Why isn't the Video iPod a computer screen?

This morning in an email about yesterday's post wondering why I can't use the MacBook Pro's screen as a stand–alone device, reader Joseph Olazabal lobbed an absolutely brilliant idea over the bookofjoe transom: it follows.

They should use the new ipod as a screen for the mini or any other mac cpu in a pinch.

Halo effect being utilized.

Thanks,

Joseph Olazabal

This idea is so breathtakingly simple and brilliant I'm gobsmacked that Steve Jobs didn't announce it at last week's Mac Expo.

Maybe after he and his buds in Cupertino read this they'll add WiFi capability to the next iteration of the Video iPod and free us all from the place–based bondage we currently endure.

While they're at it they should enlarge the screen and add a feature allowing you to instantly turn the on–screen material 90° when you want to go into computer mode.

Sure hope they don't sue me for talking out of school — honestly, Steve, I didn't get any secret information from anywhere; I don't know a single person who works for Apple.

Let my videos go!

[via Joseph Olazabal]