Since the introduction of the iPod video at the end of 2005, the consumer market has had plenty of time to assess the "evolutionary" aspects of the device, as presented by Apple's "evolution of a revolution" marketing campaign.
Apple was trumpeting the fact that the iPod video had bought 2001's "revolutionary" iPod mp3 to new heights of technological sophistication with its then 30GB and now 80GB memory capacity. The iPod video did everything the iPod nano did, and threw in the talent for storing up to forty--and now one hundred--hours of video, and displaying those videos for 3.5 hours at a stretch, on its 60% brighter screen.
iPod Video Features
The original iPod video could contain the content of sixty full length feature films, or 7500 songs, or some combination of the two. It could play music for up to fourteen consecutive hours, and it could perform all its magic from the confines of a smaller casing than that so beloved by millions of existing iPod users. And it most spectacular feature was, of course, the 2.5" 320x240 pixel, 260,000 color display screen, half an inch larger than that on earlier generation iPods, and capable of adding video viewing to their photo and album cover viewing capacities.
But Apple is not content with that, and intends to develop a widescreen video iPod which ill enlarge the current screen size by 40%, from 2.5 to 3.5 inches. The widescreen, however, has been under development for well over a year, and has experienced display problems.
iPod Video battery Issues
The power demand which playing a video places on the iPod video battery significantly lowers the life of its charge, and one should not realistically expect to get more than a three hour viewing from it. One way to conserve the battery is to turn off the iPod video's backlighting, which is on in the default position. The iPod video screen is easy to read both in bright daylight and in good interior light, soothe backlight is not essential.
And fortunately, the iPod video will allow you to pause a video when you have to move other things, and come back to pick up the story at a later time, so if you have to recharge in mid-scene you have to go back and begin again. But those users who like to run more than one program at a time on their iPod videos, even if they are not watching videos, may find that the best strategy is to charge their iPods on a daily basis.
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