Philippines, Technology News & Reviews
As the iPod nano is the world’s most popular music player (hitting 100 million units), Apple today bumped up its specs along with some minor upgrades on the iPod Classic, Shuffle and iPod Touch.
Continue reading ‘5th Gen iPod Nano with Video and FM Radio’
So Apple finally released their new line of iPod videos, Nanos and Touch. If you look closely at the offerings and compare it to the old one, it says a lot about where the iPod market is going.
Continue reading ‘What the new Apple iPod line is telling us?’
Since an offshore friend brought me a 2nd generation iPod as a gift 3 years ago, I never failed to miss getting a piece of the succeeding ones (she actually found it inside an airplane cabin during her cleaning duty while working in Japan).
So, I got myself a new 5th generation iPod video (30GB, black, not it’s the 5.5gen) even though I just bought a Nano over 2 months ago at the Taiwan Airport Duty Free Shop.
I guess the 2GB Nano didn’t have enough space for me, especially when I’m on very long trips. What actually prompted me to buy one just tonight was the price — Php13,500 flat. Yup, prices are dropping that fast now that the 5.5 gen (and 2nd gen Nanos and Shuffles) has dominated the market.
The regular iPod prices are actually the same one I posted here and the one that I got was haggled a bit down with the guy at Gigahertz Computers in Mall of Asia (but that’s another story altogether).
One way in retaining accidental visitors to your blog via search engines is to direct them to what they’re looking for. In SEO, they call it landing pages, right?
Here’s an example. If you search for “iPod prices in the Philippines“, my blog is ranked #1 in Google and in Yahoo. However, that page which is ranked doesn’t give any good info about the current prices of iPods in the Philippines.
So, what I’ll do is to write a new post giving exactly such information. I personally went to Mall of Asia and visited Apple Center to get the prices.
Updated: November 11, 2008
Apple iPod Classic 120GB: Php15,490
2nd Generation Apple iPod Touch 2G: Php14,990 (8GB), Php19,490 (16GB), Php25,990 (32GB)
iPod Nano 4th gen : Php9,490 (8GB), Php12,490 (16GB)
iPod Shuffle: Php2,790 (1GB), Php4,090 (2GB)
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Updated Prices:
iPod Nano 3rd Gen
4GB – Php8,000
8GB – Php10,000
iPod Classic 80 GB – Php 13,000
iPod Classic 160 GB – Php 18,000
iPod Touch 8GB – Php 15,000
iPod Touch 16GB – Php 20,000
iPod Shuffle (3rd gen) – Php4,000
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iPod Shuffle (2nd Gen)
1GB capacity
Up to 12 hours playback time
Php5,390
iPod Nano (2nd Gen)
2GB, 4GB & 8GB capacity
Up to 24 hours playback time
Php9,390, Php12,690 & Php15,490 respectively
iPod Video (5.5 Gen)
30Gb & 80GB capacity
14 hours & 20 hours music playback time respectively
3.5 hours & 6.5 hours video playback time respectively
Php16,190 & Php22,690 respectively
iPod U2 (Red)
30GB capacity
14 hours music and 3.5 hours video playback time
Php 17,990
Just a day after Apple released several new generations of its popular media player, iPod, iRiver also launched what could be a huge competitor to the Shuffle, the S10.
Let’s look at the specs and the design:
Capacity
iPod Shuffle: 1GB
iRiver S10: 2GB
Dimensions/Weight
iPod Shuffle: 1.07 inches x 1.62 inches x 0.41 inch (including clip), 0.55 ounce
iRiver S10: 1.6 inches x 1.2 inches x 0.33 inch, 17.5 g
Battery Life
iPod Shuffle: 12 hours
iRiver S10: 8 hours
Supported Format
iPod Shuffle: MP3, MP3 VBR, AAC, Audible, WAV, and AIFF
iRiver S10: ASF, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WMA
Price
iPod Shuffle: $79
iRiver S10: TBA
The other features that the iRiver S10 won hands down were the LCD screen, FM tuner and recording capability. (The Shuffle didn’t have any of these.)
Will Shuffle’s stylish design outweighs iRiver’s full-feature player? The price will decide but I’m already pretty impressed with the S10.
Apple just released a new pack of iPod Nanos in 5 different colors and thinner. A new 8GB size capacity was also introduced with prices starting at $149.
They’re soo eeriely similar to the iPod Mini. The iPod Video now comes in 80GB wiping out the old 60GB.
The iPod SHuffle got much much smaller too! Sold at $79 at 1GB capacity.
I don’t know if I should be happy or not that I bought a 2GB black Nano at the Taiwan Duty Free Shop last week.
I did a quick pick at the Mobile Pilipinas Expo this afternoon. Brought my Nokia 3230, iPod Photo 40GB and my Canon Ixus 30 along with me. I believe they’re as excited as me to check out the geeks and gadgets at the show.
I thought this would be a nice afternoon to really test out them gadgets that I’ve been wanting to buy for some time now. Besides, whatever I get from it could be used as materials for Pinoy.Tech.Blog. I’ll be doing some reviews for Jabra later tonight at PTB. Anyway, I was in a bit of a hurry so I just did about 2 or 3 rounds before I stopped at the Jabra booth and asked several questions to Alex who was manning the blueetooth headset booth.
Asked around for prices as well. iPod Nano retails at around Php12,995 for the 2GB, the Sony Network Walkman (NW-E507) which I thought was an iShuffle killer can be had for Php12,000+ for the 256MB and Php15K for the 512MB version. The Jabra BT800 is now just Php3,900 from Php4,850 last month.
Took several pictures and got my free stuff from m|ph and took off.
Apple is yet again back from the drawing boards to make us all drool with the new iPod Nano.
After the iShuffle, I thought what else could Apple add to their line of iPods? You have the iPod mini, the U2, iShuffle, and the iPod Photo which they graduated into just the 30Gb and 60GB iPod about 3 months ago.
But lo and behold, the iPod Nano is here with the storage of an iPod mini (2GB and 4 GB) and the size of an iShuffle (available in white and black colors). It’s as thin as a regular pencil and just twice as heavy as the feather-weight iShuffle. Like the iShuffle, it’s light enough that you can wear it around your neck or strap it on your arm. With a 1.5 inch color screen, this baby is off to sell millions for Apple yet again.
Retails for just $199 a pop.
Damn, I want the black one, please.
Early today, Apple has announced that it has (again) reshuffled it’s entire line of iPods. The price of iPod Shuffle 1GB has been slashed by $20, iPod 60GB is down by $50 and the Special Edition 20GB U2 is now $329 ($20 less). I am sure that local prices will follow suit and official iPod stores around the metro will be holding another iPod sale (probably with BPI SIP).
Likewise, Apple has now dropped the word “Photo” altogether making the entire series with color screen and able to view photos. The iPod 30Gb is no more while the old 20GB has been upgraded to color at the same old price. The U2 version has now a color screen and able to view pictures. Related story from iPodLounge.
It’s kinda irritating now that Apple constantly upgrades the iPod generation so quickly. It keeps me wanna buy a new one (now craving for the 20 GB U2). My iPod Photo 40 GB is now 2 generations obsolete and I only bought it last March thru a BPI sale. I already changed iPods 3 times in the last 6 months!
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