60 GB Color Screen Photo-Capable iPod?

[rosalindavenue]

PC Software

I nominate Picasa, which is now owned by google and available for free download. It has most of the pluses of iphoto-- timelines, quick fixes, etc., and it also leaves your picture files where they are without creating new ones. A little app to move picasa pix or albums to the ipod would do nicely.

 

[Mr. Anderson]

My 15gb is almost full and have been waiting for a wothwhile feature to upgrade to a new one. This would cause me to upgrade. I would have also liked to have buetooth wireless earphones added too.

The more features, the more required power.... And you'd have to have batteries in your headphones as well...

I don't think that will be happening any time soon.

Are there any 3rd party providers that offer BT Headphones? You'd probably see those first before you'd get one with an iPod.

D

 

[agreenster]

While I actually enjoyed Shrek and for once it didn't fall on the heals of a similar Pixar movie looking to capitalize on its popularity (e.g. Pixar's Bug's Life then DW's Antz and Pixar's Nemo then DW's Shark Tale)

Antz came out before A Bug's Life, but it has been rumored that Katzenberg blatantly ripped off the idea of an insect movie and pushed production to have it released before Pixar's.

About the portable video issue:

While I think it's probably cool to be able to play small mpegs, avi's, and movs on your iPod, we'll never see full length movies on an Apple handheld portable. Like Steve said, music can be plugged into your head almost any time, but not a movie. The ONLY market for a portable movie device is long trips (most minivans already have that solution covered, and most planes have that solution as well). Otherwise, you'd rather have your big-screen home theater and killer sound system. And if you REALLY want a portable video device, get an Apple laptop.

 

[jbembe]

I would have also liked to have buetooth wireless earphones added too.

OOOOOH! Yeah, include ones manufactured from Shure that would be great!!!


As for the vPod, sorta gimmicky. It might be cool to display cover art from albums and have iPhoto portability, but not really a useful function for me on any regular basis. However, with 60gigs I would finally be able to get my entire compressed library on an iPod. Someday I'll be able to get my entire lossless library on the iPod!!!!

 

[Neodym]

Hope they include a decent scale routine for the TV-Out

I have a Digicam with integrated TV-Out. But as a TV only has a physical resolution of something around 768x576 (PAL), Megapixel photos look pretty bad when shown without proper scaling beforehand. Maybe they could include a real-time scaling at the time of sync to relief the Pod from heavy CPU load (battery life!), but without proper scaling the pictures will not look good on the "big screen"...

Cheers
Neo

 

[zim]

If you can hook one of these up to a digital camera it would be a great way to download the images in the field or on a trip without having to bring your computer.

This is the sort of thing I've been waiting for actually. Especially with an 8 MP camera - it will be a huge deal.

I'm wondering if they'll use OLED displays instead of LCD?

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Technically you already can. I have the 4G iPod, 20GB model, and the Blekin media reader. We went to Ireland last year and came back with 1600 photos from our Nikon D70.

Nikon was suppose to come out with a FC reader, sort of like the iPod. It was to sport a color screen, xGB drive etc... but it never surfaced. This is an area in market where there are some no name branded devices, would be nice to see Apple really do something here. My current set up works for me, 2 256FC cards, the Belkin media reader and the iPod, but it could be improved with the ability to view photos on the iPod, just view for confirmation that yes it is indeed there.

Off to Vermont, along with all the other lemmings, taking my iPod etc.. celebrating our 1 year wedding anniversary!

 

[mainstreetmark]

Here's a good idea for all you complainers.

If you don't want a device that's half an ounce heavier or happens to be able to hold your entire photolibrary, or you don't want a color screen, then don't friggin' buy one.

The iPod's current screen isn't much different than looking at wallet photos, and if you've ever met someone with any kind of infant, you know exactly what I'm talking about. Looking at pics on an iPod certainly doesn't exclude your printing them out or using iPhoto, it's just an additional source of amusement.

Honestly...


Oh, and I think it'd be groovy to *not* support XP's "My Photos". It could draw people to the Mac. "Here's a cool iPod. If you bought a Mac for your next computer, you get all this extra functionality"

 

[Stewie]

Why would you care if your iPod had the new feature or not if you're not going to use it and the price is the same? You would at least get the benefit of the color screen.

I wouldn't be surprised to see the iPod mini become the "music" iPod and the white iPod continue to move into multimedia.

But with the 'benefit' of a color screen you will also get the side effect of shorter battery life.

 

[goatsniper]

Pron junkies dream come true!

I bet the pron addicts are gonna love this!

I can see it now... "Hey Jimmy, what's taking so long in the bathroom?" "Nothing mom, I'm just umm... playing with my handheld!"

 

[bartelby]

As I have no need for a colour screen or video output I can order my 40GB iPod with the Cram and Jam promo, with the knowledge that I won't be p*ssed off, missing the update.

 

[Diatribe]

But with the 'benefit' of a color screen you will also get the side effect of shorter battery life.

Sheeesh. Quit it already. This is really getting annoying. Has anyone reviewed one? Has anyone used one? Has anyone even seen one? NO. You haven't. And since Toshiba said those new drives would need less power it is more than likely that this will even the color display out.
If it does not, complain then. But until then don't state assumptions as facts.
Sorry, but I am just really tired of this.

 

[ASP272]

My question is whether or not battery life will be affected. There are batteries out there for the current iPod that extend it's life past 8 hours. Will Apple invest in a better battery to combat the drain of the color LCD? Photo transition effects surely won't help battery life either. We'll just have to see the specs. It's exciting that Apple might finally be moving towards a more evolved iPod.

 

[catch07]

All iPods???

Video out via dock connector cable ???

Hidden features in 4G iPods ???

Who's to say that current iPod users will not be able to upgrade their iPod software and use their iPods as "Media" storage devices?

Mini, 20GB, 40GB, 60GB Color Screen...all with video output, photo management, iPhoto Syncing.

 

[goatsniper]

60GB Specs

Why is everyone complaining about the 60GB specs? Have we forgotten so soon?

Check this out:
5GB model Height: 4.0 in, Width: 2.4 in, Depth: 0.78 in, Weight: 6.5 oz

The 60GB will be no larger (in fact, a shade less) than the original 5GB! With a color screen and TV out. That's progress in my book.

 

[ASP272]

Sheeesh. Quit it already. This is really getting annoying. Has anyone reviewed one? Has anyone used one? Has anyone even seen one? NO. You haven't. And since Toshiba said those new drives would need less power it is more than likely that this will even the color display out.

Oops. Sorry Diatribe for my tidbit of skepticism. You may be right about power consumption. It's all speculation at this point.

 

[Diatribe]

Oops. Sorry Diatribe for my tidbit of skepticism. You may be right about power consumption. It's all speculation at this point.

I wasn't talking about you, you just had a concern and a question. This went out to all the people stating their opinions(or more like repeating other's opinions) as facts. And yes, it's all speculation, that's why I do not get some people already complaining about things they have no idea of whether they are true or not.

 

[sirjimithy]

I agree that Apple should not include support for the 'My Pictures' feature of XP. It's not anywhere near as useful or functional as iPhoto. I also can't see a Windows version of iPhoto any time soon, either. They might package it with a decent 3rd party shareware app, like they did with MusicMatch Jukebox when the iPod was first officially supported under Windows. But (from being one of the first on the front line to support iPod users with MMJB) with how much of a pain it was to support the iPod with poorly written and less-than-intuitive third-party software, I'd feel bad for my former support reps.

 

[zelmo]

I wasn't talking about you, you just had a concern and a question. This went out to all the people stating their opinions(or more like repeating other's opinions) as facts. And yes, it's all speculation, that's why I do not get some people already complaining about things they have no idea of whether they are true or not.

But people LIKE to complain. I am particularly amused by people who complain about an Apple product they have no need for. It's kind of like a man complaining about the size of tampons, or me complaining about a comb.

 

[zelmo]

I agree that Apple should not include support for the 'My Pictures' feature of XP. It's not anywhere near as useful or functional as iPhoto. I also can't see a Windows version of iPhoto any time soon, either. They might package it with a decent 3rd party shareware app, like they did with MusicMatch Jukebox when the iPod was first officially supported under Windows. But (from being one of the first on the front line to support iPod users with MMJB) with how much of a pain it was to support the iPod with poorly written and less-than-intuitive third-party software, I'd feel bad for my former support reps.

I hope there is no Windows version of iPhoto in the pipeline. While iTunes and iPhoto are arguably the least compellings apps in the iLife suite, and therefore no great loss if they are PC compatible, Apple needs to make sure PC users have a reason to want to make the Switch. Use your iPod for music, you PC lovin' consumer, but if you want the really cool stuff, you'll have to step up to a Mac.

 

[wPod]

if this comes out, i bet someone will have a mod for playing videos really soon! might not be the best quailty (i doubt they can drop a very video-powerful chip in an iPod right now) but cool non the less. . .


but i still want wi-fi in mine to hook to airport express!!!!! till then ill hold on to my 1st gen 10GB

 

[sirjimithy]

Playing videos isn't only a matter of hardware, it's also a matter of software. Keep in mind that the iPod's software has so far been relatively unhackable. However, wi-fi to stream it to airport express would be cool. I love my airport express (connected to my receiver of course) and to be able to control the tunes from the couch instead of going over to the PC or Mac would be kickin.

 

[SiliconAddict]

Are you going to Tibet -- by foot? Bigger drives will certainly hold bigger music collections, but I definitely see Apple targeting bigger drives at other types of media. I would say the average iTunes music collection -- even excluding the 100-tracks-or-less crowd -- is no more than 10 GB. There are certainly larger collections out there, but Apple is reaching a point where a bigger drive isn't as important to music.

Hmmm you must have not read my post close enough. I will highlight the specifics for you:

I want a 60GB hard drive so I can fit all my tracks onto it

A 40GB drive will not fit all my tracks of which I now have 41.2GB's of tracks. If I only wanted a hand full of my music with me at any given time I would have bought a mini in Spring.
But that isn't what I'm shooting for. If I'm in the mood for, lets say the Beach Boys I want access to that. If I'm in the mood for some NIN I want access to that. If I want to listen to Robin Williams I want access to that. I don't want to dick with play lists. I don't want to worry about space on my iPod. I just want to plug in the device sync it and go. I don't think I'm asking too much and I don't think a 60GB drive is asking too much either.

 

[macguymike]

They could easily ship the 60gb iPod without porting iPhoto to Windows. Scads of Windows users will buy it just for the larger hard drive. When they find out they can do more with it if they get a Mac, then... SOME of them will get a Mac the next time they're on the market for a new computer.

I think it's already been pointed out a zillion times that if Apple ported more of iLife to Windows, it would take a huge bite out of one of the main selling points for buying a Mac and thus there would be fewer migrations from Windows to Mac.

In other words, iLife + Windows = Don't hold your breath.

 

[Stewie]

Sheeesh. Quit it already. This is really getting annoying. Has anyone reviewed one? Has anyone used one? Has anyone even seen one? NO. You haven't. And since Toshiba said those new drives would need less power it is more than likely that this will even the color display out.
If it does not, complain then. But until then don't state assumptions as facts.
Sorry, but I am just really tired of this.

It is entirely possible that the new iPods will retain the same battery life as the current models. I am just taking a guess that when you add more features and more power sucking processes and devices (color screen) to it, will take more power to run it. If you aren't increasing the size of the device by much, then that tells me there won't be a huge increase in available battery power. Look at other devices that went to color screens the battery life in those devices always took a huge hit. When Palms went to color screens the battery life went to crap. When cell phones started using color screens, battery life went downhill. Battery technology is simply not keeping up with the other advancements in electronics. Also you have to consider what chips apple will need to put in the ipod to allow it to handle the processing of images. Those chips are going to need to draw power as well.

 

[cxny]

Another $499 iPod For Me!!!

How do they do that? This would be my third five hundred dollar iPod if I'm crazy enough to go there. I may hold out for an even bigger HD this time around, but Album Art? That is killer.