Analysts offer doubts about 5G iPod success
updated 03:30 pm EDT, Wed October 19, 2005
5G iPod doubts by analysts
Some analysts are of Apple's fifth-generation (5G) iPod with its video capabilities, some suggesting that the company risks identifying itself with a project that could flop, while the author of one article from The Christian Science Monitor posed the possibility that the gadget is simply "Steve Jobs' folly". "Uncertainty surrounding the level of demand for the product, the sources for compelling content, and its possible use to view pornography seems to leave more question marks than exclamation points." Randy Giusto, however, a follower pf mobile and consumer markets for IDC said "yes, it's the next step in the video evolution, it makes perfect sense to put certain types of videos with the [iPod] audio. It's a natural fit." Avi Greengart, principal analyst of mobile devices for Current Analysis said "the screen isn't large enough to be a real video iPod," but noted that the new device is "really not a video iPod -- it's an iPod with video."
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is it really that hard?
the 5g ipod will succeed or fail on its capabilities as a *music* player/ everything apple has said regarding the new ipod make it very clear that it's a music player first; photo albums, podcasts, notes, audiobooks, games and video are nice extras.
the ipod 5g is a very safe bet, it will sell just as well as the 4g ipod and at the same time show the television/movie industry that a market exists for downloadable content.