Thread: It's official: Video on your iPod
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Old 10-13-2005, 01:27 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by Chaos
Ok, in my opinion, the only reason this won't be a total flop, is that Apple is simply *adding* the video-playing capabilities, and not changing the form-factor much...
How much did the form factor change? Quoting Steve of what he said about one year ago:

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"We don't want to get into something unless we can invent or control the core technology in it... What's happening is to build in video, some companies are making [these devices] twice as heavy as an iPod and twice the size of an iPod, so they don't fit in your pocket, and twice as expensive as an iPod."
Let's see.. the iPod Video with 30Gb Hdd: $299... the previous iPod 4G without video with 20Gb Hdd: $230. Difficult to compare are there is no 30Gb iPod 4G... but I'd argue the additional 10Gb wouldn't cost $69 more to produce. On the other hand, given the additional video capabilities, it's still in a fair price range. And definitely not "twice as expensive" as promised.

Any details regarding size and weight?
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