Apple store is selling out of cheap iPods in San Francisco. You can see the rush of overwhelmed students and foreign tourists. There are hardly any companies which can compete with Apple iPod, but still iRiver has built a respectable name for itself. However this time it seems that iRiver is not taking a wise decision. After their success in Clix Gen2 they are coming out with a new electronic device, E100.
E100 is a 4GB version starting from $100. It is a lower cost iPod, rated as highest among the cheap iPods. This E100 has certain drawbacks. A $100 player has a limited storage capacity and lacks in the touch screen technology. The design is not that sleek as of Clix. Hence here the concept behind cheap iPods imply: cheap design, cheap parts, and cheap construction.
There are rumors that Apple is planning to retire their old stock to introduce a new line. UK retailer Argos is preparing to launch an iPod sale where you can buy cheap iPods. According to the manufacturing sources in Asia, the new iPod nano will have double storage capacity with new features added in to it. They will also be multicolored. Sounds like we have toy games coming in the market. Imagine new iPods with red blue and green in color. However there is good news leaked by Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, that there will be a cut in price for all iPod touch. The price might come down to $199. I don’t think that after investing so much in an iPod nano that the company will cut down the price.
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