1GB iPod @ US$99

New today @ Apple

• 1GB version of iPod for only US$99
• 512MB shuffle now sells for US$69
• Billion Songs Countdown
  
  

  Music fans who download every 100,000th song will receive a prize package featuring a black 4GB iPod nano and a $100 iTunes Music Card. And if you're the lucky grand-prize winner who downloads the billionth song from the iTunes Music Store, you'll receive a 20-inch iMac, 10 60GB iPods, and a $10,000 iTunes Music Card to jumpstart your digital music collection. In addition, Apple will create a full-ride scholarship in your name to a world-renowned music school.

  
  To the right of the Billion Songs Countdown webpage is also a running counter showing the total number of downloads and recently purchased items.
  

More reasons to get an iPod now instead of a Creative Zen Player.