Video iPod May Arrive in September 441
Fuzzball963 writes "MSNBC is reporting that Apple is in talks with major record labels to license and sell video content on the iTunes music store. The videos would sell for $1.99 and be playable on a video iPod, which Apple has reported may come out sometime in September." Update: 07/18 18:54 GMT by T : Carl Bialik from the WSJ writes "Just to add to the previous Apple post, here's a free link to today's Wall Street Journal article upon which the MSNBC article was based."
firmware update or new device? (Score:5, Interesting)
hacked version (Score:3, Interesting)
Yeah, but... (Score:2, Interesting)
Link to facts? (Score:3, Interesting)
They have? Apple being such an open company and all with their future products.
The choke point seems to be (Score:2, Interesting)
I'd buy them on one condition (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:firmware update or new device? (Score:3, Interesting)
This confirms that "As Seen on TV" was just BS (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Before everyone starts bitching about the scree (Score:4, Interesting)
adding video to iPod (which does one thing and does it well, except now it can do two things -- photos) makes it perhaps too complicated.
however, what i am suggesting is that Apple would now have a tool to dominate the online video market the way they do music.
think about it. we're all waiting for movies for download. who's gonna do it and how? Apple is the only company that can even try. All they need are the contracts, bandwidth, and video iPods.
Re:Cost of video vs. cost of audio (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:Before everyone starts bitching about the scree (Score:3, Interesting)
Video _right_there_ (Score:5, Interesting)
Contrast that with a video iPod:
iPod audio is right there - in pocket, instant on/off.
iPod video will likewise be right there - in-hand and running practically instantly
Spending 10 minutes on a bus? Waiting for an airplane? 5 minutes early for a meeting? Unexpectedly waiting an hour for someone? No time to watch that movie, but have 15 minutes a day to kill?
One second flat from bored to watching something interesting. Enough storage to actually store several interesting things.
Yeah, the screen will be small - but it's right there, unlike your laptop which has to be hauled out of your backpack, or your >15" TV which is in your living room and definitely not on the bus or in the elevator with you.
I was right (Score:1, Interesting)
"Sone of iPod will be something like iPodv or somethinglike that, it will look exactly like a color screen iPod and it will be able to play video. The only visible difference is that it will have a sVideo out and it will have many different attachemnts for sale, from video goggles, iScreen to iProjector or iRay or something like that."
from the picture, looks like I was right, can't see the video connection though. But there is some odd silver thing bulging at the top that looks different.
Makes all the sense in the world to me... outsource the projection system and just provide the vehicle, and if someone comes up with something mega creative like Bose, you license it as official. Otherwise, let 3rd part people take the risk and let the market evolve what people want for content delivery... very wise marketing strategy.
the funniest thing though, is that you go to the linked sight and want to look at it and you see microsoft is already turning tricks.
They are not evolving, just a bloated predator that is consuming resources... kinda like republicans.
clicking for the video of the IPodv from OS X gives you:
"Feedback | Privacy | Help
Operating system not supported
MSN Video does not support your computer's operating system."
Re:Before everyone starts bitching about the scree (Score:3, Interesting)
No grandparent poster is right. No one wants to use a computer to serve video from an iPod to a TV. Too many components. These small cables [apple.com] are much easier.
On the other side I doubt this is what apple wants people to use the iPod for. P2PNet [p2pnet.net] has a good post listing why this isn't what you think. Apple knows a video iPod would get hacked to play nearly anything (though any mpeg4 video like xvid/divx is probably too cpu intensive to work) to play on it. This functionality will be for crap quality
The quality will be crap so that no one feeds it to a TV, so you don't need a fast processesor to run it, and so file downloads and transfers to iPod don't take forever. Uploading higher resolution video won't play, not because of codecs, but because there won't be enough cpu cycles.
Re:From the FA (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Before everyone starts bitching about the scree (Score:4, Interesting)
They can be so much more than music on the go. I perform using mine. I can DJ 2,000 songs, in addition I record songs using garageband on my G5 iMac, a FOSTEX 8 track digital recorder and a mixing board. I then play them back over the PA while I sing and play the guitar. It works like a charm! I will probably use a laptop sometime in the future. But for now the ipod works great! Before I do a show I edit the play lists for each set. The great thing is when I DJ, I don't have to carry all my CD's and I'm no longer burning cd back ups all the time. CD's tend to get scratched too easy.
Re:Video just isn't the same as music tho... (Score:3, Interesting)
Reason #1131 to move to Japan!
Instead of a 1-hour drive to work, you can have a 1-hour train ride to work, and will be able to watch entire television shows or significant portions of movies during transit. It gives you an excuse to own a video-capable player.
However, considering that shoulder bags are an acceptable accoutrement for men over there, perhaps you'd be happier with the new Archos PMP with the 7" screen...
Jasin NataelRe:Cost of video vs. cost of audio (Score:2, Interesting)
$1.99 for a 3 minute video?!?!?! (~$0.66/minute)
At that rate, an average length DVD would cost about $69.30 to "buy" (license, whatever the term of the day is).
No thanks.
Re:Before everyone starts bitching about the scree (Score:2, Interesting)
No, iPods are for listening to music on the go. Are you actually suggesting that their main function is to allow you to take your music to a friends house and play on their stereo?
I do it all the time, actually. I bought a 40gig iPod Photo. It came with a dock, carrying case, and a/v out cables to connect to a home entertainment system. I use it at home all the time and I often take it to my friend's house. I've also co-hosted a radio show and have hooked up my iPod to the system and streamed a short (2 - 3 song) playlist over the air. What's so crazy about that?
Missing the point... (Score:3, Interesting)
You get the idea. There's a ton of dead time in which such a thing could be useful, in addition to the fact that you can STILL use it to play music the rest of the time.
As to battery life, that's an unknown assumption. But really, all it needs to do is exceed the current 3-4 hours you get spinning a DVD in existing players and/or notebooks.