The new iPod video has a wide range of new qualities and among these, the most important, without doubt, the video function. Because the market for a small portable device that makes games, but plays videos, the new iPod video was released with some suspicions of the critics. The video iPod is not the first portable video player on the market, the device belonging to Sony claims that the number 1 portable video player in the world, but it is primarily used for video games. But sales of this new product has proved surprisingly high, which appeared shortly after the first semester.

The main concern regarding the product is the fact that, due to the small screen, people are willing to watch a serious film may be limited. In fact, studies show that most people prefer the feel of the video, while watching a big screen like in theaters. Indeed, the new mobile phone equipped with a video that was so famous in Asia was used for watching movies for a few minutes, considering that a small screen can not allow the capture of all Details of the quality of the film. The critics even mentioned the fact that, in a bus, taxi or car to an office, the video iPod with a small screen may be a good solution after all. This is because this activity is regarded as a great snack or a great break. On that basis, analysts said that if Apple really wants on the market, they should opt for an iPod with a larger screen, so that customers would like to see even long movies on this unit.

Another aspect that has been much debated, is that the battery life of this new device a period of less than expected. While the PlayStation portable has a battery that lasts up to 8 hours while watching a movie, the iPod video in 2 hours of battery life, which is a big failure when attempting to attend a length film on this small digital camera. Another thing that the critics attacked the iPod takes too long to download films. If the PlayStation Portable, this task is achievable in less than 3 hours, while QuickTime 7 Pro took almost 12 hours to encode the video into an iPod friendly format.

The sale of the new iPod video shows that the public accepts and wants this new product with great interest because it can play music, store photos and play movies at the same time, a fact which makes it a versatile device. Even if the new element has received much criticism, the shirt pocket new video iPod, seems one of the most privileged of adolescence today, because they use to store and play music and thousands of other audio files downloaded from the Internet or DVD, cameras and computer files.