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, battery life, accessories, wheel
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
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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
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20 Mar 2007 in News
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