Apple’s iPod shuffle Now Starts at Just Rs.3,700

World’s Smallest Music Player Now in Five Great Colours

SAN FRANCISCO—September 9, 2009—Apple® today announced that iPod shuffle®, the world’s smallest music player and the first music player to talk to you, is now available starting at just Rs.3,700 (MRP) in five great colours. iPod shuffle’s intuitive controls are conveniently located on the headphone cord, letting you navigate and enjoy music without even looking. With the press of a button, you can play, pause, adjust volume and switch playlists, plus the VoiceOver feature lets iPod shuffle speak song titles, artists and playlist names. The iPod shuffle is available worldwide today in a new 2GB model for just Rs.3,700 (MRP) and a 4GB model for Rs.4,800 (MRP), and both models come in silver, black, pink, blue and green.

“iPod shuffle is the world’s smallest music player and now comes in five great colours starting at just Rs.3,700,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. “iPod shuffle is so small that you almost forget it’s there, yet remarkably, it holds up to 1,000 songs and talks to you.”

iPod shuffle is based on Apple’s incredibly popular shuffle feature, which randomly selects songs from your music library. iPod shuffle features a sleek and ultra-wearable design with a built-in stainless steel clip. iPod shuffle users can easily clip it to almost anything and take it everywhere.

In addition to the Apple Earphones and Apple In-Ear Headphones with Remote, third party manufacturers including Sony, V-MODA, Klipsch and Scosche are supporting built-in headphone controls and Belkin and Scosche offer built-in headphone adapters allowing users to enjoy iPod shuffle with their own headphones.

iPod® is the world’s most popular family of digital music players with over 220 million sold. Apple’s new holiday lineup includes iPod shuffle® in five great colours starting at just Rs.3,700 (MRP); iPod classic® in a new 160GB model holding up to 40,000 songs for Rs.15,200 (MRP); the incredible new iPod nano with a video camera available in nine brilliant polished aluminium colours starting at Rs.9,400 (MRP); and the revolutionary iPod touch® starting at the breakthrough price of just Rs.12,400 (MRP).

Pricing & Availability
The iPod shuffle is available in a new 2GB model for just Rs.3,700 (MRP) and a 4GB model for Rs.4,800 (MRP), and both models come in silver, black, pink, blue and green through Apple Authorised Resellers. iPod shuffle comes with the Apple Earphones with Remote and the iPod shuffle USB cable. iPod shuffle requires a Mac® with a USB 2.0 port, Mac OS® X v10.4.11 or later and iTunes® 9 or later; or a Windows PC with a USB 2.0 port and Windows Vista, Windows XP Home or Professional (Service Pack 3) or later.

Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Today, Apple continues to lead the industry in innovation with its award-winning computers, OS X operating system and iLife and professional applications. Apple is also spearheading the digital media revolution with its iPod portable music and video players and iTunes online store, and has entered the mobile phone market with its revolutionary iPhone.

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