Tuesday, February 28, 2006
apple pricing
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
At Apple’s press conference, Jobs just announced the pricing for its “cool new toys.”
-iPod Hi-Fi, $349 -Mac Minis: $599 and $799 -Oh, and new leather iPod cases: $99 (yikes) each.
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apple
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Apple just threw down the gauntlet for digital home entertainment. Here at the company’s HQ here in Cupertino, Calif. Steve Jobs just showed off a new Mac Mini computer that’s designed as a digital media hub - something other PC makers have been pushing for years with limited success. Apple’s new machine lets you wirelessly access movies, music, photos, etc. stored on computers throughout your house - in the home office, the kid’s bedroom, etc. - and play it on your home stereo, home TV or iPod. Oh, and of course the new Intel-powered machines also will play DVDs, Cds.
Jobs also just showed off the new iPod Hi-Fi, a home stereo systems designed specifically for iPods. “It’s really home stereo reinvented,” he said.
Steve’s still on stage. More to come.
Secret Apple press conference will unveil new products
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Bob Keefe of Cox news is on hand at Apple’s shrouded-in-secrecy event outside of San Francisco.
And, of course, fate is playing havoc with his e-mail. But here’s the first observations from Bob at what looks to be a frenzied event:
“How crazy is the media’s love affair with Apple Computer Inc.’s gadgets? Reporters lined up at its headquarters in Cupertino more than an hour before its scheduled announcement of some “cool new toysâ€? Tuesday morning. With satellite trucks, local TV news vans and a lime-green Scooby-Doo-like Cnet.com Internet news van in the parking lot, you’d think the president was in town. Or maybe Steve Jobs. More than 250 reporters from around the country descended on Apple’s HQ, filling the company’s “Town Hall” auditorium.”
“Steve Jobs just said new Mac mini will also include Front Row, its six-button remote and can be connected to a tv. It’s a media hub, as expected. Also showing off now “shared music” that will let Mac Mini get music from other pc in the house - like the one in your office, etc.”
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