Despite rumours to the contrary Apple refreshed and not abandoned Apple's long serving iPod classic at the music themed iPod and iTunes event in San Francisco on Wednesday.
The iPod classic comes with more memory - 160 GB up from 120 GB - but retails for the same price - £189 including VAT - as the model it replaces.
Based on Apple's calculations the new iPod classic can hold up to 40,000 songs, 200 hours of video or 25,000 photos.
The iPod classic is available in "quintessential silver or striking black" and for Mac users requires Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later, the new iTunes 9 or later. PC specs are Windows Vista or Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 3 or later, iTunes 9 or later.
Prior to the event many observers had predicted the end of the iPod classic, a quick death due to the lack of a touchscreen, limited gaming potential and long shelf life. Thankfully, for now at least, the music focused device is very much alive and part of Apple's iPod line-up.
by Nick Spence of Macworld
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Despite several disappointments some remain loyal to the Ipod classic, particularly the 2009 release, due to its 160 GB of flash memory. With its 40,000-song capacity, Apple calls it the "take-everything-everywhere ipod". However, many owners of the phased out older version of Ipod Classic 160 GB which was replaced by the 120GB version, did not see any update on the 2009 Ipod classic. The 2009 Ipod classic sells at the same price at that of its predecessor when it came out.
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