Apple today released iPod Updater 2005-10-12 which includes new iPod Software 1.0 for new video-capable iPod. iPod Updater 2005-10-12 contains the same software versions as iPod Updater 2005-09-23 for all other iPod models.
System Requirements for Macinstosh
To install and use iPod Software 1.0 for iPod, you need:
– An iPod
– A Macintosh computer with built-in USB (USB 2.0 recommended)
– Mac OS X v10.3.9 or later
– iTunes 6 or later (included on the CD)
– iPhoto 4.0.3 or later recommended
Note: iTunes versions earlier than 6 are supported for music, photo and podcast syncing only and will not sync videos properly with iPod.
System Requirements for Windows
To install and use iPod Software 1.0 for iPod, you need:
– An iPod
– A PC with a USB port or card (USB 2.0 recommended)
– Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 or later, or Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 2 or later
– iTunes 6 or later
– Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0 or Elements 3.0
More info and download link (37.8MB) here.
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Just what I’ve been waiting for… another reminder of how quickly I’m being left behind with my 3rd Gen iPod.
MW: although – Although I have an iPod I’m not going to be playing any video anytime soon!
3rd gen – I have an iPod Photo and I am already a nanosaur!
you know I just noticed something in Steve Jobs’ address…he called it the “wide iPod”. Why couldn’t he call it the “widescreen iPod”? Oh yeah, because it’s not the correct aspect ration to be deemed widescreen.
3rd Gen – gimme a break. I am also a 3rd Gen owner. Owning a 2 year old electronic device usually means that it keeps the same features that you bought it with, ie. it still holds the same amount of music, still plays all of that music the same way…
If you need to display photos, play videos, a stopwatch, a bigger screen, a smaller ipod…all of those options are now available to you
that’s ‘white iPod’
video ipods run a new size of screen.
so of course those functions can’t work on older ipods.
but you still have a great music machine!
oh you guys complaining about your third gens kill me.
i still use (and love might i add) my original 1st gen 5 gig. bought the first day i could get my hands on one, for the low low price of 400 bucks.
but yes i am going to retire the brick and get a 60 gig 5th gen. which i will also be spending 400 bucks on. funny how much technology grows, and i still end up spending the same amount.
was their any change besides the wider screen?
if the processor didn’t get a boost, isn’t it possible to play the same videos on the older ipods?
As of this release there are 16 – count them – video podcasts available via the iTMS. I predict by next week there will be over 100. And so it begins.
I bought a BMW last year and now it’s obsolete too
My 4G iPod needs some basic iPod security, with my contacts and calendar in there.
Apple should include this one feature to all iPods.
I love all the people moaning that it takes a long time to rip all their dvd’s (illegally) to their iPod and that all the (illegal) tv shows they’ve obtained from p2p networks etc similarly take a long time to encode. It’s video for f’s sake, it takes time.
I encoded some music videos from a bonus dvd I got with an album and each one took about an hour on a g4 powerbook in h.264 at dvd resolution.
Why are people being left behind with the 3g iPod? I bought one of those, and its still beautiful. Then along came the iPod Photo and I bought one of those too. The shuffle – likewise. Nano? Just took delivery on Monday. Video iPod – already ordered and expected next week. There’s no law against how many iPods you can own, so stop moaning about owning an old one.
Oh give me a break. I’ve got a 3rd generation ipod and aside from the limited battery use it is far from obsolete.
1. It’s for music.
2. Watching video on a screen that small, maybe for some people but not for me.
3. Paying for music videos or tv…not bloody likely.
Look, if you want these options that’s cool, but I bought an ipod for the music. In Australia we still don’t have access to ITMS. However I do have access to the store but the “near cd quality” is NOT cd quality so I choose not to muck around with DRM sub standard music quality. And that’s my choice and my choice alone.
The concept of an ipod with video capability is not even two weeks old. It’s got a long way to go before it’s acceptable to the mainstream public and that means content, content and a lot more content. So get a reality check.
Your ipod is still relevant. Next thing you’re going to tell me that the underwear you bought last month is no longer new. So what…it still does the job doesn’t it?
I agree that older iPods aren’t obsolete. But Apple could surely update them to include some of the newer software features like being able to display lyrics, and the padlock!
I have a 20GB click-wheel ipod, which isn’t much more than a year old. Apple seem to be stopping adding these kinds of features to older models. They did add podcasts though, which really would have been something to moan about if they hadn’t! But come on Apple it can’t be that hard to add these tiny extra features! You’re just being selfish and wanting people to shed out extra money for new models, just so they can get a few extra bits of software built in!
i have a second gen 10 gig. just put a 20 hour battery in it. yeah, the whistles and bells would be nice, but, really, it is about the music.
Something is only ‘obsolete’ (in computer world) when it no longer functions with your other equipment. The Mac Classic IS obsolete, unless you still enjoy playing Dark Castle. The VCR is ALMOST obsolete. As long as it still plays tape and video stores still stock them. The floppy disk is ALMOST obsolete, but as long as you can still chuck a few word docs on it it’s quicker than burning a CD and cheaper than USB sticks. As lovely as blondes are, redheads will NEVER be obsolete. Firewire, I pray, NEVER becomes obsolete. My G3 800mHz iBook still rocks, and when the day comes when it becomes ‘obsolete’, it will still be a kick a$$ portable DVD,mp4,mpg,mp3,avi player. You can still listen to vynle records if you have a record player. If you buried an iPod and it was discovered 100 years later it will still work the same as today. Even though there will be obviousley more advanced technology around.
Wake me up when Steve invents the iCookForYouPod. I want my iPod to make me some grub!