I was disappointed to find this out :(

Schizmo

@TommySez: so true. Plus the previous gen nanos make more sense.

Earthslide

Well, duh. The back to school promo is how they dumped inventory of soon to be obsolete iPods.

And, frankly, a free first gen iTouch is better than a $229 2nd gen. :)

TommySez

Is this really all that surprising? After all, we all assumed the Back to School promo was part of the product dump to prepare for the new iPods anyway.

Jeff Martin

Lest we forget, for the last 3 years at least, at the end of the back to school iPod promo, that iPod was replaced with a new one, and the new one didn't qualify. Boo freakin' hoo.

ars_workerbee2

Apple - screwing over our base since the beginning!

Rask

Apple will pay dearly for this!

artvanderbilt

Burn!

voltron80

Quick! Everyone over to Consumerist for how to launch a EECB and tips for contacting Steve Jobs to get them to give you a new iPod rather than an old one ;)

Git Em SteveDave loves this guy-->

Ok,, the uk, not only having to may more for macs in the first place, don't have a back to school promo, so fora stuent buying an ipod n a mac in the uk compared to the us, its ALOT more expensive. why the hell haven't they released their promo in the uk yet?

mr_bigglesworth

@Joseph: No. It's how you follow someone. In essence, I think you are adding them as a favorite, and the favorite icon for the articles is a heart. I do miss the cool reply arrows we had yesterday for like 20 minutes.

Git Em SteveDave loves this guy-->

As far as the deal goes, this is pretty standard. Apple is predictable as releases go. Every summer they clear out all the old hardware to sell new hardware in the fall. You can just go to Mac Rumors Buyers Guide to see their trends. The best thing to do with the iPods is get em mid-summer and then sell em on Craigslist of ebay. You'll usually be able to make enough to pay for most of the next generation hardware that comes out in the fall which is why my Macbook Pro is going on sale this weekend.

On a side note, does anyone else see hearts next to peoples names? I think my gizmodo is broken :(.

Joseph

Beer = Yes.
Casual sex = Wait, what? Why ain't I getting any?

Eruanno

@Git Em SteveDave loves this guy-->: LOL, I think it's funny how this is a production site that they are just updating during peak use. Gizmodo should do a monthly announcement of new features that were integrated. sometimes I don't notice stuff until a few weeks in.

Joseph

This does suck because i wanted in on this deal. On the other hand i am going to get a 16g for the same price as the 8g was 2 days ago. But instead, i will get 70$ less back from rebates

-old rebate for 8g = 299$: After rebates = 0$
-new rebate for 16g = 229$: After rebates = 70$

~still a good deal because i wanted the 16g anyways :D

cskelldog

lol just get a cheaper pc labtop and get a itouch 2g =/ not that hard...

chickdigger802

Surely no one expected APPLE to honor that. They were only giving them away in the first place because they had stock to get rid of that no one would pay full price for once the new ipod's came out. Apple does nothing that doesn't benefit them.

wills916

Next thing you know, car dealers won't be honoring end-of-model-year close-outs on next year's cars.

Sorry, but this should be a big "duh" moment. I'm not saying you shouldn't have reported it, I'm just surprised this article was actually informative to many readers.

Ben Zvan

Strange. One of my roommates got a quote from the on-campus bookstore's Apple sales department last night. I even asked them flat out if the new rebate changed accordingly for the new price of the iPod Touch at $230 and a salesperson picked up a memo, read it, and said yes.

SunayanaHelva

Did anyone actually think the new ones would be in the promo?

chrstphr