Why isn't the new ipod video player widescreen?

[yoda313]

I've been wondering why people seem to be going gaga over the new ipod video player when it isn't even in widescreen??

The PSP I can understand because its a sony portable and is a nice widescreen movie player.

So why the square picture? Were they too rushed to get a video player out before the holiday shopping season to invest in a widescreen model?

[rallynavvie]

Because a wide screen on a player like that would be stupid. It would probably ruin the look of the iPod if they had to make it wider to acommodate that, and I don't really like the idea of making it landscape-format, it wouldn't be as easy to hold and control.

[Epicurus8a]

It isn't 16x9 because they want you to shell out more money in a year or so to buy another one.

Planned obsolescence is the marketing strategy of deliberately introducing obsolescence into a product strategy. Obsolescence, in general, is the process of passing out of usefulness. In a business context this means the object is no longer perceived as having value, that is, a product is no longer wanted even though it is still in good working order. This can be contrasted with deterioration, which is a process of disintegration or degeneration. The difference is that obsolescence is a perception about the usefulness of an object whereas deterioration is a physical process. The two concepts are highly correlated, but neither is a sufficient or necessary condition of the other. That is, you can have obsolescence without deterioration, and you can have deterioration without obsolescence.

[yoda313]

It isn't 16x9 because they want you to shell out more money in a year or so to buy another one.

Yeah thats what I was thinking too.

[shelbyGT]

I like my iPod, but the only real thing they need to change about them is the lack of FM radio.

But even without that, I'm still happy.

[MackemX]

because they can bring it out next after they have milked this version

:EDIT:, I guess Epicurus8a said it earlier 8)

[ps2daddy]

I like my iPod, but the only real thing they need to change about them is the lack of FM radio.

But even without that, I'm still happy.

Which ipod do you have they is an extra radio attachment you can buy for some versions

[rallynavvie]

Yeah, but it sure would be nice to have the FM tuner support built in so you can use the onboard GUI.