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October 13, 2005
The new video iPod offers possibilities besides Desperate Housewives
Apple Computer yesterday announced a new iPod with video capabilities, along with a new version of its iTunes software and music videos and TV shows (notably ABC's Desperate Housewives and Lost) downloadable from the iTunes store. Presumably other shows (maybe full-length movies?) will also become available in the future.
Although Apple is undoubtedly in it to sell not only new iPods, but also the media, the new machine raises other intriguing possibilities. There are already other portable media devices in the marketplace; however, Apple's entry into this market, with the seemingly unstoppable iPod franchise, will carry much more clout and has the potential to make a serious impact into making video a reasonable portable possibility. (Since the video functionality in the new iPod comes with the device, but is "just there" without the user having to do anything, when the user is ready to do video, s/he can do it without a hassle, using the same iTunes syncing that is used for music and podcasts. This seamless integration should not be underestimated.)
One of the new capabilities is that by using Quicktime Pro, it is possible to download your own movies, to iTunes and to iPod. This means, for instance, that a professor (or Cases's ITAC) could make the mediavision courses available for download. Other media clips could me made available as well. We are barely scratching the surface of what could be done in the educational arena with the use of multimedia. It will be very interesting to watch this new little device and see how it plays out. (No pun intended.)
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Posted by tdr at October 13, 2005 11:21 AM
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I hope to see Case moving more towards an open courseware model with free online media instead of a restricted access model like we seem to have now. (MIT's open coursewhere comes to mind, at http://ocw.mit.edu/)
Can you imagine all the course video from all schools searchable in iTunes? Incredible!
Posted by: Aaron Shaffer at October 13, 2005 09:04 PM