| The new iPod video has a wide range of new qualities | | | | Based on this, the analysts mentioned that if Apple |
| and among these, the most important is, without any | | | | wanted to really hit the market, they should opt for an |
| doubt, the video feature. Due to the fact that the | | | | iPod with a bigger screen, so that customers would be |
| market already had a small and portable device which | | | | eager to watch even the long movies on this device. |
| basically played games, but also played videos, the | | | | Another aspect which was highly debated was the |
| new iPod video was released with some suspicions of | | | | fact that the battery life of this new device lasts less |
| the critics. The video iPod is hardly the first portable | | | | than expected. While the play station portable has a |
| video player on the market, as the device belonging to | | | | battery which lasts up to 8 hours while watching a |
| Sony claims to be the number 1 portable video player | | | | movie, the iPod video only provides 2 hours of battery |
| in the world, but it is principally used to play video | | | | life, which is a big disturbance, when trying to watch a |
| games. Even so, the sales of this new product turned | | | | full length movie on this small digital device. Another |
| out to be surprisingly high, a fact which was obvious | | | | thing that the critics attacked was the fact that the |
| shortly after the first semester. | | | | iPod takes too long time to download various movies. |
| The main concern regarding the product was the fact | | | | If for the play station portable, this task is doable in less |
| that due to the small screen, the people willing to | | | | than 3 hours, while the QuickTime 7 Pro took almost |
| watch a serious movie on it would be limited. In fact, | | | | 12 hours to encode the video in an iPod-friendly format. |
| studies show that most people prefer to feel the | | | | The sales of the new iPod video show the fact that |
| actual movie, while watching it in front of a big screen, | | | | the public accepts and wants this new product with a |
| like the one in the movie theatres. Even more, the new | | | | lot of interest, due to the fact that it can play music, |
| cell phone with a video feature which was so famous | | | | store pictures and play movies at the same time, a |
| in Asia was used for watching movies only for a few | | | | fact which makes it a multifunctional device. Even if |
| minutes, considering the fact that it had a small screen | | | | the new item received many criticism, the |
| which couldn't allow catching all the quality details of | | | | shirt-pocket-size new video iPod, seems to be one of |
| the movie. The critics even mentioned the fact that, | | | | the most preferred objects of the teens of today, as |
| while being on a bus, in a cab or waiting in line at some | | | | they use it to store and listen to thousands of music |
| office, the video iPod with its tiny screen might be a | | | | and other audio files downloaded straight from the |
| good solution, after all. This is due to the fact that this | | | | Internet or from DVD's, cameras and from the |
| activity is considered a great snack or a great break. | | | | computer files. |