Unpacking the iPod (with video)

So Engadget's newest pal Garrett M. happened to be very quick on the draw with his credit card after last week's Apple announcements, and picked his damn self a spankin' new iPod (with video). So check out the iPod's unboxing if you're too broke, too cheap, too not ready yet, or too not-down-with-iPods to buy one for your damn self. Tons more pics after the break!

Say, is that an� Olympus C765UZ? Yeah, we�re that good. What EXIF data?

Fare thee well, in-line remote.

Whatcha get.

Apparently the nano sez �8,� hmm.

Marked diff in screen size, matey.

What�s the best PIN number? Is it like, your birthday?

Fin.

[Riz @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

any photos while playing video?

[Joe @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Amazing, it looks quite a bit wider than the old iPod?

[Badison @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

nice, thanks for the unpacking-ness.

[Hauk @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Well, it's thin and all still looks ugly and out of proportion tought.

[William Johnson @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Does anyone know where/when/how this guy got the new iPod? My local Apple Store doesn't get them in until the 25th...

[Ryan C @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Nice, is that number "8" over the dock connector in the box?

I like the snuck in windows key on the last picture. Accident? No.

I'm trying to sell my new 4G ipod so I can get this beauty.

[joseph Smrekar @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

anyone seen a picture next to a 3gen in thickness?

[Mike @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Cool.

Has anyone seen any 60gig units in the wild yet?

[Jonathan @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

SEXY

[Matt @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

hawt.

[Lweel8 @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Hopefully that thickness comparison is reversed - new on the left as opposed to on the right as it is in the other two pics.

[Goobimama @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Hey nice pics. Makes me feel like wasting some money and buying this baby for...my damned self..

[joseph Smrekar @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

anyone seen a picture next to a 3gen in thickness?

[El Payo @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

#2 he probably ordered it online immediately after the press event.

[Garrett Murray @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

I ordered it from Apple directly through the Apple store about 15 minutes after it was announced. It was shipped from Shanghai, China yesterday and arrived here in NYC this morning.

[arevee @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Has the Ipod craze reached such heights that we need to see it unpacked step-by-step? U guys are just trying to fill the blog up is all I can say!

[mike @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

still too big a device for me to carry around as an mp3 player. If it was 100% dedicated to video and has tons of features like other players focused on videos, i would buy one.

[El Payo @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Looks like he's got a thin sheet of podshield covering the front... I can see some bubbles in a couple of these photos.

[Buis @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

and fare thee well to other accesories like iTrip, TuneTalk, iBeams, that won't fit the new iPods.

[Garrett Murray @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

In all truth, the Windows key thing was an accident, but I like the irony now. I took the photos at work, so I was surrounded my Windows stuff.

Tonight, however, when I get home, I'll finally sync it with my Mac.

As far as "podshield" goes, I have yet to remove the plastic film that's on the iPod. I'm waiting until I get home, since people here at work want to touch it and I'm afraid of scratches!

[Bratan @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Garrett-
Mine also shipped from Shanghai, China. All the previous ipods have shipped from California.

[Balazs Hollos @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

it looks really weird like no1 said. The click wheel has gotten smaller and looks out of proportion.

[SteveJ @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Podshield? That's just the film it comes protected with in the box. I only ordered my black 60 GB yesterday. Sigh.

[Garrett Murray @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Lweel8--you're right, that photo is flipped. The thinner one is the newer one.

[Tony E @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Amazon has the new iPod with video, but only the 30gb version. I don't blame you for leaving the plastic wrap on, until you get something else to protect it from scratches.

[Alex @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Someone needs to do an iPod Video autopsy, and a Stress test like throwing it from a moving car, the Nano kept right on playing Gotta Love FLash memory,.

I had a nano for like a week, these things are scratch magnents.

I'll happily wait 9 months till then new iPod Nano's come out with Better battery lIfe and More scratch resistant.

But $249 for a 4 GB nano
and $299 for a 30GB video iPod is hard to beat.
Student discount woohoo

[Spyvie @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

I am elated to learn that no one at Engadget has an iPod.

My faith in humanity has been restored

[Arnor @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Buis:
Griffin is now producing a new line of dock-connector fitted accessories.

[Proto @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

He ordered it online. Mine arrived this morning also.

Yes the Nano's dock insert is an 8. These are different sizes for different models. They are meant to snap into the new Universal Dock.

[Shin @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Hah, foolish me. When I read the title I thought there was a video of someone unpacking the iPod ... hehe... ;

[Kyle @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

I also, ordered one from Apple's website about fifteen minutes after it was announced, and the nice lady from FedEx handed it to me while I was on my way out the door to work this morning (Ann Arbor, MI). Now I have to sit here all day.

Staring at it.

Irritatingly enough, I cannot find the new dock for it, anywhere. The people at my local Apple Store said they had no idea when they would get it in, and the Apple Store online says I'll have to wait 1 - 2 weeks for the thing to ship.

Bah!

[Carsten @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

It's so wow. wow.
geez - it's beautiful.

look at that sharp crisp screen...

[Kevin @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Nice, my black 60GB is set to be here thursday morning. If no one has photos of a black one by then I will send some in. I also will not take the plastic of for awhile. I have to decide what to protect it with.

Anyone know if they are going to make a black dock? that would be awesome.

[Brent @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Looks like the top has those razor-sharp corners like my old 2nd gen iPod, which is a shame, as they start to get tiny nicks in them after awhile. I personally prefer the rounded edges of the 5th gen. And yeah, the click-wheel is dwarfed by the screen.

[tim @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

i like the Ali G refrence with the pin #

[Kevin @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

kyle, it(universal dock) isn't released yet. I ordered mine the same day i ordered my iPod, it is set to ship sometime next week.

[Matt @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Shit guys. I ordered mine as soon it was on the site. 60gig white one and it has yet to ship. What gives?

[kornithian @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

damn!!
looks like you need some godforsaken scratch and smudge remover right away!!(pic 3) may be apple should provide that in the box
"PRESENTING THE NEW ALL-IN-ONE-NO-MISERABLE-EXCUSE FOR VIDEO PLAYBACK iPod"
Featurin':
1.scratch remover-ipod's best fnd
2.plays all kinds of shit you throw at it so that you can make the hard-workin people working at engadget go out of business as no damn cracks or hacks will be needed here!
3. a replace-able battery
4.bluetooth connectin
and most important
5.WE WILL INFORM @ WEEKS BEFORE WE LAUNCH A NEW MODEL TO OUR OLD COUSTMERS!!!
& hey u know WE SPECIALISE IN CONSUMER SERVICES AND WE CARE FOR THEM!!!

p.s: i'm pissed cause i just bought a 60 gig ipod excatly 8 days and 13 hours ago!!!!
thats just like me buying the M5 3 months ago and now a new "2005 BMW M5 with extra 100 horses at just the push of the button "M"; is gonna come in a couple of weaks!!!
this has got to be the worst year ever

[Brolley @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Does anyone want to give me one, for free? That would be really cool. I just might even give up $300 worth of hugs. The new iPod is amazing!

[dcyer @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

4th gen Ipods ordered from Apple came from China also. Thats where mine came from last September.

[David Boroditsky @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

With the elimination of the remote port on the top, you can't charge the ipod at the same time as you use the air click, itrip, italk, etc, etc, etc. Stupid Apple!

[lupinstel @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

It must say something when none of the writers on a gadget blog choose to own an iPod.

[Justin @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

The apple store in soho has em in, only have 30gig in white and 60 gig in black. Got mine. psyched.

[sr @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Does it come with a dock this time?

[Eric Van Hensbergen @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Sorry if I'm being dense, but where is the video out?

[Rusty Shackleford @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Oh man I just gotta have one of them new 60 gig units. Gonna sell my 10GB 1st gen 'pod on eBay. Look for it. It will be the only 1st gen ipod out there.

No I won't be using the new one to watch video, who the heck would pay $1.99 to watch last night's crummy TV show? I'm just getting old and my eyes do not focus as close as they did a few years ago. It's either a new large-screen iPod or bifocals, and chicks do not dig guys with bifocals.

"Men are only as good as their technical development allows them to be." - George Orwell.

[Ian @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

ah, so much has been said and i agree mostly.
#33 I AGREE!!!
#29, do you mean 4th gen? or iPod photo?
#28, I don't believe they will make a black dock, but the docks now come with an IR port (intended to be used with the new iMac remote.)

as a general note, iMacs have shipped from Shanghai, and it is near to where some iPod parts come from. (factories, I mean)

[Adam @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

The video out is probably plugged right into the headphone jack.

[Steven @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

I think the video out is the headphone jack.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

[Bootes @ Dec 19th 2005 12:55AM]

Bratan they only ship from California when they're old. The video's are shipping from China because that is where the factory is. They ship from California when they are shipping from a wharehouse. My original 1st generation iPod that I preordered after being announced was shipped from Taiwan.