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HP iPod to ship 15 September

hPod coming at last

By Tony Smith

Posted in Mobile, 27th August 2004 13:17 GMT

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HP's North American online store has begun accepting pre-orders for the PC maker's own-brand version of Apple's iPod.

Dubbed the 'iPod+HP' - aka 'the Apple iPod from HP' - the device is being offered in its 20GB and 40GB incarnations for $300 and $400, respectively. Orders taken from today onwards will ship on 15 September, the site [1] estimates.

The two models on offer are the fourth-generation iPod, which Apple unveiled in July [2]. HP announced its decision to offer the iPod back in January [3]. In March, HP began to offer a customised version of iTunes [4] and Apple's online iTunes Music Store. Later that month, the company began shipping PCs with iTunes pre-installed [5].

The HP site pictures white iPods, not blue ones as some had speculated that the company might offer. HP CEO Carly Fiorina is expected for formally announce the iPod+HP availability later today. ®

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