The
new iPod touch lineup starting at the breakthrough price of just $199, giving
users a great iPod, a great pocket computer, a great game player and access to
Apple’s revolutionary App Store with over 75,000 applications. iPod touch
features Apple’s revolutionary Multi-Touch user interface, a gorgeous 3.5-inch
widescreen glass display, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and a built-in accelerometer and
speaker — all in an amazingly thin metal design that slips easily into your
pocket.
The 8GB iPod touch is now available for just $199, along with new
models which deliver twice the capacity for the same price, with the
iPod touch 32GB model for $299 and 64GB model for $399.
“At just $199 the iPod touch is the most affordable gateway to
Apple’s revolutionary App Store with more than 75,000 applications that
you can wirelessly download right into your iPod touch,” said Philip
Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing.
“You get a great iPod, a great pocket computer with the industry’s best
mobile web browser and a great game player, all in this super-thin
beautiful enclosure.”
iPod touch is a great iPod for enjoying music, television shows,
movies and podcasts. iPod touch has incredible features for music fans
such as Cover Flow, Shake to Shuffle, and access to the legendary
iTunes Store. And now, the new iPod touch supports Genius Mixes, which
automatically creates up to 12 endless mixes of songs from your iTunes
library that go great together. Movies and television shows look great
on the gorgeous 3.5-inch widescreen display. iPod touch customers have
the entire iTunes Store catalog at their fingertips, giving them
instant access to the world’s largest catalog of over 11 million songs,
TV shows and Hollywood movies to purchase and download directly to
their iPod touch.
iPod touch is a great game player with its built-in accelerometer,
revolutionary Multi-Touch user interface, its amazing graphics
performance and the over 20,000 game and entertainment titles available
on the App Store. With support for peer-to-peer connections, the new
iPod touch gives users the ability to play multi-player games with
people next to them or around the world. iPod touch customers can add
new game titles from the App Store over Wi-Fi anytime and anywhere.
iPod touch is a great pocket computer, letting users surf the web,
do email, manage their calendars, organize contacts, and use social
networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. With its award-winning
Safari® web browser, iPod touch users can experience the Internet like
no other pocket-size device. iPod touch comes with the latest iPhone™
3.1 software including: Cut, Copy and Paste; Spotlight Search to
search across iPod touch or within Mail, Contacts, Calendar and iPod;
landscape keyboard for Mail, Notes and Safari; remote lock for
MobileMe™ and anti-phishing features.
Apple’s App Store is a phenomenal success with a selection of over
75,000 apps available and customer downloads topping a staggering 1.8
billion apps. iPhone and iPod touch customers in 77 countries can
choose from an incredible range of apps in 20 categories, including
games, business, news, sports, health, reference and travel. The App
Store works with iPod touch over Wi-Fi so users can discover, purchase
and download apps wirelessly and start using them instantly.
iPod touch features up to 30 hours of music playback or six hours of
video playback on a single charge. The 8GB model holds up to 1,750
songs, 10,000 photos and 10 hours of video; the 32GB model holds up to
7,000 songs, 40,000 photos or 40 hours of video; and the 64GB model
holds up to 14,000 songs, 90,000 photos or 80 hours of video.* The 32GB
and 64GB models also include up to 50 percent faster performance and
support for even better graphics with Open GL ES 2.0.
iPod is the world’s most popular family of digital music players
with over 220 million sold. Apple’s new holiday lineup includes iPod
shuffle in five great colors starting at just $59; iPod classic in a
new 160GB model holding up to 40,000 songs for $249; the incredible new
iPod nano with a video camera available in nine brilliant polished
aluminum colors starting at $149; and the revolutionary iPod touch
starting at the breakthrough price of just $199.
Pricing & Availability
The new iPod touch is available immediately for a suggested price
of $199 (US) for the 8GB model, $299 (US) for the 32GB model and $399
(US) for the 64GB model through the Apple Store,
Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. iPod touch
requires a Mac with a USB 2.0 port, Mac OS X v10.4.11 or later and
iTunes 9; or a Windows PC with a USB 2.0 port and Windows Vista or
Windows XP Home or Professional (Service Pack 3) or later and iTunes 9.
Existing iPod touch users can update to the latest 3.1 software for
just $4.95 (US) to enjoy new features including Genius Mixes and Genius
for Apps. iPod touch owners who already have the 3.0 software get the
3.1 software update for free. Simply download the latest version of
iTunes onto your Mac or PC, and purchase the 3.1 software update via
iTunes.
