iPod Video Coming to a Car Near You

_am99_ writes "In the "one more thing" media event today, an iPod that can play Video was announced. The initial content seems to be music videos that can be purchased from the iTunes Music Store." In related news aquachannel writes "Apple has just updated their iPodYourCar page to include a slew of new car companies. This means that there'll be a lot of cars that you can buy off the showroom floor and use your iPod with your car - right off the floor and out of the box."

Man, was I wrong.

[Faust7]

And here I thought they were finally releasing the successor to the Apple IIGS.

Or they fixed up the Apple /// even better this time. Or they bristled at the term "Apple ][ Minus" and went back to Integer BASIC without Autostart. Or they followed up on that Pippin console.

Quiet you, it could still happen.

One more thing...

[all your mwbassguy a]

no bluetooth. doesnt support ogg vorbis. lame.

Video iPod pornography.

[CyricZ]

Has anyone begun selling Video iPod pornography yet?

cool news

[Ankou]

According to Stuff magazine: [stuffmag.co.uk]

"You'll be able to buy TV shows from the iTunes Music Store - Desperate Housewives, Lost and more shows from ABC and Disney." I guess that means Terry Hatcher will be getting into MY pants!

Video iPod -- Who Knew?

[JonTurner]

Talk about unexpected... that Apple sure can keep a secret!

divx/xvid

[Dster76]

Yes, but can I play xvid or divx encoded videos? You know, all the ones that I created from DVDs I own?

Re:cool news

[Anonymous Coward]

I guess that means Terry Hatcher will be getting into MY pants!

Terry Hatcher? Sounds like some NFL linebacker. Well, you can bend over while he gets into your pants if you want, but I, for one, am holding out for the gorgeous Teri Hatcher!!

C'mon... say it...

[Anonymous Coward]

Say it with me now...

iPorn.

Re:Video iPod pornography.

[Zach978]

I can finally get interested in Podcasting...

Re:Video iPod pornography.

[tbone1]

Has anyone begun selling Video iPod pornography yet?

Does "Desperate Housewives" count?

Sincerely,
Terrell Owens

Re:More at CBS news

[op12]

Finally I can catch up on shows I missed while driving to work the next day.

Classic iPod quotes

[fiannaFailMan]

"Agree with the article poster - Lame. Not only is this a lackluster MP3 unit (which by virtue of being firewire will be limited to Apple Mac owners), but it has virtually no UI wizardry that might define it as an Apple product. A total waste of time."

"Raise your hand if you have iTunes ...
Raise your hand if you have a FireWire port ...
Raise your hand if you have both ...
Raise your hand if you have $400 to spend on a cute Apple device ...
There is Apple's market. Pretty slim, eh? I don't see many sales in the future of iPod."

And of course, the obligatory "Apple's going under:"

Goofy internal projects, expensive gaffes trying to "diversify" into areas it has only a tenuous relationship to, a complete inability to understand markets, and a constitutional immunity against learning from their mistakes. There is no future in a $400 (about $250 too expensive) firewire-only (5% of computer users) hardrive-based (read: fragile) mp3 player. Any one of these critical flaws might doom the product - take them all together and you have another classic corporate farce. When you see silliness on this level, though, normally you expect to see a raging egotist who is immune to common sense and criticism in some position of power in the company... oh wait, Steve Jobs. Never mind. This just reinforces my steadily growing sense of foreboding about Apple. Yes, I've said this before and been wrong, but I'll say it again anyway. They're living on borrowed time."

Names hidden to spare any embarrassment.

See the original thread [slashdot.org] from the time of the original iPod launch.

Re:Video iPod pornography.

[Chocolate Teapot]

I believe that Apple may have considered adding adult content to the iTunes store, but following the lack of serious interest in this product [bbspot.com], they decided that it is too much of a niche market :)

Re:Finally...

[databyss]

The Pacific is a biiiig ocean.

I sure hope you like "That's So Raven".

Re:Video iPod pornography.

[kalel666]

"I'm talking about quadruple anal penetration. Yes, four cocks in one woman's tight cunt."

Four nearsighted, cross eyed drunks, with no depth perception, apparently.

Re:Finally...

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm surprised they didn't release a remote with only one button.

Car video! Cool!

[Locke2005]

'Cause you know, I get really bored when I'm driving alone, and it would be really great if I had something to WATCH to help pass the time!

Re:Classic iPod quotes

[The Bungi]

You're absolutely spot on but... you've been saving that for five years just to get a +5 funny mod? Does this not bother you, even a little bit?

Re:Video iPod pornography.

[winkydink]

or a slashdotter who doesn't know his ass from a... never mind

Re:Finally...

[XMyth]

Maybe it's the new tallscreen format we've been hearing so many rumors about.

Re:This is ridiculous

[seven of five]

-New iMac with built-in Firewire camera

finally, easy out-of-the-box setup for sexcam bunnies....

Re:60GB -- 3 hours of video: Huh?

[jeffehobbs]

...mmmm. Batter life.

Re:Finally... there *are* TV shows available

[Anonymous Coward]

"LOST" is not something I'd put on a video player, since I currently use my iPod for long plane trips.

But hey, that's just me!

Re:AirTunes Express for video

[Anonymous Coward]

So buy two iPods.

Sincerely,
Steve Jobs ;)

Re:One more thing...

[MKalus]

I don't know who Microsoft carries those "blind listening tests" with.

Deaf People?

PornPod?

[mlingojones]

Strange that at the same time they released a video-capable iPod, they release an iMac with a built-in webcam. It's the ultimate porn combo!

Re:No more eMacs

[chochos]

So that's it? vi officially wins, at least on OS X?

Just For You

[carou]

One of the new features just introduced in the iTunes Music Store is "just for you" (beta) - a suggestion service which, given a record of what music purchases you've already made, will list some other albums you might like to try.

Apple, being Apple, have approached this problem in a different way to the rest of the industry. Where their more pedestrian competitors might offer albums similar to the ones you already own, Apple's groundbreaking system leads me in a much more creative and original direction, offering albums from genres entirely unlike the albums I've bought so far.

You bought The Shadows, Live at the Paris Olympia. We recommend Basement Jaxx, Kish Kash.

You bought Vangelis, Heaven & Hell. We recommend Motörhead, Iron Fist.

I think the internet will soon be abuzz with compliments to this most innovative scheme.

Re:No powerbook upgrades?!!!!

[Anonymous Coward]

Except (1) it won't run Mac OS X, and (2) it won't be a Powerbook.

You do realize that there's more to a computer than which company manufactured the microchip, right?