Jeremy’s Little Corner Of The Web…

Interesting article over at Macsimum Perspective, where Dennis Sellers asks if we really need a video iPod.

I would tend to agree with him. I basically don't have any movies on my computer, and if I had them on a portable video player, when would I want to watch them? Not while driving in the car, obviously. In the bus? Probably not. [City] Bus trips are too short to sit through an entire movie. I'm also perfectly happy zoning out while listening to music anyway. On a plane? Perhaps, but many airlines have in-flight entertainment anyway.

There's also no easy way to (legally) download movies at this point, so that's a problem, too. Ripping movies off DVDs is illegal too (I think), so you shouldn't have those anyway.

The only thing I would like in a next generation iPod is perhaps photo support. The rumour of video out of some sort, where you could plug the iPod into a TV and have a photo slideshow, sounded very useful. But… that isn't likely to happen without video playback features (which would probably include video out as well).

I wonder what Apple's going to pull out of its magic hat around September? (When the new Toshiba drives are released.)