Apple iPod Mini. (Photo: CRI/Agencies)

(Photo: Apple.com)

    BEIJING, July 25 (Xinhuanet) -- The Apple iPod Mini has been launched in Tokyo. Over 1,500 people in a half a mile long queue were waiting when the store finally opened on Saturday morning.

    Costing about 240 US dollars, the iPod Mini is the smaller brother to the popular iPod, but can still hold around 1,000 songs in its memory, reported Sunday's CRI online.

    Weighing 3.6 ounces and smaller than any cell phone, iPod Mini features music downloads, games, notes, and books etc.

    The iPod Mini only debut in Japan Saturday because demand for the device when it was launched in the U.S. back in January far exceeded expectations and the supply was far from sufficient.

(CRIENGLISH.com/Agencies)