Apricorn Announces 240GB Upgrade Kit for 5^th Generation Video iPod^®

POWAY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apricorn, (www.apricorn.com) the leader in personal storage, announced today its 240GB Upgrade Kit for 5^th Generation Video iPod. With added capacity, your 5^th Generation iPod can hold up to 60,000 songs, 50,000 photos or 300 hours of video; a 300 percent increase from the largest Video iPod’s original 80GB.

“Apricorn has answered the call from consumers to provide an easy, low-cost way to increase the capacity and battery life of their iPod”

Apricorn’s Do-It-Yourself Upgrade Kit enables you to upgrade your Video iPod hard drive and battery in just 10 to 20 minutes. Apricorn’s comprehensive kit includes an intuitive step-by-step instructional video to guide you through the entire upgrade, a high capacity hard drive up to 240GB, a lithium ion battery and case opening tools.

The upgrade is completed in a few steps. Start by watching the instructional video to view the procedure in its entirety. After watching the video, you are ready to upgrade your Video iPod. If you need to review a step, the video will allow you to watch the entire process or review individual sections. After the process is complete, just plug the iPod into your computer and restore using iTunes^®.

In addition to increasing the capacity of your 5^th Generation iPod, Apricorn’s Upgrade Kit also increases your iPod’s battery life. The kit’s 240GB Toshiba drive has lower power requirements, showing a 33 percent overall improvement in energy efficiency from the original drive. This, in addition to the new replacement lithium ion battery, vastly increases your iPod’s play time. This can come in handy with all of the new songs, videos and games that your upgraded iPod can now store.

In addition to free technical support, Apricorn backs their kit’s hard drive and battery with a limited 1-year warranty, in effect, renewing the warranty that may have expired on many well loved Video iPods.

“Apricorn has answered the call from consumers to provide an easy, low-cost way to increase the capacity and battery life of their iPod,” said Mike McCandless, VP of Sales and Marketing. “For the same price as an iPod Classic 120GB, you can have twice the space. If you love your Video iPod, but are just not getting the same amount of play time, or are just running out of space with PodCasts, games and video, Apricorn’s Do-It-Yourself Upgrade Kit is a great alternative.”

Package Contents

• Hard Drive up to 240GB capacity
• Lithium Ion Battery
• Case Opening Tools
• Step-by-Step Instructional Video

Availability and Pricing

Apricorn’s Upgrade Kit for iPod is currently available in the US, Canada and online at www.apricorn.com.

MSRP

• 240GB Upgrade Kit (for 60GB or 80GB Video iPods) - $249
• 120GB Upgrade Kit (for 30GB Video iPods) - $159

Warranty

1 year limited

About Apricorn

Celebrating 26 years of leading the personal storage industry, Apricorn offers a broad family of innovative, high-quality storage, backup & upgrade products for notebook & desktop applications. Apricorn was founded in 1983 and has developed numerous award winning products under the Apricorn brand and is an OEM supplier to a number of leading computer manufacturers. Apricorn is headquartered in Poway, California, and distributes products throughout US and Canada. For additional information please visit http://www.apricorn.com.

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