Smaller screen.

Apple's new iPod--equipped with a display ready to receive downloads of TV shows and movies--allows viewers the opportunity to watch "Desperate Housewives," but on a screen so small it fits in the palm of your hand. Cell phones and other hand-held devices carry options for film and video display.

Would you like to watch TV programs and films on an iPod or your cell phone?

Fred Frank

Partner

Moss Adams LLP

I have one of those integrated cell phones with my calendar, e-mail and all that set up on it so it would be nice to continue having all that and watch a program on my phone. I will eventually watch programs on the iPod but the screen quality is not good enough right now. Also, I don't like that their software is proprietary. Besides, I don't have a lot of free time between work and home, so I don't have the time to watch programs on the iPod or cell phone and also the TV.

John Jackson

Director

P.S. Arts

I don't have an iPod and the cell phone is just too small to watch anything on, so I would rather stick with the TV. If I were to do it though, I'd do it with a cell phone.

Melia De Wilt

Public Relations Specialist

Financial Partners Credit Union

I'd rather watch any video program at home the way everybody else does. I think cell phones and iPods are a little too complicated for me. If I traveled a lot then I probably would use the iPod to watch programs, just to keep it separate from my cell phone. It is also because I can't talk to anyone if I am watching something on my cell phone.

Christian Gaines

Director of Festivals

AFI

It wouldn't be ideal viewing, but if it was all I had at the airport or in a plane or the backseat of a car going long distance, I would use the iPod. I prefer watching videos on my laptop. I'm a long-distance runner and downloading podcasts to my q iPod gives me something to do when I'm running 18 miles. I also travel a lot and so it is always there and I can make a spot decision to watch something or not. Also, I would rather listen to a good radio program than watch a bad TV program. Besides, I can listen and run but I can't watch and run.

Elsa Lopez

Education and Partnerships Program Manager

Water Replenishment District

I don't think I would do it unless it had some importance like breaking or emergency news. I would use the iPod or cell phone just for that. Mainly, if you are up and going and not near a TV, then these are good to get that kind of important information. Otherwise I think it would be too distracting. I see other drivers on the roads with their iPods and they are all so distracted and it becomes dangerous.