I dont think anybod is exactly sure of how big the portable video market will be, the stuff you point out will be true for many people.
Heres some reasons I think some people will go for that stuff: Social factors - showing people you know (at school, college, work etc) video clips that you have found interesting, funny etc. This already seems to be happening where I work with mobile phones, people sending eachother silly stuff. If I was still at school or college I can well imagine loading up the ipod with the latest gems to show my peers the next day. Watching on public transport - for all we know there will be an increase in public transportation use over the coming decades, and whilst certain locations arent exactly compatible with that, I dont believe the culture of the car will necessarily last forever. (Still Im mostly a pedestrian and I certainly cant watch video whilst walking along, extremely difficult and dangerous really. Power cuts. Im not an optimist so I expect more of these in future. Watch ipod stuff on TV - I mostly watch ipod videos with it connected up to the television. There are other ways to watch stuff from the internet on the TV, but I dont like wasting blank dvds or having to leave the computer on to watch stuff on the TV. There are non-portable devices that will probably come to dominate this market, but the ipod suits me well for now. I do not necessarily think this stuff will be all that compelling to the marjority of people, I dont expect portable video to be as popular as portable music, and the technology has some way to go to offer the best possible experience (better battery, larger screen, wearable, more rugged, whatever) Anyway the portable stuff and the 'pay to download music videos, films, tv shows' could really be seen as seperate issues, Id be interested to see what proportion of people buying videos from itunes are actually watching them on the ipod. Steve of Elbows --- In [email protected], "missbhavens1969" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No! Please go into some possibilities! That's the part I want to know! > I want to know what "creating this market" means! Market > for...???Sure, if I hadn't just gotten an ipod relatively recently I > WOULD be begging for one of the new ones, although maybe not for the > same reasons as others. Other people's reasons are what I'm curious > about! "Viewers will find the need"? Okay, right on, man! But for > what? Help me out, here. > > bekah > http://missbhavens.blogspot.com > > > --- In [email protected], "ManCheeseMo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > This is only the way YOU use these technologies and does not represent > > everyone else's needs/desires. There are too many possibilities to go > > into, but I find it ironic that you see the value in portable photos > > but not video. > > > > The video iPod is only the first attempt at serving a market that is > > still being created. Sure you may not be begging for a video iPod > > this Christmas, but the content will catch up and the viewers will > > find the need - even if you do not. > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "missbhavens1969" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Just poking my head in. Mouthing off. Don't wish to offend. > > > > > > Don't get me wrong, I think the new ipod is really cool, and I like a > > > new geeky gadget as much as the next person, but I have the same > > > feeling I had when they came out with the Photo ipod, which is > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Most low income households are not online. Help bridge the digital divide today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/I258zB/QnQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
