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<p>CUPERTINO, California--June 28, 2005--Apple today announced that the iPod<br />
and iPod photo lines are merging, creating a single line of white iPods<br />
that all feature color displays with the ability to view album artwork,<br />
photos and play slideshows in stunning color. The simplified iPod lineup<br />
features a 20GB model, holding up to 5,000 songs priced at just $299 and a<br />
60GB model, holding up to 15,000 songs priced at $399. Also starting today,<br />
iPods will offer an easy to use Podcast menu, including bookmarking within<br />
a Podcast and the ability to display Podcast artwork in color.</p>
<p>"iPod customers love to enhance their listening experience with color,"<br />
said Greg Joswiak, Apple's vice president of iPod Product Marketing. "By<br />
simplifying our iPod lineup to include 20GB and 60GB models with color<br />
screens and the new Podcast menu, iPod and iTunes provide the world's<br />
easiest and appealing way to discover, subscribe, manage and listen to<br />
Podcasts."</p>
<p>iPod's color display provides a crisp, clear full color experience for<br />
users to take their entire photo library with them or for viewing album<br />
artwork, calendars, contacts and games. The 60GB iPod holds up to 25,000<br />
digital photos, and the 20GB iPod holds up to 20,000 digital photos. Both<br />
models feature the ability to import photos from a digital camera with the<br />
optional iPod Camera Connector and let users combine their favorite music<br />
and photos to create slideshows for viewing right on their iPod or for<br />
sharing with family and friends on a big screen TV.</p>
<p>The new version of iTunes (also announced today) enables anyone to quickly<br />
and easily find and subscribe to their favorite Podcasts so that every time<br />
there's a new episode, it's automatically downloaded to their Mac or PC and<br />
Auto-Synced to their iPod. iTunes also makes it easy to manage multiple<br />
Podcast subscriptions with simple organization and display by episode and<br />
date.</p>
<p>iPod and iTunes are leading the digital music revolution. With over 15<br />
million iPods sold as of March 31, the iPod is the world's most popular<br />
digital music player, and the iTunes Music Store is the number one online<br />
music store with over 430 million songs purchased and downloaded worldwide.</p>
<p>Pricing & Availability<br />
The 20GB and 60GB iPods for Mac or Windows are available immediately<br />
worldwide for a suggested retail price of $299 (US) and $399 (US)<br />
respectively. The new iPod U2 Special Edition also includes a color screen<br />
and is now more affordable at just $329, and the 1GB iPod shuffle is now<br />
just $129. The new Podcast menu is available starting today via a free iPod<br />
software update for all Click Wheel iPods and iPod minis from<br />
<a href="http://www.apple.com/ipod" title="www.apple.com/ipod">www.apple.com/ipod</a>. All iPods are available through the Apple Store<br />
(<a href="http://www.apple.com" title="www.apple.com">www.apple.com</a>), Apple's retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers.</p>
<p>Each iPod with color display includes earbud headphones, a USB 2.0 cable, a<br />
USB power adapter and iTunes for Mac and Windows computers. iPod shuffle<br />
includes earbud headphones, lanyard and iTunes for Mac and Windows<br />
computers. Optional accessories with the following suggested retail prices<br />
include the iPod dock kit for $39 (US), in-ear headphones for $39 (US), the<br />
iPod Camera Connector for $29 (US) and FireWire cable for $19 (US). Laser<br />
engraving is available for iPod for free from the Apple Store<br />
(<a href="http://www.apple.com" title="www.apple.com">www.apple.com</a>) and can include two lines of text with up to 27 characters<br />
per line.</p>
<p>iPod requires a Mac with a USB 2.0 port or FireWire*, Mac OS X version<br />
10.2.8 or 10.3.4 or later and iPhoto 4.0.3 or later; or a Windows PC with a<br />
USB 2.0 or FireWire port or USB 2.0 or FireWire card and Windows 2000 with<br />
Service Pack 4 or later, or Windows XP Home or Professional with Service<br />
Pack 2 or later, and Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0 or Elements 3.0 or later.</p>
<p>Battery life and number of charge cycles vary by use and settings. See<br />
<a href="http://www.apple.com/batteries" title="www.apple.com/batteries">www.apple.com/batteries</a> for more information. Music capacity is based on<br />
four minutes per song and 128-Kbps AAC encoding; photo capacity is based on<br />
iPod-viewable photos transferred from iTunes.</p>
<p>*Firewire options require an optional cable, sold separately.</p>
<p>Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple<br />
II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh.<br />
Today, Apple continues to lead the industry in innovation with its<br />
award-winning desktop and notebook computers, OS X operating system, and<br />
iLife and professional applications. Apple is also spearheading the digital<br />
music revolution with its iPod portable music players and iTunes online<br />
music store.</p>
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