DISQUS

Pathway · 4 years ago

I'll take your points, and offer counterpoints for a good debate:

1. "The drive size bump isn't all that exciting."

Well, yes it is if you consider that the prices didn't go up. Sure, you may not need 60 gigs if you have a 40, but to someone who's considering his first MP3 player since my Rio500... the more the merier.

2. "Video is unimpressive"

I'll give you half credit here: Yes, there is not much content yet. Yes, the resolution on the screen is less than stellar. But consider what has to be done by Apple here: Apple has to convince the entire movie industry to allow them to sell their video. That's not going to be an easy sell. They have a foot in the door now with 5 shows from Disney, and can use this to pull in other content from other sources. More will come, just you wait and see.

3. "Bah, I'll wait for the next 'one more thing'..."

Good for you. It pains me to see people waste their money. If you're happy with what you've got, feel free to consider other options to spend your money on. You're not Apple's target audience with this product. The target is the holliday season, and these will sell well as gifts.

--Pathway

gMax · 4 years ago

... ok... apple are, apple are... i should listen to someone who cant even do grammar right? apple is, apple is...

Stuart E · 4 years ago

gMax, you're clearly not English, so before launching into some grammatical offensive, please allow for the fact that the inhabitants of America use our language differently from its originators.

It may surprise you to learn that we use group nouns as plurals in England. We say "the government _are_", rather than "the government _is_", and band names that are singular (e.g. The Fall) will be referred to in the plural: The Fall are going on stage, rather than The Fall _is_ going on stage.

If you don't want to listen to someone who knows how to use the English language as it is spoken in its native country, then I suggest filling your trousers with warm custard, shaving your head, and setting fire to your feet.

That is all.

P.S. Do please try and get the hang of using apostrophes. And capitalisation.

podlover · 4 years ago

not like this feature? Is it perfected yet? No it could have wireless integration but, come on it opens up alot of doors.

P.S. I thought it funny that negative comments on Apple were from a direct link from Microsoft MSN.

Ashleigh · 4 years ago

Podlover, just a quick one, yes you can watch the video on your PC/Mac, but I can already do that I don't need an iPod? 2-Plug your 320x240 res iPod into a TV? no thanks we've only just got rid of 352 line VHS, I don't want that sort of quality back, just download/convert the show to xvid/divx and watch it on an XBox or a hardware divx encoder; not only are they cheaper than an iPod but better quality.

I will however give the iPod gen 5 it's due, the battery life is much improved, and being able to have media presentations on your iPod and play them back will be usefully.

So like Dan, I love the iPod (have 2) and Apple product's in general,I just don't think the gen 5 deserved all the who ha it got.

Steven · 4 years ago

"iPod, ... which supported wma, wmv, and ogg vorbis...
Sorry, but that is NEVER going to happen. At least not as long as Apple remains an independent competitor to Microsoft.

Gar · 3 years ago

I have the 60 gig Video iPod, nice but moving to the 80 isn't really a big bump. Now watching video on the road and using my iPod as a DVR is great, and there is ways of burning your movies so you can take them on the go. Try this item, comes in handy on planes and looks good too boot!

http://icuiti.com/

Apple needs to come out with a similar device like the PSP, but lighter a tad bigger screen and better resolution for the screen and output and it will win back anyone who is fadding. Plus include a FM tuner and have a flash drive/hardrive combo...