"The iPod's got a funny name," mused Apple CEO Steve Jobs at a special media event in San Francisco today.
"It's just called 'the iPod' because it was the first one. We though, 'It's time to give it a name.' We're going to call it the iPod classic."
Despite rumours of an iPhone-like touchscreen iPod, the new iPod still features a click wheel, and it's now in a full metal design in silver and black. The low-end iPod classic (at 80GB) is now thinner than the 30GB thin model that preceded it. Jobs claims the new iPod gets 30 hours of audio playback and five hours of video plaback on a single charge.
Like the iPod nano, the new iPod classic features an enhanced user interface.
Apple is also offering a model that features 160GB of storage.
"This boggles the mind," said Jobs for emphasis. "The first iPod put 1000 songs in your pocket. This new iPod puts 40,000 songs in your pocket. It's amazing."
The new 80GB model costs £159, while the 160GB model costs £229, with availability beginning today.
More news from the special Apple event here.
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Claude Filimenti said: More space is always good newsThe way you present the information about the increased space on the latest iPod is as if it was just needed for additional musicIn fact the increased space is desperately needed for all the podcasts course material TV shows films pictures and data one may need or wish to carry aroundI still remember my first 1500 CDN hard disk with its huge 20Mb in the mid-80sSpace is always welcomedmacmaitre at mac dot com