The 5G iPod?

Looks an awful lot like a production sample if you ask us, and it jibes perfectly with the ads we just saw go up. From what we understand this device will support video, but is not the video iPod we've been speculating and hearing way, way too much about. We're in for something interesting today.

[Thanks, Jose and everyone who sent this in]

[J @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM]

If by interesting, you mean "bigger" then yes, it will be a very interesting day.

[vin @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM]

Uh oh.... time for a new iPod.

[linda @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM]

http://flickr.com/photos/pedromoreno/sets/1125837/

more on flickr

[Kyle D. @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM]

Ooohh. Nice big screen. Kinda big though...

[geoff @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM]

looks like they stepped backwarks, i think it looks rather tacky unless it comes ready to play videos stock

[phi @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM]

you're breaking steve job's heart if this is true. he wanted to be the first to show it off

[ross @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM]

w00t this it it! nice one guys!

[andy @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM]

wow the screen 0_0;

[wendo @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM]

Looks like the screen resolution has improved.

[Scoobydoo @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM]

Who can translate the Chinese for us? Does one of those lines read "video"?

[Saurabh Agarwal @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM]

its not a 5GB ipod
that pic is for a 30GB ipod...
more pics at
http://applexnet.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1622
http://applexnet.com/images/5G_ipod_2.jpg
http://applexnet.com/images/5G_ipod_3.jpg

[Tony C @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM]

5G = Fifth Generation =)

[Giuliano Riosa @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM]

#7 = idiot.

[David @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM]

they meant 5G as in 5th generation, not hardrive size

[Scoobydoo @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM]

Uh Saurabh.... 5G means fifth generation, not 5Gb...

[Stu L Tissimus @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM]

Meh. Bigger screen and video support. Frankly, it isn't too exciting... Also, can anybody read what it says? I'm pretty sure it's Chinese, not Japanese or Korean. (Get your Engadget Chinese guys on the case!)

Well, here's hoping it's a hoax. I still want a new Apple Newton ;_;

[Samuel McConnell @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM]

#8: Not 5GB, 5G, as in 5th Generation.

[Dean Peltier @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM]

And people brought a Nano because?

Whats funny is that I've just come back from the states and people who had the Nano looked in awe at my Sony W800i phone. Don't get me wrong I like the Nano and this new Ipod is probably gonna kick ass, but Apple keep moving at such a crazy pace and pissing people off with stuttered releases. I bet that an ITablet comes out a couple of weeks after their new ultra thin touchscreen Intel Powerbooks comes out (I made that up BTW - I'm guessing) that is better and does alot more. I'm all for progress but Apple need to think of the consumer more and release new revisions at the same time.

[Tyler @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM]

Isn't that just an old ipod? the screen is NOT the aspect ratio of the one in the new posters...

[yetieater @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM]

I'm totally psyched, guys.

It's Chinese buddy.

[Saurabh Agarwal @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM]

lol...shit...i was surfing so many sites..i didnt notice it was just G and not GB....haha.....

but i dont see apple putting a bigger, albeit thinner, ipod....unless its something reallllly cool......and it is widescreen-ish....video??

[ivan pan @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM]

#7, the answer is NO on this picture. But on the picture below, it DOES say VIDEO!!!

http://flickr.com/photos/pedromoreno/51888815/in/set-1125837/

[Gafguru @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM]

i'm just wetting my pants here !!

[ivan pan @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM]

ooops...i mean #8

[Gafguru @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM]

i'm just wetting my pants here !!

[Leo Davidson @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM]

Presumably it will play movies but pause for 1 second between each and every scene. :) And most people will say it's not a problem and a fantastic piece of marketing, er, engineering...

[Ue @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM]

YES! IT PLAYS VIDEO. I read Chinese too.

[J @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM]

If by interesting, you mean "bigger" then yes, it will be a very interesting day.

[Jayson Elliot @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM]

Ok, stupid question, but what is the difference between an iPod that supports video and a "video iPod?"

[3nglish @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM]

What's to say this isn't photoshopped?

[Yong @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM]

that's a dumb design i should say for video playing back...

[mrqcho @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM]

NEW VIDEO IPOD!!!
live coverage...
http://world.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=de_en&trurl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.macnews.de%2f

translated in english

[shaun @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM]

(if its real) it looks as if the screen is wider and the wheel is the same size, so it gives the impression of the screen being even bigger than it is

[shaun @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM]

just been confirmed on the home page of this site (a video ipod not that design)

[the other steve jobs @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM]

okay - now where the hell is that DivX to h.264 transcoder app so i can watch my TV shows from the intenet while on the plane? I pay $20 right now!

[matt @ Dec 19th 2005 12:54AM]

RIP FireWire

;-(