- (AFP) -- Apple on Wednesday cut the price of its hot-selling
iPhones and unveiled a revamped iPod line starring a new model that mirrors
the design of its innovative touch-screen mobile telephones.
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- "We think it's one of the seven wonders of the world,"
Apple's chief executive Steve Jobs quipped as he pulled a new iPod Touch
from a pocket of his trademark blue jeans during a press conference in
San Francisco.
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- "If you've used an iPhone you will feel very much
at home."
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- Apple cut the price of the popular eight-gigabyte iPhones
200 dollars to 399 dollars.
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- "We want to put iPhones in a lot of stockings this
holiday season," Jobs said, drawing cheers from the sympathetic invitation-only
audience.
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- IPod Touch models feature Apple's Safari web browser
and a built-in wireless antenna, meaning users can connect directly to
the Internet at Wi-Fi "hot spots" the same way they might with
a laptop computer.
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- Apple built Google and Yahoo search capabilities into
iPod Touch models, along with YouTube compatibility and an iTune Wi-Fi
Music Store that permits shopping at the online store without going through
a computer.
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- Eight gigabyte iPod Touch models will be priced at 299
dollars and 16 gigabyte models at 399 dollars when they reach stores later
this month, Jobs said.
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- The iPod Touch models have been localized to an array
of languages and will be the first part of the new product line to ship
worldwide, according to Jobs. Apple's overhaul includes matchbook-size
iPod Shuffles in new colors and iPod Nanos built with video and game capabilities.
Jobs officially christened the original iPod model the "Classic"
and said it would be available in 80 and 160 gigabyte models.
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- "We are going to refresh or replace every single
product in this line-up for this holiday season," Jobs said.
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