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Apple today announced that its iPod shuffle, the world's most wearable music player, is now even more affordably priced at RRP NZ$75 inc GST and that it is introducing a new 2GB model of the iPod shuffle for RRP NZ$99 inc GST. The popular iPod shuffle weighs just 15.6 grams, is 27.3 mm x 41.2 mm and features an aluminium design with a built-in clip and comes in five colours—silver, blue, green, purple and a (PRODUCT) RED special edition.

"At just A$65, the iPod shuffle is the most affordable iPod ever," said Greg Joswiak, Apple's vice president of Worldwide iPod Product Marketing. "The new 2GB model lets music lovers bring even more songs everywhere they go in the impossibly small iPod shuffle."

The iPod is the world's most popular family of digital music players with over 140 million sold. The lineup includes iPod shuffle, the world's most wearable iPod; iPod classic holding up to 40,000 songs*; the incredible iPod nano with video playback and the breakthrough iPod touch with a revolutionary Multi-Touch user interface. iPod owners can choose from a vast ecosystem of accessories with over 4,000 products made specifically for the iPod including cases, fitness accessories, speaker systems and iPod connectivity many popular makes of motor vehicles.

Pricing & Availability
The new 1GB iPod shuffle is available immediately for a recommended retail price of NZ$75 inc GST through the Apple Store NZ and Apple Authorised Resellers. The 2GB iPod shuffle will be available later this month for a recommended retail price of NZ$99 inc GST through the Apple Store NZ and Apple Authorised Resellers. iPod shuffle requires a Mac with a USB 2.0 port, Mac OS X 10.4.8 or later and iTunes 7.4; or a Windows PC with a USB 2.0 port and Windows Vista or Windows XP Home or Professional (Service Pack 2) or later and iTunes 7.4 or later.

*Music capacity is based on four minutes per song and 128-Kbps AAC encoding.

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