IPOD Guide
Buying an iPod is as easy as buying a loaf of bread. There are several on the market at the minute but you know that whichever one you buy you will have excellent sound quality and clarity, the ability to store more tunes than some people have in their entire music collections, it will be incredibly user friendly and, thanks to being under the banner of one of the most respected names in modern technology, it will be incredibly reliable.
The first iPod made its debut in 2001, and had been created under the instruction of the late Steve Jobs. Digital technology was really taking off at the time with the likes of digital cameras, organisers and camcorders all taking large market shares in their respective genres. Jobs felt that there was a gap in the market for a good digital personal music player, but felt the ones that were coming on the market were either big and clunky or small and pretty useless.
He commandeered a team of engineers to develop a digital music player that was neat and user friendly, and within a year we had the iPod. At its launch, this 5GB mac friendly product was described by Jobs as something that would put 1000 songs in your pocket. The iTunes store arrived two years later in 2003, and this portal allowed anyone with an iPod to buy a song and download it instantly onto their iPod.
A decade down the line there are 4 types of iPod on the market, the classic, the touch, the nano and the shuffle. The iPod classic is now in its 6th generation and comes with 160GB of storage. With up to 32 hours of music playback, this iPod allows you to store 40,000 songs or 200 hours of video, or a combination of the two. The genius playlist creates lists of tunes from your library that go together and cover flow allows you to browse your album collection from their covers.
The iPod touch is slim, sophisticated and looks very much like and iPhone. This iPod has such features as FaceTime, where you can make video calls using the camera on the front, HD video recording, retina display which renders text incredibly sharp and graphics have crystal clear clarity, Airplay which allows you to stream your content wirelessly to a TV set, the technologically advanced ios operating system and icloud.
The new generation iPod nano is described as multi touch and multi talented. The smallest iPod on the market is very small and sleek and designed to clip onto anywhere. It has a touch screen and all the icons are clearly displayed for ease and speed of use. Available in a wide range of colours, the nano doesn’t have some of the features of the other iPods but for simplicity of use, good looks and overall quality its right up there.
The iPod shuffle with its sleek, metallic casing a variety of bright colours has been a favourite since its arrival in 2005. With a 2Gb memory capable of holding 100′s of songs as well as
