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Wednesday October 12, 2005 3:05 pm
The New iPod With Video Support
Steve Jobs has done it again, and has come out with a product that is simply going to sell a ton. While many of us expected an addition to the iPod line, Apple has instead opted to make what we might have referred to as the iPod video, simply - the iPod. The new iPod is available in 30GB and 60GB models and has a wider 2.5-inch color 320x240 TFT screen. Apple is also making the new standard iPod available in what we like to call “nano Black.” All other features of the iPod remain the same, with the addition of the ability to play MPEG-4 and H.264 encoded video. The price point is not too shabby here either, with the 30GB model costing $299 (holding 75 hours of video) and the 60GB model hitting $399 (holding 150 hours of video.) The new iPods are thinner than the previous models, with the 30GB being 31% thinner than the 20GB iPod, and the 60GB version being 12% thinner than the 20GB iPod (Thank God!)
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WOW! An mp3 player with video “support”, whatever that means. Gotta tell all my friends. Never seen one before!
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yeah, well, with the distribution via iTunes in order, this mp3-player with video-support might actually be the one that changes the marketplace for good!
Before, you had to be quite the nerd to figure out how to encode your video content, so it would play on your mp3-player. Regular people don’t even know what ‘encode’ means, and don’t know how to download from eMule… Then comes iPod with iTunes, where everything is simple as hell - buy a music video for $15, put it on your iPod and enjoy!
It’s a full package, and it’s made for people who doesn’t know what “DivX” is - must become huge in the states!
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yea it will sell well, but only because its called a damn iPod
we have had PVP’s for awhile now, I hate this kind of crap, sells only because of the name :S
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no matter what this is still going to be a really good mp3 player/ pvp. the 60GB version is supposed to be slimmer then 20GB regular ipod. most of the pvps i have seen are thick, heavy, and aren’t that great for playing music. i’ll definitely sell my 40GB photo ipod for one of these if the battery life is ok.
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Why can’t they have better battery life. It blows…
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Batt life on video playback for the 30GB is only 2 hours!
THis product is still going to sell, however. Time to invest in AAPL stocks!
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still too big a device for me to carry around as an mp3 player. If it was 100% dedicated to video and has tons of features like other players focused on videos, i would buy one.
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