That's my question. Why can't this thing play movies? It's seems like it took extra effort to limit it.

iPorn is coming!

This is great for artists, designers, photographers too... Think of the iPod Photo as a portable portfolio.

The only thing that sucks about that is the screen is so small. So it's like viewing photos, or comps, or wireframes on the back of your camera. If it had video out, it'd be good for presentations, but then you basically have a PDA.

It feels like a starting point, rather than the final product. It's just a matter of time until we see a) an iPhotos release for Windows, and b) USB-input to allow camera dumps on the go. I'm really surprised neither of these were included in this release. It almost seems pointless without them.

Matt, it does have a video out feature. From the iPod photo page:

"Use the included AV cable to connect iPod Photo to a projector or TV. You can mesmerize friends and family with a glorious multimedia experience, offering them a breathtaking slideshow accompanied by the music you already have on your iPod Photo. Of course, you get to choose the songs, albums or playlists. And talk about smart, iPod Photo optimizes your photos to fit on a standard (4:3) or widescreen (16:9) TV. "

"Use the included AV cable to connect iPod Photo to a projector or TV" ...yes!
Imagine viewing photos/ portfolios etc on a Video projector. show a pre-recorded presentation with voice and images. sounds cool to me. Yo ucoul do a PP/Keynote project and project it in combination woth sound

There is the Belkin iPod Media Reader for downloading on the fly. (I think)

Well, maybe.
Free space on your flash memory cards by copying digital images to iPod Photo’s hard drive

It's not clear if it actually works with the photo functions or just stores in on the HD like before.

I'm pretty sure iPod-displayed photos *must* go through iTunes, seeing as it "optimizes your photos to fit on a standard (4:3) or widescreen (16:9) TV."

Hmm, sorry, that quote actually says "iPod Photo" does the optimizing, so I could be totally off there.

Wait! Why isn't anyone covering the iPod Sock?

I'd like to see what the firmware is like. It would be very interesting if someone could hack even MPEG or MPEG2 support into it.

Is that iPod Sock for real? It has an Apple logo, but there's no mention of it on their website (that I could find). It's a sock... how... non-Apple.

The CNET article mentions it, but I haven't seen it anywhere else.

In addition to the new iPods, Apple also introduced a set of colored "socks" for carrying iPods. Apple will sell a set of six differently hued socks for $29.

They don't actually look too bad. I may pick up a set. ;)

Sucks that the 60 GB is only available for the iPod Photo. I have no use for a color screen (or the extra size and cost) but would snatch up a 60 gig iPod in a heartbeat.

ipod photo makes no sense to me. i have a laptop. i can create slide shows to music on it. i can't listen to pictures on headphones.

and the screensize... that's smaller than a lot of digital camera LCDs, no? and those suck for viewing pictures.

the sock, though. damn, that's an idea i wish i had.

My girlfriend knit me something like the iPod sock - it has elastic at the opening and works great to protect my iPod when it's loose in my bag

now if they built a camera into it, that WOULD make sense!

come to think of it, it should be a phone as well, and a video recorder. kinda like my new nokia 7610 but even better.

then i would be tempted to buy my first iPod!

Consumerism is a problem.

Socks for iPod? At $29? That's a bad joke, right? People actually buy this stuff?

forget the isock by apple, get a foofpod


dirtymouse & foof

Here's hoping the price of the regular ipod comes down now

I just bought a 40Gb iPod so I'm going to have to wait. I think the next model will be the 'must have' anyway

I don't know about the iPod sock. Other than storage when it's not in use (which is not often in my case),
what practical use does it serve? I'd much rather have REAL socks with the iPod logo. What a great
stocking stuffer!

And I also agree that the iPod Photo makes little sense either. I mean I carry around my photos either
on my camera, on a memory card, or upload them to the web. I never had a reason to carry or show off
photos from my iPod. The only really cool feature of the iPod Photo is the new color screen.

Hmm, wonder when they'll develop the iPod PDA or SmartPhone :)

I just ordered an IPod Photoand i'm mesmerized with all the cool stuff like Itrip and stuff.....