The Next Picture Show

摘要

Steve jobs had some 'splainin' to do. He's spent the last couple of years insisting that no one wants to watch video on the puny screens in handheld devices. But last week Apple's charismatic CEO introduced the fifth generation of his monstrously popular iPod. And this one ... does video. It will screen your home movies, music videos and TV shows downloaded from the iTunes store (we'll get to that bombshell in a second). Though the screen is bigger than the one on the previous 'pod, it's still tinier than a standard Post-it note. What gives? "This is the best iPod for music that we've ever made," explains Jobs, tearing off its attributes (30 percent thinner, more storage on the low-end $299 model). "Millions of people are going to buy this to listen to music—and video is going to come along as a bonus. So if anything is going to happen in portable video, it will happen on the iPod. We'll find out what happens."