The Red iPod Nano

[Jason Tate]

$10 from every sale of the new red iPod nano (http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=031001SMECS6) will go to help fight AIDS.

[tacosforcharles]

It's pretty sharp actually. Still nothing beats black, but I do like this. Good cause too.

[unwritten]

Kyle is slowly dying on the inside. Oh, not because of this post....its the AIDS.

[firstfleetsam]

gay

[petey536]

its a cool idea, but i hate the nano, they can't hold enough music

[infamous_alias]

I love when links I see on digg show up here 15 minutes later...

[You Got Owned]

sweet deal.
what a great cause

[You Got Owned]

gay
haha
how is this gay?

[BGP]

haha
how is this gay?
he doesn't like the color red?

[Cottage Cheese]

how about $10 from the sale of EVERY ipod to go towards a charity?

[FstFtsVsFences]

I love how I work at an Apple store and found out about this thanks to this site, hahaha. They tell us nothing.

[NationalProduct]

thats a really cool thing to have the power to be able to do that

[NationalProduct]

how about $10 from the sale of EVERY ipod to go towards a charity?

I was thinking the EXACT same thing, fuck it, all mac products, dude controls most fo the digital music market, they will be fine.

[jonbolden]

hmmm... only 10 dollars and only the red ones. what ever happened to giant corporations donating to charities from their pocket and not relying on the consumer to donate. There is a similar thing at Barnes and Noble, they have charity bookdrives but all it does is increase sales for B&N, and they don't actually sacrifice any of their profit.

[John Dunberry]

how about $10 from the sale of EVERY ipod to go towards a charity?

Apple's doing something positive that they aren't obligated to do. Don't try to turn it around on them. How much do you give to charity each month? Good for you, why not more?

[FstFtsVsFences]

Apple's doing something positive that they aren't obligated to do. Don't try to turn it around on them. How much do you give to charity each month? Good for you, why not more?
:appl:

[idobi]

hmmm... only 10 dollars and only the red ones. what ever happened to giant corporations donating to charities from their pocket and not relying on the consumer to donate. There is a similar thing at Barnes and Noble, they have charity bookdrives but all it does is increase sales for B&N, and they don't actually sacrifice any of their profit.

Because it's part of the (RED) (http://www.joinred.com/) campaign...

btw, it's (newsfactor.com) a crappy article that doesn't even link to the campaign page.

[LostSymphonies]

Apple's doing something positive that they aren't obligated to do. Don't try to turn it around on them. How much do you give to charity each month? Good for you, why not more?

amen, it's so easy to sit back and say "they have so much money they should give more". but until you are acctually the one giving out your own hard earned money, stfu

[DroppedUrPocket]

And every black iPod sold gives 1 person AIDS.

[Ancora]

i think bono's main goal in life is to become more famous than the diseases he speaks out against....sick

[FstFtsVsFences]

i think bono's main goal in life is to become more famous than the diseases he speaks out against....sick
You're just jealous of his sunglasses.

[DreamOfUnity]

Aww.

[tiff_taff]

Good cause, I wish they were donating more though. Or atleast have give a donation from all the the iPod purchases. Good job apple.

[unwritten]

And every black iPod sold gives 1 person AIDS.

racist. haha

[liveordieX515]

gay

is this sam from des moines?

[TheWeakest]

what? ten bucks to me?

[IAPAI]

i think bono's main goal in life is to become more famous than the diseases he speaks out against....sick

well he's definitely more famous than condoms. if he wasn't there wouldn't be a problem. why doesn't he start pinning a condom to his lapel instead of a ribbon? I think that would get the message out a bit faster.

[notoaststereo]

theyre going to make a lot of money

[Imtheotherguy]

well now at least we know every person who has a red ipod has aids or else they woulndt care about donating. finally there's some way to detect these people.

[RedHairedDevil]

Just $10 not 4 nothing but apple makes billions a year n they're only giving $10 an ipod to a cause that affects at least one person we know.

[bung]

Still no cure for cancer.

;-)

[Ancora]

if bono was a real man, he would put out a porn tape like paris hilton and donate the proceeds to AIDS. he could even wear his goofy sunglasses. Sex for AIDS.....clever

[CrenshawPunch]

Still no cure for cancer.

;-)

Yeah no kidding. This money should go to cancer research.

[idobi]

Yeah no kidding. This money should go to cancer research.

Yes, because we should only research cures for one disease at a time...

[BruisedxBroken]

hmmm... only 10 dollars and only the red ones. what ever happened to giant corporations donating to charities from their pocket and not relying on the consumer to donate. There is a similar thing at Barnes and Noble, they have charity bookdrives but all it does is increase sales for B&N, and they don't actually sacrifice any of their profit.

Yeah? Last time I checked, it isn't anyone's obligation to give anything they don't want to. How easy would it be for apple to just get rid of the entire campaign and pocket everything? Nobody is owed anything in this life, AIDS victim or not, and that is the bitter truth. It's people like you, always wanting more, that keep corporate america so apathetic and cold...

[jonbolden]

Yeah? Last time I checked, it isn't anyone's obligation to give anything they don't want to. How easy would it be for apple to just get rid of the entire campaign and pocket everything? Nobody is owed anything in this life, AIDS victim or not, and that is the bitter truth. It's people like you, always wanting more, that keep corporate america so apathetic and cold...

you're absolutely right. it's no one's obligation to give to charity. But it would be nice for the people who have the power to give back instead of asking those who don't.

it's those darn people like me that make corporate america so cold and not the fact they are so greedy.

[CWeezer2]

i'm not a fan of the apple/iPod deal, but you can't argue it's a good cause. now if they could just make it so the goddamn things actually work.

[jonbolden]

i'm not a fan of the apple/iPod deal, but you can't argue it's a good cause. now if they could just make it so the goddamn things actually work.

absolutely it's a good cause. it just stinks that the money is coming from consumers and not the manufacturing. They aren't giving anything, they are just not taking as much.

[heavyheart_x3]

that's awesome they're at least doing that

[BruisedxBroken]

you're absolutely right. it's no one's obligation to give to charity. But it would be nice for the people who have the power to give back instead of asking those who don't.

it's those darn people like me that make corporate america so cold and not the fact they are so greedy.

Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the point you made, and obviously alot of people agree, but think about it like this; If you knew that no matter what you did, you'd always be a huge, greedy douche in someone else's eyes, would you even bother doing anything? It's like, if it was 20% of all profits instead of 10, people would be upset that it wasn't 30. Seriously, where is the line?

And you're totally right, corporate america is greedy. It's easier to be greedy than to make an attempt at charity! Think about it. If they hadn't come out with this 10% campaign in the first place, would anyone be able to criticize them for not doing more?

[jonbolden]

Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the point you made, and obviously alot of people agree, but think about it like this; If you knew that no matter what you did, you'd always be a huge, greedy douche in someone else's eyes, would you even bother doing anything? It's like, if it was 20% of all profits instead of 10, people would be upset that it wasn't 30. Seriously, where is the line?

And you're totally right, corporate america is greedy. It's easier to be greedy than to make an attempt at charity! Think about it. If they hadn't come out with this 10% campaign in the first place, would anyone be able to criticize them for not doing more?

I think you are making a great point as well, but I think your focus is off on what I am saying. I think it's great too that they are doing this, however, my complaint lies in the fact that in this case (and most deals like this) the money is coming from the consumer directly and not the company. My main problem with it is the fact that they are going to end up making lots of money off this because it's a new iPod, a new color, and because lots of people will buy it because it's for a cause instead of just donating $200 to the charity itself. It's a way of making your comapny look better and still make tons of money.

but needless to say, I'm done with this thread for the day and lots of people have made good points. in any case, if you are gonna buy an iPod Nano soon, get the red one. If not, just donate to charity anyways. simple as that...

[NationalProduct]

everyone is right here, noones wrong for sure. it sucks it comes from consumers and that they arent putting it out from their pockets and that they just arent taking as much (great point!), however someone made a stateent saying "at least they are doing something" and yes your all right, either way, the end result is someone gets helped out here, and im not talking about APPLE, im talking about the recipient of the charity. xo

[fearthesloths]

are you people fucking serious...
no matter what happens.. some people will find only the bad in it.

apple don't have to do shit for AIDS victims, but they are... and that is all that matters.

[1000shadesofred]

i just watched bono on on oprah today. although im not a fan of his music, his cause is amazing. this (red) thing he's doin is amazing. so many companies like motorala, GAP, armani, and many many others are invovled and its a great cause.

[TwoBad]

well now at least we know every person who has a red ipod has aids or else they woulndt care about donating. finally there's some way to detect these people.

ill spray paint my red one black. but i'll use a condom when we fcuk

[jMeAsRsCiH22]

is this sam from des moines?

Yeap, that's him!

well now at least we know every person who has a red ipod has aids or else they woulndt care about donating. finally there's some way to detect these people.

You apparently have no idea the kind of impact this disease has on a person's family. Or any disease/cancer for that matter. It's not easy to watch somebody you love fight something that they will never conquer. People who have AIDS aren't the only victims and aren't the only people who hope that a cure will be found. That's something you'll never understand until it happens to somebody close to you. I guess be glad that your family doesn't have to deal with shit like this, but not all of us are so lucky.

[Imtheotherguy]

Yeap, that's him!



You apparently have no idea the kind of impact this disease has on a person's family. Or any disease/cancer for that matter. It's not easy to watch somebody you love fight something that they will never conquer. People who have AIDS aren't the only victims and aren't the only people who hope that a cure will be found. That's something you'll never understand until it happens to somebody close to you. I guess be glad that your family doesn't have to deal with shit like this, but not all of us are so lucky.


haha. chill man. you DONT know me biiitcfH!!

[kissbangkill]

i'm gonna get one if i can afford to in the near future.

[mothman607]

yeah, thats great, too bad the other $190 from each ipod goes to further the spread of aids

[Chris Fallon]

AidsPod?

I'm sorry...I'm going to hell first-class for my awful, and extremely offensive jokes. Blame my dad, haha

[LD1983]

$10 towards a good cause is an awesome idea... it's cool apple is doing something positive and isn't just in it for the money.

[WCC335]

yeah, $10 doesn't really seem like much.

[John Dunberry]

yeah, $10 doesn't really seem like much.

I remember reading somewhere that it was estimated that Apple makes $25 profit on each iPod nano (keep in mind that I have no idea where that number came from). But assuming that's true and they're giving away 40% of the profit on each one sold, I'd say it's lot.

[stevecrumb]

I remember reading somewhere that it was estimated that Apple makes $25 profit on each iPod nano (keep in mind that I have no idea where that number came from). But assuming that's true and they're giving away 40% of the profit on each one sold, I'd say it's lot.

i'd say that sounds like a rumor that Apple started to make it seem like we're not being bent over every time we purchase one of their products. don't get me wrong, i have plenty of Apple products and will continue to buy them, but everytime i do buy something of theirs i always wake up with a sore butthole the next morning.

[idobi]

i'd say that sounds like a rumor that Apple started to make it seem like we're not being bent over every time we purchase one of their products. don't get me wrong, i have plenty of Apple products and will continue to buy them, but everytime i do buy something of theirs i always wake up with a sore butthole the next morning.

No one told you to by buy this (http://www.ohmibod.com/) for your iPod...

[stevecrumb]

No one told you to by buy this (http://www.ohmibod.com/) for your iPod...

i already have 3 of them. i found places to put that thing that no man should know of....

[hurleypunk28]

ok I'm gonna start with this.. great discussion all of you have valid points, whether or not everyone agrees.

Now this... People bitch and complain about the problems we face in life every single day. Yet those same people never do anything about them. These people are just part of the problem. And until they do something to help fix it, they will remain part of the problem. I'm part of the problem.. I know this, but I'm trying my best to change.. because I dont want to be part of the problem anymore.

However.. Big corporations who have power and money SHOULD do something to help out, especially in areas of AIDS, poverty, cancer, famine and other humanitarian causes. These people who own/run these corporations are the leaders of the world, they have the power, they have money, and with that comes a very large voice. Which is what is needed to change anything (unfortunately). Because of that, they DO have an obligation to do something. I think they forget that if people weren't buying their crap, then they wouldn't be where they are. Greed/power corrupts most people.

So.. here's an idea.. instead of supporting these greedy corporations that don't give a crap for human life and only view individuals as a potential customer and/or dollar signs, why dont we give that money that we save by NOT buying their stuff (most of which we do not need whatsoever) to an organization that will actually help people and help the crisis that we face. This knocks out two things.. we are no longer part of the problem, we are becoming a solution, and we are no longer supporting the companies who could care less, therefore taking their voice away.

I respect Apple for at least doing something. Could they do more? OF COURSE. should they do more? probably, but this is a good start. Maybe someday it will start a trend. (I don't see Dell, HP, or Gateway donating any of their proceeds.. but I could be wrong and just not know about it.)

Easier said than done.. I know. but its not a bad idea.

[TheBaroness]

the celebrity turds will be all over this.