Typical price: £299
What is it: MP3 and video player with 60GB hard drive
What we think: Buy the affordable, sleek fifth-gen iPod for its audio virtues -- poor battery life and a relatively small screen hamper its appeal to video enthusiasts
What you need to know
Reviewed on: 14 November 2005
Tags: Apple, Apple iPod (60GB, video), plastic, gadgets, video files
We like:
Incredibly thin and intuitive design; beautiful LCD; supports photo and video playback; seamless integration with iTunes, which boasts the world's biggest music catalogue and a new video store; smooth video; lots of extra features, such as a world clock, a stopwatch and PIM applications; a galaxy of accessories designed for the iPod; great overall value
We don't like:
No extras included, such as a dock, AV cables or a power adaptor; poor battery life for video; slight delay when playing video; no guarantee that your non-iTunes Music Store video will play on an iPod, even after using converted third-party software; TV programmes not available on iTunes outside of the US yet
CNET UK judgement:
Buy the affordable, sleek and sexy fifth-generation Apple iPod for its audio virtues. Although video looks great, poor video battery life and a relatively small screen hamper its appeal to video enthusiasts
Full review:
Pay close attention to the new Apple iPod when you first hold one in your hands. Most of you will notice a design that's thinner, lighter and sexier than its predecessor's, as well as a new screen that dwarfs the Click Wheel. A few of you will notice subtler differences, such as the absence of the smart headphone jack, a smaller Click Wheel and the iPod's superflat face. Experienced iPod users may complain that essentials such as a power adaptor and A/V cables aren't bundled with the device. But despite the fact that it is an audio player first and foremost, all of you will remember the fifth-generation iPod as the video iPod. Continue Reading...
Apple iPod (60GB, video) History
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4 Jun 2008 in Crave
UK iTunes store finally gets movie downloads
At long last, you can now buy and rent movies from the Apple UK iTunes store, so now up to 700 movies can be viewed on your iPod, iPhone or Apple TV. Yay!
29 Aug 2007 in Crave
iTunes video: TV shows available to buy now in the UK
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24 Aug 2006 in News
Has the iPod run out of new tricks?
Apple hasn't significantly updated its franchise music player in almost a year, while rivals have added capacity and more
29 Jun 2006 in News
New iPods will be delayed, say analysts
The next batch of Apple iPods, initially expected to ship in the autumn, are now said to be delayed until the end of the year and shares have fallen as a result
15 Jun 2006 in News
News.blog: Apple looks into iPod sweatshop claims
Big White is investigating reports exposing poor working conditions in an iPod manufacturing plant in China, writes News.com blogger Ina Fried
18 Jan 2006 in Crave
iPod Radio Remote: The perfect podcessory
For years iPod owners have emitted the whimper, "Please Apple, let us have built-in radio." But Apple has refused to budge. Now, with the launch of the iPod Radio Remote, there's Apple-endorsed radio for your iPod
15 Dec 2005 in Crave
Hold me closer tiny podcessory: Altec inMotion iM3
iPod speaker systems may coat the western world like some abominable self-replicating fungus, but there are some systems that put the others to shame. One such system is the iM3 -- a small but powerful creature
14 Dec 2005 in Crave
Chris's Christmas shopping: BMW Z4
Looking for the ultimate in iPod accessories? Terminally bored by the bland array of uninspired plastic gizmos that blight your iPod's body? Us too. Mop down the drag-racing track, we're about to burn digital rubber
16 Nov 2005 in Crave
Telling it like it is: Eclipse 307 iPod speakers
Eclipse is famous for its high-end speakers, and now the company has busted out something a little cheaper for the iPod market. They're small, they're beautiful, and Crave wants a pair
13 Oct 2005 in Crave
iPod 5th gen and iTunes 6.0: Video killed the radio star
It's been confirmed: the next generation of iPod will support video. Rather than a complete redesign though, the 5th generation of the world's most popular MP3 player merely supports it as a bonus feature
10 Aug 2005 in Crave
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19 Jul 2005 in Crave
And for its next trick, the iPod does video. Possibly. We hope
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