Apple today introduced the new iPod U2 Special Edition as part of a continued partnership between Apple, U2 and Universal Music Group (UMG). The new U2 iPod is based on the fifth generation 30GB iPod and holds up to 7,500 songs, 25,000 photos or over 75 hours of video and features a distinctive, all-black stainless steel enclosure, red Click Wheel and custom engraving of U2 band member signatures. U2 iPod customers will also receive 30 minutes of exclusive U2 video downloadable from the iTunes Music Store. The new U2 iPod is available immediately for US$329.
“We’re thrilled to continue working with one of the greatest bands in the world to bring U2 fans a special edition of the world’s best digital music player,” said Greg Joswiak, Apple’s vice president of worldwide iPod Product Marketing, in the press release. “With its distinctive new design, including an all-black stainless steel enclosure, the new U2 iPod is sure to be a hit.”
Featuring seamless integration with the iTunes Music Store and the iTunes digital music jukebox, the new U2 iPod features Apple’s patent pending Auto-Sync technology that automatically downloads digital music, podcasts, photos, audiobooks, home movies, music videos and popular television shows onto the iPod and keeps them up-to-date whenever the iPod is plugged into a Mac or Windows computer using USB 2.0. The new U2 iPod features up to 14 hours of battery life for music playback.
The new 30GB U2 iPod is available immediately for a suggested retail price of $329 through the Apple Store, Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. The new U2 iPod includes earbud headphones, USB 2.0 cable, a case and dock insert. U2 iPod customers will also receive a coupon for 30 minutes of exclusive U2 video content downloadable from the iTunes Music Store.
See the new iPod U2 Special Edition here.
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Like them or not, U2 is one of the most prolific rock bands of our generation. Sure, I’d like to see a few more specialty ipods, but recognize a good thing when you see it. Maybe others will come in time. I’d like to see a pink Madonna ipod (pop), a Metallica ipod (metal), and a Hip-Hop one as well. Problem is, most artists want a lot of money for something like that and it has to be an artist with long-term staying power and a huge fan base to drive sales.
And I thought the Beatles special iPod with an engraved image of Yoko holding Steve Job’s bxxx’s was in the offing?
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Trevor,
I was referring to worth. Yes, I know it’s got the sigs on the back. It also says, “U2”. With the old one you got a whole bunch of music (yes, I know you were paying for it). This one comes with a video. Whoop de freakin’ do!
i LUV da U2!
SeRiously – deliriosLy
they R GREAT & NE1 sayin OTHERWISE … THEY suck!
Red Hot Chili Peppers
I have been to the Apple site and I can’t see anywhere that it says the U2 iPod is black stainless. It says the back is engraved stainless and the rest of the case is black. MDN should check the source for this.
OK, I got it now, black stainless steel back not the entire enclosure. I’m ok now.
Beatles! Beatles! Beatles!
Come on Steve, you need to kick into overdrive in the negotiating skills and the RDF! If anyone can do it you can! Keepin’ the faith! You can do it!
MDN magic word: English…as in England…as in BEATLES!
TODAY!
6 6 6
<sarcasm>I know and it only happens once every 100 years. Damn you, evil calendar!</sarcasm>
Actually today IS NOT 6-6-6.. Today is 6-6-2006.. You can not just lop off 2000 the year and pretend it’s the day of the Devil..
June 6, in the year of 0006 A.D., is the ONLY time 6-6-6 has ever occured.. It was 2000 years ago today.
Then go look at all the different calendars that are on different dates today. Then go look at all the religions who don’t acknowledge the devil, Jesus, your god, etc. Then go do the math and realize that christianity, while the single largest religion is also not near the majority. Religion and superstition go perfect together.
I once believed in Santa.
I still believe in U2.
Should have been a Keane special edition iPod, to make up for iTunes blunder.
http://www.keanemusic.com
I thought the Hogwarts iPod was pretty cool. Alas, I couldn’t manage to find that much spare change between the couch cushions…
Beastie Boy: < June 6, in the year of 0006 A.D., is the ONLY time 6-6-6 has ever occured.. It was 2000 years ago today. >
Actually it never occured, then. There never was a year 6 A.D.
Gotta go now. Chain-noises from the cellar.
Maybe Apple needs to put out a one-hit-wonder iPod. Yellow with black polka dots or something.
Lot’s of songs to fill it up.
There never was a year 6 A.D.
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Sure there was. It was the sixth year using our current calendar.
I want a Kylie iPod… so long as it’s not in pink.
That’s Kylie Minogue for all you culturally (or is it POPularly) deprived Americans.
A Kylie iPod would be huge in Australia, the U.K., Europe and to a lesser extent in Canada and South America. And absolutely HUMONGOUS in Asia (which Apple is still trying to crack).
Kylie! Kylie! Kylie! Kylie! Kylie!
Kylie? I remember her from 1988 with her re-recording of “The Loco-Motion.” She sucked then and she sucks now – wait, pop in general sucks.
“I never claimed the U.K. had good taste.”
Unfortunately, Americans aren’t any better with their american idols…
oh well…at least Kylie did a video with Michel Gondry. Actually the video is hilarious!!!
Santana: All Ive Ever Wanted?
I was really into them until “The Joshua Tree”. Unfortunately, it was such a HUGE album for them (and rightly so) that radio and MTV played it into the ground. I heard “With Or Without You” every 30 seconds for about 2 years straight. I haven’t followed them since. MTV killed them.
Also, take the song “Bullet The Blue Sky” for instance. Isn’t it great how foreign bands don’t mind touring America and bashing it at the same time whilst raking in the dollars? They have every right to do so, but that doesn’t mean I have to like it either. Yes, Bono is doing A LOT to help raise money and increase awareness about the AIDS epidemic in Africa and I give him credit for that.
Music never has nor never will change the world as a whole. Name one song or band that EVER did anything that ever brought about REAL peace or polictical change anywhere in the world. REAL concrete change. If you know of one I’d like to hear it. Music, unfortunately, is a business. It’s just part of the entertainment industry. I defy anyone to name one band that literally changed world conciousness for the better – just one. (an don’t give me that line about one person at a time BS or how they changed your life – I want real proof that the world responded and changed for the better). It hasn’t. Music is art, defend it all you want, but art has never changed the world on a grand scale. You can appreciate it, enjoy it’s mysteries, and marvel at it – but don’t bet your life on it.
If you want to change the world, don’t depend on a band or a song to do it – it’s up to you, baby.