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**Apple Locks Up Low End of Music Player Field** -- In a move sure
  to stymie competitors' attempts to offer less-expensive MP3
  players than the wildly popular iPod line, Apple last week lowered
  the prices of its tiny iPod shuffle players and introduced a new,
  less-expensive 1 GB model of the sleek iPod nano. The new $150
  nano joins the existing 2 GB and 4 GB models, which remain $200
  and $250, respectively, and is available immediately in black
  or white, worldwide. In the meantime, the 512 MB and 1 GB models
  of the iPod shuffle fall to $70 and $100.

<http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2006/feb/07ipod.html>
<http://www.apple.com/ipodnano/>

  Apple also announced that cable TV network Showtime is tossing its
  hat in the episodes-for-sale ring. The complete first seasons of
  Weeds, Sleeper Cell, and Fat Actress are available now for $2 per
  episode, joining a selection of programs from MTV, Comedy Central,
  and Nickelodeon that were added late last month, such as South
  Park, Jackass, and Dora the Explorer. Television shows on the
  iTunes Music Store are available only in the U.S. [MHA]

<http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2006/jan/26itms.html>
<http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2006/feb/07showtime.html>


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  win, you can save $5 off browseback by placing an order using
  the third link below; this offer is open to all TidBITS readers
  through 20-Feb-06 and drops the price to $24.95. Thanks to the
  537 people who entered, and keep an eye out for future DealBITS
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<http://www.smileonmymac.com/browseback/dealbits.html>
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=08403>
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