# New iPods: iPod Photo and special U2 version **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 26, 2004, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ipods-ipod-photo-and-special-u2-version/271283 "2004-10-26T19:02:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ipods-ipod-photo-and-special-u2-version/271283/1 "2004-10-26T19:02:37Z")
Any iPod fans here? You may be interested to check out the new stuff on Apple’s site today: Photo: [http://www.apple.com/ipodphoto/](http://www.apple.com/ipodphoto/) and U2: [http://www.apple.com/ipod/u2/](http://www.apple.com/ipod/u2/) The photo iPod looks pretty sweet, if only just for the color screen. 😃 However, $500 is a serious chunk of change, and thanks to Slacker 2.0 on the way in March, there’s no way I’ll be getting one of these. And the U2 version? I applaud the effort but that thang is fugly. :eek: Maybe without the red wheel. I’ll just have to wait and hope the rumors of an orange iPod are true. 😃 Also, iTunes has been updated today. There are a few little things that are new; the main update that I noticed is that you can now minimize the program to the system tray (you know, like every other MP3 program has been able to do for 5 years). 😉 Oh, and iTMS had at least a minor update too. You can now request email notification of any new songs from artists in the store. Nice! ---
**Author:** ![caphis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@caphis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caphis)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ipods-ipod-photo-and-special-u2-version/271283/2 "2004-10-26T23:18:22Z")
Is it just me, or do they not list the resolution of the camera from the iPod photo on [its website](http://www.apple.com/ipodphoto/)? Not that I’d ever buy one of them; technological convergence has its limits (for me, anyway). Plus I already have an iPod. I bet they’d make more money if they offered a camera attachment and software upgrade for current iPod owners. ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ipods-ipod-photo-and-special-u2-version/271283/3 "2004-10-26T23:23:01Z")
Camera? No camera. The screen is 220x176, which is kinda crappy. ---
**Author:** ![caphis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19adc/32.png) [@caphis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caphis)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ipods-ipod-photo-and-special-u2-version/271283/4 "2004-10-26T23:27:16Z")
> [@SmackFu](#): > > Camera? No camera. > > The screen is 220x176, which is kinda crappy. :smack: I thought it had a camera. Wow, so… uh… the great thing that people are supposed to pay so much for is the color screen and 220x176 size photos? Lame. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ipods-ipod-photo-and-special-u2-version/271283/5 "2004-10-27T05:45:37Z")
I think the idea is that it’s the digital equivalent of storing your photos in your wallet. The fact that you can store full-sized images and show them on a TV (with the composite video cable) offsets the small screen size. (My PDA only has a 320 x 320 screen, but it does photos very well.) ---
**Author:** ![Mikahw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Mikahw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikahw)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ipods-ipod-photo-and-special-u2-version/271283/6 "2004-10-27T06:07:11Z")
Too bad you can’t get a 60GB version without paying $100 extra for the photo features. Then again, I wonder how much the new 1.8" 60GB drive costs Apple compared to the 40GB ones. It could be more than $100. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ipods-ipod-photo-and-special-u2-version/271283/7 "2004-10-27T16:55:27Z")
> [@caphis](#): > > :smack: I thought it had a camera. > > Wow, so… uh… the great thing that people are supposed to pay so much for is the color screen and 220x176 size photos? Lame. Exactly what I thought. Not putting a camera is the boneheaded move of the year. ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ipods-ipod-photo-and-special-u2-version/271283/8 "2004-10-27T17:04:37Z")
> [@Dag Otto](#): > > Exactly what I thought. Not putting a camera is the boneheaded move of the year. That’s what people said about the iPod mini being only 4GB, and $50 less than the 15GB version. Still, they couldn’t make them fast enough. The popularity of the iPod, in all its forms, defies standard marketing logic. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ipods-ipod-photo-and-special-u2-version/271283/9 "2004-10-27T17:15:35Z")
I wanna know who the hell [vacations in San Luis Obispo](http://images.apple.com/ipodphoto/images/indexcopying10262004.jpg)! ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ipods-ipod-photo-and-special-u2-version/271283/10 "2004-10-27T17:44:22Z")
Maybe they stayed at the [Madonna Inn](http://www.madonnainn.com/) ---
**Author:** ![hazel-rah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/73ab20/32.png) [@hazel-rah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hazel-rah)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-ipods-ipod-photo-and-special-u2-version/271283/11 "2004-10-27T19:03:15Z")
I would buy one just for the 60GB drive + Apple design and interface, then I see in the specs the iPod Photo only has 17 minutes of skip protection vs 25 on the normal iPods. What a screw up! One reason I want a larger HDD is so I can rip songs at much higher bit rates… with larger files I needed _more_ skip protection, not less!