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Apple Boosts Memory on Hot Gadgets

16GB iPhone, 32GB iPod cost $100 more, allow movie rentals

By Jonas Oransky,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 5, 2008 3:55 PM CST

(Newser) – Apple released new iPhone and iPod Touch models today that cost $100 more than their predecessors and have double the memory. The new iPhone boasts 16GB of memory, and the new iPod Touch has 32GB; each costs $499. "For some users, there's never enough memory," an Apple VP told the San Jose Mercury News.

Original iPod Touch versions—which have no cell phone features—are the 16GB model for $399 and 8 GB model for $299. The previous highest-capacity iPhone offered 8GB for $399. Both new gadgets offer the latest software updates, including iTunes movie rental service.

An iPhone is displayed at an Apple Store January 22, 2008 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
An iPhone is displayed at an Apple Store January 22, 2008 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)   (Getty Images)
Apple CEO Steve Jobs gestures in front of a projected image of an iPhone during his keynote at the MacWorld Conference in San Francisco, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
Apple CEO Steve Jobs gestures in front of a projected image of an iPhone during his keynote at the MacWorld Conference in San Francisco, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)   (Associated Press)
A customer selects a 50 Cent song on the new Apple iPod Touch at an Apple store in Palo Alto, Calif., in this Sept. 17, 2007 file photo.  (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
A customer selects a "50 Cent" song on the new Apple iPod Touch at an Apple store in Palo Alto, Calif., in this Sept. 17, 2007 file photo. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)   (Associated Press)
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