16GB Flash-based iPod Video Player?

[EagerDragon]

I feel like I'm numbing my brain with all this constant video stimulation.

LOL, I wonder what you been watching.

 

[sterno74]

I think this one is bogus. I think someone who doesn't know and hasn't paid much attention is speculating based on some other rumors or something. Why a 16GB video player? What is the point? That's not enough space to store any kind of library.

Actually it makes perfect sense. No you can't put a library on it, but then how often do you really need an entire library of video? I mean granted, it'd be nice to have, but I think that you gain a lot for dumping the hard drive. At 16GB you could put a number of full length movies, and since it's all flash based, you'd be able to have a pretty long life device.

By replacing the hard drive with flash memory you can dump both the weight and battery sucking of the hard drive, but also, thanks to the space saving, you can actually have a bigger battery in it. Today the ipod with video will last maybe 3 hours or so, which is barely enough for a plane flight (the most obvious place to use such a device). The ideal is a video ipod that has a bit bigger screen and can play video for 12-16 hours.

While yeah having a bigger library would be good, I think you run into simple physical limitations related to battery life and storage space. This bypasses that nicely.

 

[samh004]

A player you load up with one or two movies you want to watch for, say, a train or plane trip. It could be ultra thin with a decent-sized screen. I see potential.

Then again...

I see the potential too, but will others see it considering that it will be in the same price point as what the 80GB model goes for now. The average guy would think only that he was losing 64GB, they'd need some very good marketing to pull that off.

I wouldn't mind something a little bigger than the nano or even mini for that kind of capability, otherwise it's just going to be too small. I think I'm going to break my nano enough, I don't want the burden of thinking I'll break a vidPod too.

 

[Ish]

Lots of comments referring to video nano. I see it says flash-based video i-pod but didn't see any reference to nano. Maybe it's i-pod sized but with flash memory?

 

[Shagrat]

Lots of comments referring to video nano. I see it says flash-based video i-pod but didn't see any reference to nano. Maybe it's i-pod sized but with flash memory?

Maybe it's iPhone sized!