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Friday, October 08, 2004

60GB iPod to pack photo-viewing features

Think Secret:

After three years of being synonymous with "digital music player," Apple's iPod will widen its horizons and gain photo-viewing capabilities within the next 30 to 60 days, highly reliable sources tell Think Secret.

The new iPod, which will sit at the top of Apple's fourth-generation line-up, will pack Toshiba's new 60GB 1.8-inch hard drive, a 2-inch color liquid crystal display, iPhoto synchronization, audio/video-out capabilities, and will sell for $499.

The new iPod's form factor will be identical to the existing 4G iPods, sources report, but will be two millimeters thicker than the current 40GB iPod and marginally heavier.

The 2-inch color screen is identical in size to other iPods, but will sport a higher resolution for photo viewing. However, the new device's real shining feature will be its video-out port, which will enable users to tote their photo galleries with them, ready to be plugged into any television for big-screen viewing.

LOL. Just like a Portable Media Center, but with less battery life.

So... for the price of a Portable Media Center, you can get an iPod that plays music and photo slideshows, but not videos or Recorded TV shows. And with a smaller screen. I wonder if it will display CD album art like the Portable Media Center.

I'm also curious abou all you Apple fans that bashed the "tiny" screen on the Portable Media Center: Is the smaller screen on the 60 GB iPod now "just right"? I bet you think it is.

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