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Video iPod Oct 12?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the rumors-flow-like-honey dept.

Petey_Alchemist writes "Apple Insider is reporting that Apple will release a video iPod on October 12th, possibly in conjunction with the announcement of Apple's fourth quarter results. From the article 'Although details are scarce, sources who claim to have seen the new iPod describe it as being similar to Apple's 60GB iPod photo player, but several millimeters thinner. The device reportedly sports a smaller click-wheel akin to that of the iPod nano's, making way for a larger, higher-resolution color display that extends further down the face of the device.' "

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  1. Re:it's all just rumor... by znu · · Score: 5, Informative

    Apple, like many companies, has its financial quarters offset from calendar quarters for tax purposes. Apple's third quarter ended June 25th.

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  2. Re:DivX is a pile of shit by blackmonday · · Score: 4, Informative

    *yes* there is a reason to use Xvid over h.264. my ipaq is a 300 mhz unit. It doesn't have enough CPU strength to run a high quality h.264 feed. Besides. Xvid is gives me essentially DVD quality in a sub 500MB file.

    If the iPod is to play h.264, the CPU is gonna be very fast, and it is going to be an expensive unit!

  3. Re:am I the only one who does not get it? by 99BottlesOfBeerInMyF · · Score: 4, Informative

    There is, however, a conversion when loading mp3 to an iPod?

    Nope, not really. iPods play mp3 files with the built in hardware, but the filesystem on the iPod gives it a weird hash for a name and organizes it in a weird file structure. Perhaps you were recalling something about the Sony music players that spent several hours converting mp3's to their proprietary format when it loaded them onto the player.

    It concerned me that their end game is to tie you to their retail service much the same way that MS has done by slightly altering their implementations of standards.

    My opinion given the prices/profits they have posted for the iTMS is that their goal is twofold, first they sell music as an incentive for people to buy their devices. Second, they sell music to prevent MS from dominating the space with their proprietary format and making macs second class citizens for music, which would hurt their core market.

    Thanks for the reply.

    You're quite welcome.