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February 19, 2008

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And now… the Store is down

Posted Feb. 19, ’08, 3:56 AM PT by Aayush Arya
Category | Apple » Speculation

Apple Store down (fixed)This is crazy. First Apple drops the iPod shuffle’s price to $49 and then the Apple Store goes down.

Since Apple doesn’t generally change anything on the Store without taking it down (gives people a chance to wet their pants in anticipation and excitement, you know), we’re assuming that the store was supposed to go down and then the price of the shuffle updated. Maybe someone just goofed up — which would explain why the store homepage wasn’t updated.

But then again, you can never be sure with Apple. So hold your breath and get ready. We’ll update you with whatever news there may be.


7 Comments

Nathan said:

I think they are releasing a 2gig shuffle for $79.

February 19, 2008 4:54 AM
Aayush Arya Author Profile Page said:

I doubt they'd have retained the one gigabyte version if they were doing that. But maybe you're right. We'll soon know. :)

February 19, 2008 5:00 AM
RappR said:

All I see is the updated shuffle price.

February 19, 2008 5:39 AM
nwmike said:

Nothing new that I can see. I can't imagine bringing the store down for a shuffle price drop. Lastly, this was the big Tuesday thing for this week??? I hope not...

February 19, 2008 5:39 AM
Nathan said:

Well I was close.
It says 2GB coming soon for $69.

February 19, 2008 5:58 AM
Aayush Arya Author Profile Page said:

Yes, you were. :)

I was proven wrong, but I still think that they're going to have a hard time moving the 1GB shuffle now. For $20 more, you can get the 2GB variant. Why would you want to buy the 1GB version?

February 19, 2008 6:19 AM
Nathan said:

I agree for the most part.
However it falls in line with the other iPod lines.
$50 more for a nano with twice memory.
$100 more for classic and touch for twice the memory.
I think they will still sell them.

February 19, 2008 6:24 AM

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