A new iPod

Now this is by no means NEW news. If it is, which would suggest that this is your primary source for music information, then bless you. That's cute.

Apple recently released a new version of the iPod which now has VIDEO playback functionality. Wow!

When the iPod Photo was debuted, people were all left wondering the same thing: OK, so our iPods can display pictures now. So what?

Apple has worked out a deal with ABC to begin selling episodes of television shows for $1.99 a pop. Very similar to how iTunes allowed the music industry to make money off of a system of what amounted to piracy, this video downloading will allow the television industry to get in on the gold rush. People have been snapping up DVD's of TV shows ever since they appeared on the shelves a couple years ago.

Of course, selling episodes of TV shows is lucrative beyond belief and is creating revenue where there was none in the past. This new feature is the real news. Yet another way to make money where before there was no money.

Which leads me to my final question: will the iPod Video work out?

I have a hard time believing people are going to want to sit in a public library and watch Desparate Housewives, or see the sweetest new Jack Johnson Video while working out. Part of the appeal fo the iPod was the ability to listen to music while focusing on something else.

At least nerds will have yet another way to carry their huge porn files around.