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Video iPod May Arrive in September

Posted by timothy on from the then-they-go-to-the-computer-bridal-chamber dept.

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."

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  1. Sweet! by eln · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now they need to make a video camera iPod, so I can film all the video iPod owners running into light poles while trying to watch this thing on their morning jog.

  2. Who knew? by artifex2004 · · Score: 2, Funny

    The future of video isn't HD, it's little portable devices with overpriced, DRM-encumbered media and small, low-res screens, like the PSP, cell phones, and the iPod.

  3. This Explains It! by TPIRman · · Score: 4, Funny

    ETA of video iPod: September.

    ETA of conspiracy theory explaining why the video iPod is the real reason that Apple switched to Intel: Any second now.

  4. Gates must be a bit chagrined. by jusdisgi · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hehe. And this just hours after "Bill Gates Swears Vow Against 'Son of iPod'"

    Too little too late? I thought you said it was a good size!

    -Brodie and Gates.

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  5. sweet by millahtime · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now I can easily take my p0rn collection everywhere.

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  6. Re:One Problem by happymedium · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now that's a bit short-sighted. I'll bet big money that the first peripheral/add-on is an A/V red-white-yellow output so you can connect it to your TV.

    <paranoia>(Or, will Apple balk at this, considering how easy that would make it to circumvent the inevitable DRM on the movies?)</paranoia>

  7. Microsoft is already too late. by vinohradska · · Score: 2, Funny

    So much for Bill Gates' recent proclamations about the Son of iPod. Apple is one step ahead again.

  8. This is just perfect! by DaFork · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now my Aunt can carry around hours of her crappy home videos anywhere she wants for instant torture.

    1. Re:This is just perfect! by lucabrasi999 · · Score: 4, Funny
      Now my Aunt can carry around hours of her crappy home videos anywhere she wants for instant torture.

      At first, I thought you were talking about "Home videos OF instant torture." Your Aunt must be a really interesting person. :)

    2. Re:This is just perfect! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Insensitive clod. I *AM* your Aunt!

  9. Yep by Knome_fan · · Score: 5, Funny

    It'll be called iPrOn

  10. Re:Before everyone starts bitching about the scree by TrappedByMyself · · Score: 4, Funny

    Before everyone starts bitching...

    Stop right there. I know it's cliche, but you must be new here.

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  11. Re:hacked version by Fahrvergnuugen · · Score: 3, Funny

    "play ANY video I want"

    Translation: pr0n
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  12. Looking forward by AtariAmarok · · Score: 2, Funny

    Looking forward to new three-color iPod ads on TV showing someone wearing an iPod, dancing down the street watching the screen, and smashing into a nearby lamppost.

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  13. Re:Yeah, but... by rampant+mac · · Score: 2, Funny
    "Does this mean Apple will now become the world's largest porn vendor???

    Not that I, uh, know much about it but I think Kazaa and such have the monopoly on that specific content.

    On a side note, imagine the contest like Apple just did with their 500th million song...

    And the winner is John Smith, who downloaded 'Sweet Cheeks and Sticky Buns IV'!

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  14. Re:Yeah, but... by Dogtanian · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oddly enough, I have absolutely no interest in wathcing pr0n on a 1 - 1/2 inch screen.

    There's a joke insulting your manhood and including the words "life size" in there somewhere, but I think I'll leave it.

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  15. Re:Before everyone starts bitching about the scree by FosterKanig · · Score: 1, Funny

    Couldn't afford the 120", huh?