Nah, that's not really the reason actually. You are right, you can't drag and drop videos but I had this program (not anymore since i re-formatted my computer and don't remember the name) that converted the files to the right format and resolution. I just selected a whole bunch of movies and left it to convert over night (Top Gear, Family guy, had Sin City as well ). I just happen to use my MP3 player when I'm walking around campus or when I'm on the bus and what not... so I never really have time to watch videos.

yes and how many people have the video playing ipod? not that many....its the standard version which made it famous and i agree with warot, it has to be the most over hyped piece of technology in the last 100 years lol
check out the new sony mp3 walkman (the purple one on sonys website!) it has an organic display, as far as the technology is concerned sony are the ones ahead i think...its sad to get an ipod just because a singer has one in their music video...which they only have because they were payed to use it...

What purple one? Is it the one I posted?

no, it's something else. And it's crap. I've tried it in the store: get's greasy as hell, the screen is rubbish and already looks outdated, the quality wasn't all that ( already squicky sounds with a locked away test-player ) I'll have my Ipod mini thank you very much. You can all say that it's overhyped, it's still the one that started it all. It's still the standard for the others. It may be overpriced and the battery may be crap sometimes, but it's also the most copied player out there.

I don't see the new Nano as being overpriced, it's $200 for a color screen and 2gb of storage. The battery life isn't that impressive though.
The closest quality player I saw was a Samsung going for $170 and that was only 1gb and had a much smaller screen.

Sony purple 20gb? That player is really crappy. I would never buy it. It has 20gb and weigh 182 grams compared with 135 gram iPod G5 30gb + colour display and video playback. IMo that's a huge difference

the one warot posted, nwhd 5 and even the nwhd 3 lol they are the true ipod copmetitor they beat it in everyway, the purple "mp3 walkman" is the future of all screens, its Organic Electroluminescence or something and uses 50% less power than a normal LCD screen as it requires no backlight as it glows naturally...soon to replace all phone screen and eventually monitors.....
its called the "Sony MP3 Walkman, NWA3000, 20GB, Purple"

and it's crap and I sure as hell wouldn't buy one

.................and you bought an ipod? you think im going to listen to you? lol...................

it depends what you are after, battery life it wins by miles.....but as for the nwhd3 and 5 they are far superior to an ipod....

once again, I repeat what I said earlier: The Ipod set the standard for everybod. That sony organic "thing" was of bad quality, got greasy and the controlls were nowhere near as quick and intuïtive as the Ipod.

Now yes, the battery is a weaknes of the Ipod. But the main reason is battery life??? They've sorted out the battery problem with the Ipods, not saying that it's best on the market. But the quality, feel and easyness to use beat everything else hands down.

Yes the purple sony might have a high tech screen, but who cares when you can't look at it because it's greasy, it cracks and the controlls get on your nerves.