News
Mix: Q3 earnings, iPod hoodie, H.264 codec
Apple tomorrow reports its third-quarter financial earnings. Analysts expect the company to have earnings of 31 cents per share on $3.33bn in revenue and report iPod shipments of 5.4m-5.5m units.
Mary Burr Design is offering a $2.95 pattern for knitting your own iPod Hoodie.
In an article entitled “Movies seem ready to roll on iPod,” Robert Padbury of The Age speculates that Apple will take advantage of its H.264 video codec in an upcoming iPod movie player.
Related Stories
- Mix: iCloud suit, iTunes TOS, Airplane Crash, iPad at Saks
- Mix: Air Guitar, Infinite Loop, Tardis Case, Loop Nano
- Mix: iPad 3, Semiconductors, Foxconn, 2011 ADAs
- Mix: Universal, iCloud icon, Apple retail, The Beatles
- Mix: Explosion, France Telecom, Freescale, Samsung
- Mix: BookExpo, SID awards, Apple Store 2.0, Mobile Privacy
Comments
If you have a comment, news tip, advertising inquiry, or coverage request, a question about iPods/iPhones/iPad or accessories, or if you sell or market iPod/iPhone/iPad products or services, read iLounge's Comments + Questions policies before posting, and fully identify yourself if you do. We will delete comments containing advertising, astroturfing, trolling, personal attacks, offensive language, or other objectionable content, then ban and/or publicly identify violators.
Recent News
- Pulp adds iCloud sync, new Home Page
- WordPress for iOS adds Push Notifications
- Sony launches Music Unlimited for iOS
- Apple device poll ends, computing poll begins
- Fruit Ninja adds new features and power-ups
- Apple to sell Nest Learning Thermostat
- Third-gen iPad to launch in Guam, Philippines May 29
- Apple tweaks App Store with Editors’ Choice, Free picks
- Panic releases Diet Coda
- Booq rolls out new Folio for iPad
Recent Reviews
- Pelican i1075 Hardback Case for iPad
- Skinit Skins for iPad (3rd-Generation)
- Spigen SGP Steinheil Ultra Optics Screen Protector for iPad (3rd-Gen)
- ZeroChroma VarioProtect for iPhone 4/4S
- BodyGuardz UltraTough Clear Skins for iPad (3rd-Gen)
- Wrapsol Original + Ultra Hybrid Protective Film for iPad 2/iPad (3rd-Gen)
- iBattz Mojo Removable Power Card Wallet
- dreamGEAR i.Sound Power View Pro S 2.1A Dual Charging Dock
- dreamGEAR i.Sound Universal Power View
- Sena Cases Florence Portfolio for iPad (3rd-Gen)
Recent Articles
- Removing music from iTunes after copying to iPod
- iOS Gems: Farm 123, Facebook Camera, Scribblenauts, Shoot the Zombirds + Virtua Tennis Challenge
- iTunes TV show size totals don’t match actual disk storage
- Consolidating Multiple iTunes Libraries
- Converting Purchased Videos to 1080p HD
- Find My Friends always reports home location
- Creating an iTunes Match library from an external hard drive
- Benefits of keeping apps in iTunes when using iCloud
- Recovering iTunes from an External Hard Drive
- Normalizing volume levels for Voice Memos
1
What I could wish Apple does, is just release a firmware update that allows you to play movies on the current Color/Photo iPods, because seeing and using ipolinux first hand, there is no doubt that the iPod Color could play movies.
Posted by Mike Bargo on July 12, 2005 at 8:00 PM (PDT)
2
yeah, Mike Bargo. but it would drastically affect the battery of the ipod photo, its not meant for videos. just with slideshows, the battery lasts 5hrs, think what will happen with videos.
Posted by Nitin on July 12, 2005 at 8:37 PM (PDT)
3
But when you think about it, a slide show is realistically the same thing as a video, except more simple. All video is, is a series of pictures that go through frame by frame, while music is played behind it, simple enough. I would think that since both are basically music, and photos, then you’d probably get around 4 or 5 hours worth of movies, which is just enough for me.
Posted by Mike Bargo on July 12, 2005 at 10:00 PM (PDT)
4
I doubt you would get 4 or 5 hours of movies actually. While it’s true it’s frames and sound, the number of frames being displayed is far greater, and the software needed to run the video would be more complex. At the very least the drive would be called in to use a lot more often which is the main drain on battery power.
Additionally, it doesn’t make much sense from a market perspective for Apple to add this feature to existing color iPods, as this would be a major upgrade incentive for many people, so it doesn’t make sense to give it away for “free”.
Posted by punxking in San Diego on July 13, 2005 at 11:06 AM (PDT)