Apple introduces the new iPod

Apple introduced the fourth generation iPod, a leading portable digital music
player, featuring Apple's patent pending Click Wheel, which combines the
smooth and continuous scrolling of a touch-sensitive wheel with five push
buttons for superior one handed navigation.

The new iPod also features up to 12 hours battery life and Shuffle Songs, a
new command in the main menu which gives users instant access to listen to their
music library. All iPods work effortlessly with Apple's iTunes, providing
music fans with a digital jukebox on either a Mac or Windows computer and access
to the iTunes Music Store. The new iPod is available in a 20GB model for $299
and a 40GB model for $399.

"The best digital music player just got better," says Steve Jobs,
Apple's CEO, "in an even smaller design that puts up to 10,000 songs in
your pocket."

Says Carly Fiorina, HP's Chairman and CEO. "We decided to wait for
this amazing new iPod, as it will offer our customers an even better
experience." HP's version of the new iPod will be available in September.

iPod features Apple's patent pending Auto-Sync technology that
automatically downloads an entire digital music library onto iPod and keeps it
up-to-date whenever it is plugged into a Mac or Windows computer using FireWire
or USB.

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