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The iPod Hifi is still at the online store. It's first up under:
http://www.apple.com/ipod/accessories/ and it still has its own page:
http://www.apple.com/ipod/accessories/

What kind of fact-checking are you doing on these blog entries????

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Oops, that second link should end in hifi and not accessories. Like the link you have in your first sentence. How do you have a link like that and then say it's gone from the online store???

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Um yea and then if you would take the time to click on the buy now link, you get "Sorry The item you have selected is currently not available from the Apple Store.

Please note that Apple cannot guarantee availability of any product."

What kind of fact checking are you doing for your comments?

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I take it back. OK, so fact-checking isn't the problem. It is gone from the store. But the pages are still on the site--it's not like Apple to do something like that only halfway, is it? The wording in the article could be clearer. The story I just read on MacNN.com was much clearer, and explained the distinction.

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I never owned one, but whenever we worked late at our local Apple Store, we usually chose to play our iPods in either that thing, or the B&O Go+Play. They both were able to fill the whole store with pretty damn good sound. I'm not surprised it stayed on the market as long as it did.

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i have one.

i like it and sync it up with a connected airport express as a secondary set of speakers with my itunes. i only wish they had one built in.

oh well. at least i didn't buy an iphone in the last 20 days. :P

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This is tragic. I also fell for the early reviews which completely missed the mark on this product. I only picked it up recently, and did so under great faith because I had heard so many negative things about it as a price/value concept. This is an amazing product and it never deserved anything like what was leveled against it by people who either never used it or didn't understand its design (e.g. iLounge). The thing is worth every penny I spent and I'll consider getting another before it vanishes into the ebaysphere forever. hrmph

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I picked up one for $200 awhile back. It makes for a very nice mobile speaker. Even at that price it is pretty expensive since I only use it a couple times a month. Still, it is very convenient when I use it (and it sounds very good too).

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I find it weird that they would re-make an icon for the Hi-Fi with a new iPod Nano if they weren't going the keep it around.

The icon is on the horizontal sliding bar of http://www.apple.com/itunes/

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uhh…mike?

every section on apple's website where the ipod hifi was, it is now, with the exception of the store page, which is just down right now. in addition, there are plenty at apple store fifth avenue and the staff there says that ipod hifi has not been EOL'ed.

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I have one, used it all the time to listen to my podcasts while I'm doing stuff around the house.

Am going to replace it with a AudioPro Porto, comes in leather and has rechargeable battery when I need to play in backyard, looks and sounds good as well.

http://www.audiopro.com/templates/audio_pro_products/?id_products=450

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http://www.apple.com/ipodhifi/ipodintegration.html
Next to the "Look Who's Talking" paragraph is an image of the new iPod classic...

Why would apple take the time to update the HiFi pages to feature the new iPod classic if it wasn't planning on selling it anymore. I don't think the HiFi has been discontinued, its just missing from the apple store right now.

Side note, the iPod HiFi is an awesome product if not a slight bit expensive, I was able to snag two from my local Target Store when it clearanced them 50% off. I really wish apple would add an AirTunes base station into them, especially if you could stream music remotely to one via iPod Touch/iPhone...

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Its really great when you are swimming and its playing on the deck. Very nice. And it can get dang loud too!!

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I bought the iPod Hi-Fi when they first came out. I love it and everyone who hears the music coming from it is amazed. In the summer I have it out on the patio while we our having our cook outs and fire pit parties. The music plays into the night without a hitch.
Maybe they are going to redo it for integration with the new iPods and maybe add some new features.

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I doubt the product has been killed.
They probably cleared out the old inventory but were not ready to introduce it's replacement.
I too am hoping for an integrated Airport Express Base Station and a $200 price drop! : )

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I own one and actually never understood why Apple didn't integrate an Airport Express directly into the device. That's how I have it hooked up and have to say... I do love it. It's sound fills the room nicely and has been just portable enough to take outside for pool parties or whatever...

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NOOOOO!!!!! I bought a HiFi some time ago, and i love it!!!!... It saddens me to see that Apple will no longer sell them! However, i must admit that Apple must do what they think is right... I just disagree (this time...)

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The missing killer feature missing from HiFi was the lack of built-in Airtunes. That would have made it much more compelling in my book. I have to buy this AND and Airport Station to get it to work with my current setup. That's more than $450 total! If it was $299 with Airtunes, I'd be more interested.

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As Jobs would say, "That's technology!"

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Also, no more U2 iPod.

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