October 04, 2005
Apple Video iPod
The Apple Insider says Apple has begun production of a new version of the iPod that is capable of playing videos. According to their sources, the video iPod will be a variant of the 60GB iPod Photo. The differences being a Nano-like click-wheel, thinner body, and a larger color screen for video.Apple has also stopped updating their Music Video section on the iTunes Music store, which leads to speculation a major video iPod update is forthcoming. In the grand scheme of things, playing video files on a PDA like device isn't a new thing. People have been playing TV shows and cartoons on their Sony PSPs, Nintendo DS/GBAs, Palm PDAs, and Pocket PCs for years.
However Apple fan-boys including myself are salivating at the prospect of an Apple user interface and "end to end" experience for video done right. No more hours of transcoding Mpeg-2, ripping DVDs, and Divx files. We pray.
Then again those Apple bastards forced me to buy a Nano in recent weeks and they are going to force me to buy another video iPod? They sure know how to maximize the revenue out of us stupid bleeding edge early adopters. This is after I bought an iPod Shuffle, iBook, and Mac Mini ALREADY in 2005. [Discuss]
