One of the great inventions of the 21st century is the iPod, manufactured by Apple. An iPod is a small portable mp3 player, similar to a walkman, with a hard drive inside. Hard drive sizes vary, but go up to 60 gigabytes. A 60GB hard drive easily accommodates thousands of entire high-quality music albums. Imagine having all your music at hand, no matter where you go!
Now let’s take a photo of the 60GB iPod, which has a beautiful color screen. It also allows you to store thousands of photos. Its easy to use interface allows you to navigate through your images at impressive speed. You can connect iPod photo to your TV and use the slide show. .Imagine what it’s like to always have, say, a month’s worth of non-stop music in your back pocket. Being able to play this music on your home or car stereo. Or through your headphones on the train or on your bike.
If you like an mp3 player the size of a pack of gum, the iPod Shuffle is the answer. At the moment they come in 512MB or 1GB size, and a 2GB and 4GB iPod shuffle has been announced. Don’t be fooled by its small size, as it sounds just as impressive as its big brothers. iPod shuffle does not have an LCD screen like iPod, iPod mini, and iPod Photo.
The iPod mini is a smaller, colorful version of the regular iPod and currently comes in 4GB and 6GB.
Not only is the iPod itself fantastic, but there are literally tons of cool accessories available for this device.
For example, an accessory called Roadtrip, made by Griffin Technology, is a base that you can attach to your car. The dock has a built-in FM transmitter and will send the music played by the iPod via an FM signal. My car radio picks up the signal and plays it full blast through my car speakers… how cool is that?! Just get in your car, insert your iPod, turn the key on and off you go. The Roadtrip draws its power from the cigarette lighter. It can also draw its power from USB. That way you can use it to route sound from your computer to your home stereo.
Another accessory, for example, is AirClick, a remote control for your iPod or iPod mini. You can even get card readers so you can transfer photos from your digital camera directly to your iPod. How useful is it to have 60 GB of storage with you if you like photography?
Since I bought my iPod I have enjoyed music more than ever!
I would like to recommend it to any music lover, it is well worth the money.