The iPod mini is unveiled, and while Gizmodo is underwhelmed, we're sure that a fair share of people will buy it because they will be able to color coordinate. It will retail for $249 and holds 1,000 songs - that's $50 less and 9,000 less than a regular iPod. But again, there is the color coordination and size (it's about the size of the business card) in its favor.
Note to Apple: While your press images of the mini iPod are pretty, they really don't give people a sense of its size, which our friend JW pointed out ("Why not, say, an apple next to them, so people can see how small they are?"). Luckily, there are pictures like those by Tom Bridge that show the iPod mini in hand. [Also via Gizmodo]
Now, will Apple ask Verne Troyer and Yao Ming to come back to an iPod and iPod mini commercial?
While there are diehard iPod enthusiasts, we've heard very good things about the 20 GB iRiver IHP–120 which retails for the same as the 20 GB iPod and has many features the iPod doesn't.
