The video iPod four days before it arrived

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Four days before Apple announced the fifth generation iPod with video, Dr. Dave and Evil Steve openly doubt that a video iPod is imminent and wrestle with content distribution, storage cost and the usefulness of watching a small screen. Their imagined magnifying glasses and wearable display make the clip a revealing snapshot of how uncertain a now familiar product category still seemed.

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Proposed recording date: 2005-10-08. The exact broadcast date may differ.

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