Photo gallery: Apple iPod Mini (6GB)Upside: For the same price as the original iPod Mini, you'll get an extra 2GB of storage -- a 50 percent increase. What's more, iPod Minis in the smaller 4GB flavour will become AU$100 cheaper. In a small but welcome cosmetic change, the new pink, blue, and green Minis will have Click Wheel labels that match their body colour. The biggest news, however, is the player's incredible improvement in battery life: it's now rated at 18 hours, which is more than twice that of the previous version.
Downside: When you're as tight-lipped as Apple is about its upcoming products, you run the risk of failing to live up to your customers' expectations. Internet rumours led many iPod aficionados to expect a colour screen on this generation's Mini; with that in mind, many will be disappointed with the 6GB model's same old monochrome display.
Outlook: As we've recently said, Apple has to raise the ante on its iPods if it wants to trounce portable music Johnny-come-latelies such as Rio's Carbon and Sony's upcoming PSP. The capacity increase and the overall price cut are nice, but the absence of the much-anticipated colour screen leaves us feeling that Apple phoned this one in. The 4GB iPod Mini now costs AU$299, and the new 6GB model comes in at AU$359.
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