iPod G5 Review

Hee..ilounge has a review of Apple latest's iPod G5. Both in 30Gb and 60GB, amazingly, they were much slimmer than my iPod 4G 20GB player. And iPod 5G's Advertisement with U2.

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Coincidently, iPod G5 was reviewed side by side with a Sony Playstation Portable [PSP] and if you are deciding which model to buy? Head over here for your answer.

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But some critic said Sony is not worry about iPod G5 cutting into market segment.


Here a short snipe of it.

Video
Both machines are highly video-capable, although the 320x240 resolution of the video iPod’s 2.5” screen can’t really match the 480x272 4.3” widescreen of the PSP. Unfortunately for Sony and for buyers, it’s not that simple. Video on the iPod is stored on its built-in hard drive, compared to the rather expensive — and not included — Memory Stick media the PSP uses. They play very similar video formats, but the integration/transfer process of the iPod through iTunes is much more user-friendly than the DIY nature of transferring video to the PSP. Battery life is also an issue, and the iPod wins the battle here by a couple of hours, partly due to its smaller screen.

The bigger issue with video, however, is content. Sony is doing a great job of getting the big movie studios behind the PSP’s UMD format — but that doesn’t mean that Apple isn’t thinking of doing the same with digital downloads from the iTunes Music (Media?) Store. As of the launch today, over 2,000 music videos and some ABC television episodes are available for direct download for only $1.99 a piece — a far cry from the $19.99 - $29.99 you are going to pay for a UMD.

Supposing that Apple is able to keep future movie downloads in the $9.99 range, this could be a huge advantage. That, and the fact that the user doesn’t have to carry a huge stack of UMDs everywhere — it’s all inside the tiny iPod. Then again, the iPod’s smaller screen negates some of the device’s advantage here, but in the end, Sony really needs to consider a more seamless manner in which to offer video content for the PSP at a reasonable price and with a better method of managing the movies once they are on the user’s computer.