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the fact that it isnt at the UK shop yet ]]>Oct 13th 2006 5:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/
that seems kinda crappy don't you think.]]>Oct 13th 2006 5:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/Oct 13th 2006 6:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/Oct 13th 2006 6:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/

better than nothing at least.]]>Oct 13th 2006 6:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/Oct 13th 2006 6:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/
"Every little helps"
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You'd have to be an even bigger idiot to even consider purchasing that piece of trash aka microshit zune!]]>Oct 13th 2006 7:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/]]>Oct 13th 2006 6:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/Oct 13th 2006 7:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.decalgirl.com/browse.cfm/2,226.htm
They have alot of different choices and they come with screen protectors.]]>Oct 13th 2006 7:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/Oct 13th 2006 7:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/Oct 13th 2006 7:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/Oct 13th 2006 7:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/
Your guess would be wrong according to http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/sep2005/tc20050921_4557.htm as they have about a 50% margin (September 2005.)


JoJo : "I used to work for Circuit City and I can tell you that retail stores make exactly $10 on each iPod sold, leading me to believe that Apple makes probably less than that."

Unless you were a higher up in Circuit City (unlikely) or were on the purchasing division (obviously you weren't), you don't know how much Circuit City actually makes per iPod and it's definitely more than $10; regarding how much Apple makes, see the link above or http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=2052 (September 2006, 40%-60% for the new iPods) as it's been known for years that Apple makes their money from the iPod hardware and not from iTunes.




This is great however, to see Apple taking from one Third World country (China through FoxCONn and cheap labour) and giving a small portion of the proceeds to a Least Developed/Fourth World Country (Africa). It's like robbing Peter to pay Paul; no wonder it's red.]]>Oct 13th 2006 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/Oct 16th 2006 11:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://technolatest.blogspot.com
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...Plus Oprah..so, yeah..]]>Oct 13th 2006 8:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/a) bash Apple
b) bash Microsoft

To the people who think this isn't enough: it's better than nothing and it's better than what you or I have given lately.
To the people who are using this post as a chance to attack Microsoft (Microshit? what are you 7?). Heard of the Gates Foundation? Headed by, you know, Bill and Melinda Gates. Who is Bill Gates again? OH! YES! The owner/CEO whathaveyou of umm.. what was that company again? Umm... OH! Microsoft!

(here's how bad this kind of shit has gotten, that I have to write the following disclaimer: This comment was written on an Intel iMac, with a brand new Macbook sitting beside me, a dead first gen Ti Book beside it, a B & W G3 sitting on the floor and with my heart pineing for my souped up G4 tower - may it's PSU rest in peace)

Oh, and to the doofus that said something about "oh this colour sucks, I can just get a decal cover to get a nicer one. Do you read the posts before you comment?]]>Oct 13th 2006 8:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/
5% is a huge cut from each item sold. Far more likely would have been 1% or so - still a lot of money. And yet people manage to criticise.

And then turn the conversation towards the Zune. How the hell did that happen?]]>Oct 13th 2006 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/Oct 13th 2006 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/Oct 13th 2006 3:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/
http://www.smh.com.au/news/opinion/spend-to-save-africa-its-a-red-herring/2006/10/06/1159641528387.html]]>Oct 13th 2006 9:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/
Also I never really liked ipods for their functionality but their styling of course was always good. These nanos are a huge step backwards. Sure the old ones scratched like nothing else but at least they didnt look like cheap minis.]]>Oct 13th 2006 9:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/
http://www.galleytech.com/Galley/images/iPod-Target-Special-Edition.jpg]]>Oct 13th 2006 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/Oct 13th 2006 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/
And a green one for the Sierra Club or Nature Conservency or National Parks.

And a blue one to save the whales.

And a white one for... uh, never mind.

I think it's a nice marketing gimmick and would like to see other companies do the same sort of thing. Maybe they could do something like they do with license plates - get enough people to pre-order a certain color and do a special run.

- Jasen.]]>Oct 13th 2006 9:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/
-Martha]]>Oct 13th 2006 10:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/Oct 13th 2006 10:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/Oct 13th 2006 10:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/
Apple has sold more than 38 million iPods in the past year...so assuming iPod sales remain consistent, and even if these certain (Product)Red ones were to make up just 5% of that, that turns out to be about 1.9 million Red iPods

1.9 million Red iPods at $10 donation each = $19,000,000

19 million is quite a hefty sum.]]>Oct 13th 2006 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/
it's...

the...

new...

red...

NAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

(Crowd goes buck wild, crying ensues)

I ate 3 this morning and they are crunchy and delicious!!!!

-Oprah]]>Oct 13th 2006 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/Oct 13th 2006 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/Oct 13th 2006 11:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/
I'd say it's really generous. It's not like anybody who wouldn't normally buy an ipod is going to get one just because of this. More likely, people who are in the process of purchasing will see the snazzy red, realize that it doesn't cost them anything to make a charitable contribution, and do so. And each time they do, it raises awareness and _costs_apple_money. In lost profit, in production changes, in distrubution network.

What do they gain? Publicity and some goodwill. Relatively fair tradeoff, given their existing relationship with U2 and Bono.]]>Oct 13th 2006 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/
318 iPOD's to save 1 person for 1 year.

This may be different depending on the cost of the medication in different parts of the world.
I already donate $40 per month to a charity pool through a local church, and I think this "(Product)Red" is a good way for the average material freak to get some donations in, even if the participating company makes a killing in sales off of it, it's still a donation.




]]>Oct 13th 2006 11:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/Oct 13th 2006 11:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/
I think that article that is estimating 50% markup on the ipods is wrong. I'm sure apple is making something before sending them out to other retailers, but I seriously doubt it's 40%.]]>Oct 24th 2006 11:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/Oct 13th 2006 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/Oct 14th 2006 4:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/Oct 13th 2006 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/
1) It would have been nice to think my indulging would help out those in poverty.
2) It's much hotter than my Blue Nano.]]>Oct 13th 2006 12:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://direct.motorola.com/hellomoto/red/

]]>Oct 13th 2006 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/Oct 13th 2006 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/Oct 13th 2006 8:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/Oct 13th 2006 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/Oct 13th 2006 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/http://www.engadget.com/2006/10/13/ipod-nano-product-red-now-shipping/
other than that, it looks like the normal iPod nano box.

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