Apple Rolls Out New IPod with Photo Viewing

[DudeAsInCool]

Apple Rolls Out New iPod Photo Capabilities

By REUTERS

Published: October 26, 2004

Filed at 4:08 p.m. ET

SAN JOSE, Calif. (Reuters) -Apple Computer Inc. rolled out on Tuesday a new iPod that allows users to view and share photos, a dramatic expansion that takes the popular digital music player into the multimedia realm, while spurring its rivalry withMicrosoft Corp. and others.

Apple (AAPL.O) also has hooked up with Irish rock band U2 to announce the iPod U2 Special Edition, a black model of its popular digital music player that holds up to 5,000 songs.

The new iPod Photo, which had been widely anticipated, is a multimedia device with a color screen and comes with 40 gigabytes or 60 gigabytes of storage -- two to three times more than the storage available on its most used music player.

Read more here:

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/...artner=homepage

[jipper]

my phone takes crap pictures, thanks.

[DudeAsInCool]

my phone takes crap pictures, thanks.

It's for viewing, sharing and storage...not for taking pictures

[bmc]

what i thought it had a built in camera..... there goes a good idea

[jipper]

It's for viewing, sharing and storage...not for taking pictures

but..my phone takes crap pictures...thanks?

Photo Capabilities

[Redneck4sure]

Maybe it will store and display photos on a small screen but not take pictures. I dunno.

[DudeAsInCool]

Maybe it will store and display photos on a small screen but not take pictures.

Exactly - thats what I said

[Redneck4sure]

Exactly - thats what I said

That's the kind of intelligent post I am famous for.

It is also what you get when you post while talking on the phone.

[DudeAsInCool]

The NY Times just publishes a review. Here's an excerpt and the link to the article:

The iPod Photo, as it's called, looks and feels exactly like the existing iPod (it's one millimeter thicker). There's the famous white click wheel, there's the shiny chrome back panel, there are your fingerprints on it. But its two-inch screen is now in bright, crisp color.

The color screen is infinitely superior to the old black-and-white one, thanks in part to its new, sharper typeface. It makes a world of difference to built-in iPod programs like the calendar and the arcade games. It also shows the album's cover artwork when a song is playing.

But the real purpose of this screen is, of course, to display your digital pictures, which the iPod Photo automatically copies from your Mac or PC.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/28/technolo...its/28stat.html

[DudeAsInCool]

Radio on Your iPod?

Updated Thursday, Oct. 28, 2004, at 3:00 PM PT

Thursday, Oct. 28, 2004

Gizmos: The Future of Radio

NPR's Noah Adams talks to Paul Boutin about two new products for radio listeners: a portable satellite radio receiver, and a so-called "podcasting" system that allows iPod users to download radio programming. Listen to the segment.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4130861

[Redneck4sure]

Don't confuse Jip any further. :rolleyes: