Apple

Another day, another batch of iPod owners wishing they’d waited a bit longer to but their prized MP3 player. Apple announced yet another price cut and storage increase this week, this time for its iPod Shuffle. Apple cut the price of the 1GB device from $69 to $49. The digital media giant also announced that a 2GB version of the tiny player is on the way, available later this month for $69. The bigger shuffle, which clips onto clothing like the 1GB version, can hold about 500 songs.

“At just $49, the iPod shuffle is the most affordable iPod ever,” Apple’s Greg Joswiak said in a statement. “The new 2GB model lets music lovers bring even more songs everywhere they go in the impossibly small iPod shuffle.” The price cut and storage increase comes just two weeks after Apple unveiled new iPhone and iPod Touch models with increased memory, including a 16GB iPhone ($499) and 32GB iPod touch ($499).

Apple also offers an 8GB iPhone ($399), and 16GB ($399) and 8GB ($299) iPod Touch models.