The new iPod will become available within the next few months and is expected to cost around $499.
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Think Secret
Instead of increasing the HD size each year (no lay music fan has SIXTY gb's of music... that is completely unnecessary for your average MP3 collector), Apple should focus on revamping other aspects of the iPod. Obviously, with 60gb, it is not intended for the average consumer to upload only MP3's. But storing photos on the iPod would depend on one thing: what's the quality of the LCD screen??? If it's subpar, then there is absolutely no reason to buy the "5 Gen" iPod.
Heck if we can get photos and stuff, I want DIVX movies to be able to played. Make the IPod with regular screen sizes, slap some DIVX movies on there and you're rolling nicely. It'd b like a portable mini dvd player.
Want an MP3 player that also displays JPG photos, AND plays MP4 video files. Look no further! The ZVUE player from handheld entertainment will do it for you. http://www.zvue.com/index.html No, I'm not advertising for handheld. I just think they have a really cool product. It doesn't have 4Gig of storage though. It uses SD flash cards for memory, so memory size depends on how much you're willing to shell out for an SD card. Handheld entertainment originally offered this about a year ago, but it would only play video in their proprietary format. They never got any decent video offerings, and so came out with a software update to allow you to play your own MP4 files. A good example of a company responding to the market, and giving them what they really want - in this case an inexpensive ($149) hand held video player.