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iPod iPod Video Hints from Apple!

Not to burst your bubble but that is a not a sign of a video iPod. iPod's frequently come into our store with the display working (showing video) but not responsive to controls. Apple does not use the terminology frozen display, they use frozen video etc.. this is the same for iBooks and PBs with video but no response to KB and mouse.
 
dotdotdot said:
1) I think this should be Page 2... even though I made it lol

2) It wont be at WWDC because thats for computers, not iPods

3) I think a video ipod would cost about $499 like the old 40 GB ones but be 60 GB...
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actually WWDC is not for computers. it is for developers

apple has just used this weekend to announce new hardware many times to new developers
 
if you ask me apple is so far behind in this arena. i know a lot of you are full of piss right about now but come on. there are so many devices out there that handle multi media/PDA tasks. this just goes to show that apple is a consumer company and not a business company. i need apple to help with my professional tasks. i have to use freaken entourage in order to easily manage my projects. and that to me, an apple user is shameful. apple to me is becoming more and more consumer and less and less business orientated.

i know apple is the coolest but im starting to like window cause of the way they cater to business needs. no matter how clumsy, the TOOLS are still there...working together. ical, mail, address book, iwork...what a joke. sorry im just tired of spending so much time trying to get a workable solution when it should be a no brainer. Apple needs to focus on things other than that damn kid gadget ipod.
 
Why on earth would *anyone* want to watch videos on a 2 inch color screen? It's not even widescreen! The prospect itself is rediculous.

I can understand using the iTMS to *distribute* video content, but the iPod is not a video-viewing device. I'm going to paraphrase a statement by another person (whose name I cannot recall at this time). They noted that music is a background media in our society. We can play music in the background of stores, casinos, videos, and our own lives... all the while, we can continue being productive doing other things. Video or movies in specific are meant to be an *immersive* experience. You sit down, watch a movie, and even though people can multi-task while watching movies on TV, it's not ideal or intended. Why would you need to walk around staring at your tiny screen?

Overall, a video iPod is an absurd concept. Of course I'll eat my words if it does come to fruition, but i doubt that will be happening anytime soon.
 
michaelrjohnson said:
Why on earth would *anyone* want to watch videos on a 2 inch color screen? It's not even widescreen! The prospect itself is rediculous.

I can understand using the iTMS to *distribute* video content, but the iPod is not a video-viewing device. I'm going to paraphrase a statement by another person (whose name I cannot recall at this time). They noted that music is a background media in our society. We can play music in the background of stores, casinos, videos, and our own lives... all the while, we can continue being productive doing other things. Video or movies in specific are meant to be an *immersive* experience. You sit down, watch a movie, and even though people can multi-task while watching movies on TV, it's not ideal or intended. Why would you need to walk around staring at your tiny screen?

Overall, a video iPod is an absurd concept. Of course I'll eat my words if it does come to fruition, but i doubt that will be happening anytime soon.
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the same question got asked for photos.*who* wants to watch their slideshows on a little 2-inch screen? and what do we have..the ipod photo.

i think too many people are focusing on the screen. remember that it will definitely have a video-out, so it's not a question of the screen.

with regards to multi-tasking; i cant read a book and listen to music at the same time. i lose my concentration. so, in the morning i have to think 'when im on the tube today, should i read a book or listen to music and stare at the doors'. i would love to have a video ipod so i can maybe watch a 20-min show on the tube sometimes. not everybody would, but im sure some would.

oh, and lastly - im sure sooner or later, when all cars have build in lcd screen at the back, apple will collaborate with car companies so you can dock your ipod in the car and watch videos on the screen..
 
Why not? I would love to be able to have my IPod in my pocket and then take it out and show short video clips of my baby to my parents, or to friends, or whatever. How much harder can it be, and a small two inch screen is just big enough to get the video out and be seen.
 
michaelrjohnson said:
Why on earth would *anyone* want to watch videos on a 2 inch color screen?
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short sighted.


why not turn the damn thing :) horizontal? and have the full face a touch screen? that would be a what 5x3 inch screen "wide angle".

you could even have the iPod wheel pop up on the touch screen when you wanted to navigate your itunes play lists.
 
There is no reason they couldn't enable this on the ipod photos. Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't they use a chip that is video capable?
 
I'm probably completely and utterly off base, but it seems like this is all leading up to one thing - iVideo (or whatever you want to call it), the online movie store.

Think about what we are seeing, the rumors we are hearing: New video iPods, Airport Express with video streaming, the new HD codec, music videos in iTunes...the list goes on. There's an entire technology structure being set up before us to handle the purchase, manipulation, and integration of HD video data into our everyday computing lives.

Steve said that 2005 would be the year of HD. We're nearly halfway through the year, and there hasn't been anything overtly revolutionary. Yet. It has to be this, and it has to be WWDC. Paris and the other Expos/events, IMO, are too late in the year for Steve to have made his missive about the significance of 2005.

Some posters around here claim that things like this "can't be done" or won't be ready any time soon. I say that innovation usually arrives when least expected.
 
Well, like I said, I'm probably completely and utterly off base.

But:

That article only mentions that it's illegal to rip a DVD to a HD and unencrypt it to stream over a network. But why do we assume that we're starting from a DVD?

It's not ripping a DVD, it's purchasing and downloaded a licensed data file. How is that different from the current SOP of iTunes?

Now, I'm not a techhead so there's probably a billion contingent reasons this won't work that I just simply don't know about. I'm also probably retreading stuff that's already been posted in other threads previously. Apologies.
 
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