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The Video iPod is on its Way

Posted by Hemos on from the predictions-for-the-future dept.

An iPod Speculator writes "Is Apple developing a Video iPod? Recent contracts and software releases suggest that a video enabled iPod is forthcoming. If so, what kind of features will it have? I offer some insight into why video is the next step for the iPod and how it might come about in this article."

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  1. Forget video support... by irchs · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Give us support for more Audio formats. Namely Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, MPC and the like. Official support for this in iTunes and on the iPod is definately possible with the new generation of chips making their way into the new iPod's. For example, the iPod shuffle (please slap me if I am wrong) features the next processor up from the one used in the Rio Karma, which supports a plethora of audio formats which includes Ogg Vorbis and FLAC.

    A question I always had tho, is Ogg support out the question due to Licensing Issues?! I always guessed not due to the fact that the Rio Karma has done it :D I understand that Ogg support was not possible before due to the sheer lack of horsepower to process the Vorbis streams, but now?! Please Apple, its the only thing holding me back from buying an iPod :)

    Surely it wouldn't take them that long to code Vorbis support?! :)

    Anyway, back to work.

    Jan

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    Jan