jMan » 2nd generation touch http://jman.co.nz The world of jMan Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:54:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 © j.turner@jman.co.nz () j.turner@jman.co.nz() The world of jMan j.turner@jman.co.nz No no http://jman.co.nz/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg jMan http://jman.co.nz 144 144 iPod Touch 2nd Generation $299 New Zealand http://jman.co.nz/2009/07/25/ipod-touch-2nd-generation/ http://jman.co.nz/2009/07/25/ipod-touch-2nd-generation/#comments Sat, 25 Jul 2009 07:18:54 +0000 jman http://jman.co.nz/?p=184 As mentioned on twitter I purchased a 2nd Generation iPod touch from Harvey Norman or (’Hardly Normal’ as some people call them, he he)

They had a special promo offer for Sat & Sun only.  8gb 2nd Gen Touch $299 (New Zealand dollars) instead of $389 which is the RRP.  Many people may not that Apple has very slim margins for retailers.  And I just wondered how much they were loosing on this sale.  I estimate they are loosing at least $50-60 each sale maybe more, margins on iPods are often 3% if your lucky.

Sales person naturally tries to get you to purchase additional accessories e.g. case, power supply etc and of course an additional warranty.  I declined all naturally!

What a deal.

Just a warning the firmware on my Touch was 2.2.1 as many may not know this but it will cost you to upgrade to the latest 3.0 firmware for all earlier model Touch users.  There is a simple fix for this.  Just browse around or google and you will find the 3.0 firmware for touch including install instructions and you will not have to pay Apple for the update.

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