100GB Apple iPod coming early next year?

[Bob Crabtree]

Is a 100GByte Apple iPod only months away? Chances are it is, according to a story on CNET News.com.

CNET noticed that Toshiba yesterday announced plans to introduce in the early new year a 100GByte hard disk of the size (1.8in) used in iPods - and moved on from there in the knowledge that Apple has traditionally snaffled up the company's latest and greatest mini hard disks to boost the selling power of iPods.

More info in this HEXUS.lifestyle.headline - including a good bit more on Tosh's 1.8in/100GB drive

[Noli]

Yeah - for 100gb, ipod would have to be more video focused and for me would only make sense if widescreen, decent AV out connections and a lot more codecs than h264 (vob, divx, xvid etc etc)

[Steve B]

^^ agreed, some divx codecs would be nice it would also help if everything didn't have to be converted to mpeg4

[Craig321]

Hmmm, yes, if this iPod didn't have codec support like divx, xvid etc. then there's no chance I'd buy it

[chrestomanci]

Yeah - for 100gb, ipod would have to be more video focused and for me would only make sense if widescreen, decent AV out connections and a lot more codecs than h264 (vob, divx, xvid etc etc)

This is apple we are talking about. They only codecs they will bother supporting are their propretry ones, and perhaps incorporate a transcoding utiltiy in iTunes.

[madmobile]

100gb??! Tones of videos and mp3 can put on it.
But how much? 300 quid or more?

[awm]

Of course, it needs to be much more expensive than the next model down, that's how Apple works.

[Noli]

This is apple we are talking about. They only codecs they will bother supporting are their propretry ones, and perhaps incorporate a transcoding utiltiy in iTunes.

Sure - that's why they lose my business. I'll get something half decent like a creative zen or an archos instead. In fact, maybe I'll just get a 4gb memory stick and use my mobile instead and to hell with the video and that'll save me one device in my pockets anyway... meh...

[MiLaMber]

I have a 60gig ipod video, but i just use it for music now as couldnt be assed to wait 30 mins or so to convert a file to mpeg
Even mpeg files wont necessarily play if the bitrate isnt below the required amount.
Hence I use my pda to play video..much bigger screen, no issues with codecs, and fast transfer to sd cards.