iPod Classic ‘good extension to series’
21 Sep 2007
With all the publicity over the launch of the iPhone and iTouch, Apple has made sure that it does not leave the original iPod languishing in the past by giving it an upgrade that has won the approval of a technology reviewer.
Renaming it the iPod Classic, Apple are now offering two thinner versions of the original device, with the 80 GB model priced at £123 and the 160 GB version costing £172. Steve Jobs, chief executive officer of Apple, said: “The first iPod put 1,000 songs in your pocket—this new iPod classic can put 40,000 songs in your pocket” Mr Jobs added that the device was “ideal for people who want to hold everything on their iPod”. Reviewer Tony Smith, of technology site Register Hardware, commented in his review of the iPod Classic: “The name’s been tweaked, the user interface given a radical overhaul, and while the new model may look like the previous version, it’s actually quite different.” “As the latest hard drive iPod, the Classic – with its extra capacity and metal casing – is a good extension to the series,” he concluded
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