http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/ Engadget Comments for Hands-on with the 5.5G iPod http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/Sep 12th 2006 3:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/Sep 12th 2006 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/Sep 12th 2006 3:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/Sep 12th 2006 3:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/Sep 12th 2006 3:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/Sep 12th 2006 3:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/Sep 12th 2006 8:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/Sep 12th 2006 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/
I have downloaded Tetris, PacMan, Bejeweled and Mini Golf. I was completely blown away by the graphics and game play.

I have a BlackBerry 8700 and a V3i and the iPod game play was better than the V3i and as good as (if not better) that the BlackBerry.

I know everyone wanted the "widesreen video iPod" today but I am happy. I don't feel the urge to buy a new Video iPod (so I am saving some cash) and for free 5G owners get all the new features (except bright screens and longer life).]]>Sep 12th 2006 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/Sep 13th 2006 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/Sep 12th 2006 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/Sep 12th 2006 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/A little disappointing Apple.]]>Sep 12th 2006 3:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/
They Suck!]]>Sep 12th 2006 3:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/
And if you are, if you look at the new prices: 250, 350....the "widescreen video iPod" will be under 400.]]>Sep 12th 2006 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/
Chill out dude, if you paid attention you'd know that it's an iTunes 7 feature, not an iPod feature. It was answered.]]>Sep 12th 2006 3:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/Sep 12th 2006 4:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/Sep 12th 2006 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/Sep 12th 2006 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/
When will Apple get called out on this crap hog of a media manager?]]>Sep 13th 2006 11:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/
That, and Apple appears to have gotten rid of their stand-alone iPod Software Updated executables - everything is contained within iTunes now, soI guess I just have to wait for them to figure this out and update iTunes :-(]]>Sep 12th 2006 4:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/Sep 19th 2006 9:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/Sep 12th 2006 4:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/
I for one am pleasantly surprised at the announcements today. We all already knew that the "true video ipod" was next year, so I was figuring today would be a Nano upgrade only, plus the movie store. The 5G bump was totally unexpected. Nothing is better than a brighter screen and more battery!! Nice going Apple!]]>Sep 12th 2006 4:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/

I hope so i don't think apple would expect me to pay 250 bucks for a new ipod for things i know could be fixed by a simple firmware upgrade.]]>Sep 12th 2006 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/
Meanwhile, why not come to the internet's biggest Texas Hold'em tourney and prove your skillz!!!! LOL]]>Sep 12th 2006 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/Search and enjoy

Finding what you want to hear among 20,000 songs could be quite a chore — unless you have an iPod. A new interface lets you search your iPod using the patented Click Wheel. And if you’re a fan of live albums, classical works, or anything that sounds best when it’s continuous, iPod supports gapless playback that seamlessly transitions from one song to another.

It's at their website...
http://www.apple.com/ipod/ipod.html]]>Sep 12th 2006 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/
When 7 launches it scans the entire library to "Determine Gapless Playback Information."

I am under the impression that it either tags and/or modifies the files so that the gap is taken out.

It is definately not hardware based. It is working on my 5G. Holiday transitioned seemlessly into Boulevard of Broken Dreams.]]>Sep 12th 2006 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/Sep 12th 2006 4:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/Sep 12th 2006 4:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/Sep 12th 2006 5:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/Sep 12th 2006 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/Note that the battery has not changed between versions, still 14 hr playback on the 30gb and 20 on the 60/80gb. The video playback life has improved along with the supported resolution. Anyone know the details about the video processing and whether the hardware has been upgraded or with this be a firmware update?]]>Sep 12th 2006 4:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/
As other people I was underwhelmed with the 5.5 generation iPod but i think we may get a 6.0 revision come Macworld in January.

I got my 4GB iPod Nano (in Blue) on the way as well as my Nike Kit.

Overall I thought this special presentation was fantastic and I wouldn't bet against seeing another one of these presentations before the holiday season really kicks into gear.]]>Sep 12th 2006 4:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/]]>Sep 12th 2006 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/
I can watch movies on my beautiful widescreen psp and play games (Real games) as well as do some browsing wi-fi.

I think Sony is going to catch up this holiday season once connect is all ironed out; they have the better display and much better quality games/titles.

Yeesh; Apple has saturated the market with garbage. Ipods have a played out element to it. Not so cool when everyone including your grandparents has one. I'll stick with the PSP for Gaming Web surfing (soon chatting) and watching movies.

Never thought I'd see the day I started migrating from Apple.

]]>Sep 12th 2006 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/Sep 12th 2006 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/Sep 12th 2006 4:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/Sep 12th 2006 5:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/Sep 12th 2006 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/
anyone have any ID of when a videostream may be available?]]>Sep 12th 2006 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/Sep 12th 2006 4:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/
Running 10.4.7 on a 2.16 GHz MacBook Pro

The summary of my iPod states that it is up-to-date with 1.1.2

grrrr]]>Sep 12th 2006 4:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/Check for updates...

Nothing happens.

double grrrr
single *sigh*]]>Sep 12th 2006 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/Sep 12th 2006 5:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/
I'll wait for the video ipod.]]>Sep 12th 2006 5:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/
There is no setting to disable this feature, since it doesn't crossfade tracks. Whew! :)]]>Sep 12th 2006 5:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/Sep 12th 2006 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/Sep 12th 2006 5:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/12/hands-on-with-the-5-5g-ipod/
:(]]>Sep 12th 2006 5:14PM