Apple video iPod - Too much hype !!

The amount of hype and coverage the new video iPod has received has been incredible considering there are many other portable video players out there. Despite Steven Jandali saying that the new video iPod was "the best music player we've ever made,'' adding that the video element was a secondary issue, it has even made the news channels on T.V. amongst numerous references on the internet.

Perhaps what wasn't added in his hype was the elimination of the Firewire and only USB 2.0 available which seems like backward technology in order to boast that its 31% thinner than its predecessor. Ask yourself, isn't one's time more important than space ? Also its one of the only gadgets out there where you have to pay extra for a mains charger which is taking the piss at $299 or the more expensive 219 quid ($ 384.36) U.K. option !! The video iPod seems more like a gimmick to entice new iPod buyers. Staring at its 2.5 inch screen would be enough to make you go blind if you were watching an hour's worth of anything (forget the sparcely available content).As Jandali joked earlier about browning his bagels with the iPod, he seems to have done a big U-turn. I hope the new screens don't break in one's pockets either!! Sony's new PSP in contrast has an incredible screen as an example of portable video.

As it happens, yesterday my 3G iPod had suddenly become an expensive paperweight as it has totally died on me. I had to wade through all the bullshit one was blasted at about the new iPod to decide what to replace my old one with. I finally settled on a 20GB colour 4G iPod as though the new one is only 10 quid more with 10GB more space and a 0.5 inch bigger screen, black option (and of course 31% slimmer !), it has no Firewire, no mains charger, no skins as yet to protect its delicate screen and body and will probably be obsolete in the next 3-6 months with another rushed offering from Apple. I will have to wait till the end of 2006 for the ultimate iPoDA with iPhone, 16.7 million colour video, camera , iTunes and all the other normal wireless PDA functions, with a flap at the back like any mobile phone where a new lithium battery can be simply inserted to replace it instead of dealing with the iPod Battery replacement programme. Tags : Video iPod