5th Gen. Ipod (finally)

[Wodgy]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Taphil Slimness is costing battery life, which sucks.

??? Battery life is 5 hours more than the last version.

 

[kin0kin]

damn. apple's site is flooded with ppl again. Can't even browse it properly.

 

[Taphil]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wodgy ??? Battery life is 5 hours more than the last version.

15 hours for the old 20GB color screen iPod. And that was an underestimate. It's the thicker 60GB model that gets 20 hours.

 

[haroldpark]

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrisfromalbany Well the tend to under rate it now.. They did that from the nano and photo ipod. I am guessing more like 23 hours of running time. But for me with all 320 AAC files, I have no idea. Alot less.

If you actually use the video feature the battery life will be a lot less than 20 hours obviously.

 

[xluben]

Here's the pics from the Apple.com gallery if that link isn't working:

http://img133.imageshack.us/gal.php?...fi5eb017wn.jpg

Edit: Here's a link to the new TV ad (if you can get it to load).

http://www.apple.com/ipod/ads/

 

[Michael1980]

Does the iPod allow you to playback your own videos?
Ie can you add videos to iTunes now?

 

[Wodgy]

It looks like it will play generic H.264 and MPEG4 encoded video, not just things from the Apple Store. There's even already a church offering weekly sermons as weekly "vodcasts" for the new iPod.

 

[Michael1980]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wodgy It looks like it will play generic H.264 and MPEG4 encoded video, not just things from the Apple Store. There's even already a church offering weekly sermons as weekly "vodcasts" for the new iPod.

Right, so the user can drag any .avi file into iTunes and it will appear in the video section?

 

[mutejute]

ipod video in action!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ipodlounger/

 

[YngwieJMalmsteen]

The 30g gets 2 hours of video playback?!? Thats not even enough to watch a lot of movies...

 

[rsaavedra]

All over the tech news already:
http://news.com.com/Apple+unveils+vi...3863&subj=news
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/ptech/1...ction=cnn_tech
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051012/...mputer_imac_dc

 

[Michael1980]

Are you serious? 2 hours batter life???????????????

 

[flambo]

I don't know if anyone noticed but it was mentioned in playlistmag.com that in addition to the new video capable iPods, there will be a reshuffling of the full size audio iPods. $299 for 40 GB and $399 for 80GB. I'm not sure how reliable this is since this is not mentioned in the updated Apple store.

 

[Wodgy]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Michael1980 Right, so the user can drag any .avi file into iTunes and it will appear in the video section?

iTunes has supported video in this way for the last couple of versions. Not every .avi is supported; only open standards (MPEG4, H.264) and Apple stuff (Quicktime, etc.); as far as I know Windows Media is not supported.

 

[Spad]

I think SJ's got to stop over-hyping these events. The iMac upgrade was a yawner for most. It's almost exactly like the one that's been sitting in my den for months except for the iSight, TV software, and a measly .1GH speed bump--none of which means a thing to most beyond possibly the dorm crowd.

The iPods are nice, but I see no compelling reason for anyone with a current color model to upgrade. I've bought them all in the past but I'll probably pass on this generation unless my 60 breaks before the next iteration is released. Maybe I'm just too fond of the Nanos to be impressed by these.