Along with its photo-capable 60GB iPod, Apple today announced its most customised iPod to date -- the iPod U2 Special Edition. Available only in a 20GB capacity, the U2-styled iPod will set consumers back AU$499.
Upside: The most practical upside of the U2 Edition iPod is that it's an iPod like any other, and that means you're getting the world's favourite hard drive based music player, complete with the clickwheel introduced on the fourth generation model, iTunes compatibility, cross platform Mac and Windows compatibility and the classic white earbuds. The real reason to get excited about the iPod U2 Special Edition, however, is if you're a fan of Bono and chums. The front casing is black, with a red clickwheel, while the rear of the unit features the band's signatures. Apple has done similar things in the past, although not on quite the same scale.
Downside: 20GB is on the small side in iPod terms, especially compared to the monster 60GB unit also announced today. The signatures on the back are only laser reproductions of the band's signatures -- it's not as though somehow we doubt they're sitting in a castle in Ireland somewhere frantically signing iPods, if you're particularly fanatical. The biggest downside of the iPod U2 special edition is undoubtedly the price -- all that lovely U2-centric customisation costs you an additional AU$60 over the regular 20GB iPod price.
Outlook: If there's one thing that Apple's proven it can do in the past, it's sell style to the mass market, and the iPod U2 Special Edition is dripping with style. The timing of the release -- not just ahead of the Christmas rush, but also to more or less coincide with the release of U2's latest album, How to Dismantle an Atom Bomb, may mean that more than a few U2 fans may have finally found what they're looking for.
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15/08/2005, 04:09 PM
i love it so much i could cry!!!!!!!1
buy!!!!! but dont share!!!!!!!
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01/06/2005, 09:52 PM
kool
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Mendoza
23/03/2005, 04:57 AM
great colour
This is another fantastic ipod made by apple and if you get it you will be the envy of all your mates and others.
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21/03/2005, 10:55 AM
great ipod
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21/03/2005, 10:51 AM
u2 ipod
i like the u2 ipod but for the price you would think that you might be getting some u2 songs for free. after all it is the u2 ipod. it also scratches very easily so you might want to get a good case a clear one dont want to hide the beauty of this ipod. the battery life is also very good if your a u2 fan your gonna love this ipod.
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18/02/2005, 11:20 AM
catchy colors
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05/01/2005, 05:25 PM
Pics dont do justice
you really have to see this in real life to see just how awesome it looks, the red and black looks fantasic. only downside is can sratch very easily
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Geogre McKinley
02/01/2005, 10:58 AM
Great Product
best everrrrrr
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14/12/2004, 10:25 AM
itunes in oz????
comes with itunes music certificate is oz?
I dont know what you are smoking but itunes is not in australia. Nor are you technically allowed to play U2 on your iPOD in Australia....that's right kids read the law.
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angie
07/12/2004, 10:18 PM
what is the point
So it's black and red. And it's got signatures on the back. God. What will they come up with next?
Maybe they should have made the screen a different colour to tie in with the other shocking scheme: white text on black background, with red selection.
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