Apple Portable Video/Media Device?

[Capt Underpants]

That could be the start of something big. Who says a tivo has to be that big in size? What if there was a device that was 2-3 tmies the size of an ipod (or had a dock) that sits on top of your TV and functions exactly like a Tivo (maybe Apple liscences tivo's subcription service). Perhaps the device has 2 40 gig HD's for x amount of recording and a built in 4 x 3" LCD screen? You record just like a tivo (with a better Apple interface) and then when you want to watch on the go (for all of use commerters/travelers) you disconnect is and watch all of your favorite programs on the device's small screen!

Best part - plug it into ANY Mac via firewire and watch through quicktime! Boom, Apple has bridged the TV/Computer gap we've all been waiting for.

Even better part - has all the same functions as your iPod, so you can sync it with iTunes for your music.

Even better than that - Lazy? Wirelessly sync it with iTunes on your Mac while plugged into the tv. (for Couch potatoes...)

...I'd be all over this for $499.

So what you're saying is you want an 80 GB portable audio/video iPod with a 4x3 screen and wireless syncing capabilities for the same price as a 40GB iPod? That's optimism 😉

 

[Wonder Boy]

apple is both mainstream and underground. i am both right and wrong. you are both right and wrong. truce?

 

[w00master]

Remember that while the US is a car driven society, many other places in the world are not.

I definitely will grant you that, but my question to you is that if a product doesn't survive in the U.S., what makes you think that it would make it out of the US?

All in all, hey... if it makes it, great. If not... well....

Personally, I just can't see Apple making a portable video product. Sure, there might be something being cooked up in Apple's R&D labs, but even Steve Jobs isn't too keen on this.

w00master

 

[Capt Underpants]

apple is both mainstream and underground. i am both right and wrong. you are both right and wrong. truce?

Agreed. 🙂