Apple and Video iPod/iTunes?

I would have bought one last time I got a photo. And I think it would be useful on planes when you're really bored.

Apple is slowly drifting in the video direction. I think they are testing the waters. Other companies are starting to do iPod-like devices with video. SO with Apple, anything's possible.

Just bring on the movie store. I think music videos are useless.

Sweet. As long as the quality is all right, I am all for it. iTunes is getting quite the multi-media hub.
Does anyone remember the story about Apple buying the company that invented the "iPhoto for videos"? That'd be cool.
Apple is opening quite some revenue streams here. First podcasts, now music videos.

There's nothing ideal about video/movies on an iPod. It could be an interesting gimmicky extra. Not as universal as photos (there's a WIDE desire to transport/show photos on the go), but still neat. Very few people would be likely to use it regularly, but no harm done if it doesn't cost much to add.

But video/movie DOWNLOADS do have a use! There's a market for that.

And music videos are a good place to start. They tie into what Apple already does, and nobody needs to complain about them if they end up on a tiny iPod screen (or iPod-to-TV), since they're just a "little extra" like album art. Fun for some people, but not THE big reason to own the iPod. It doesn't try to make the iPod into a MoviePod. (Just like the main reason to get an iPod Photo is still music--and photos are an extra which tie in: slideshows set to music.)

and then what? what comes AFTER the video ipod? say a year after? THAT IS THE QUESTION.... :cool:

and then what? what comes AFTER the video ipod? say a year after? THAT IS THE QUESTION.... :cool:

iPod VR. :rolleyes:

Then videos are expected to cost $1.99 each with a possible discount if sold alongwith the actual song.

If you purchase it without the song, what do you hear? Silence? :p

I can't see this being a winner, $1.99 for something that is basically an advertisement for the song, with the possibility of a new iPod in order to play it. What's next - movie trailers for purchase?

They're testing the waters with this music video download thing. Once they can prove to studios that it's viable I'd expect a ton of drm-rentals/purchases to go through the iTunes Video Store (iTVS). I for one would love a video player - something to watch on the bus or subway as well as long trips when I don't feel like lugging my laptop.

Dire Straits never looked so good on my 2 inch iPod screen!