Tuesday, March 17, 2009

All About the iPod

By Charles Bingley

Many people would agree that no MP3 player comes close to the iPod. Although there is a numerous amount of competition, no one company has risen to take any considerable market share from Apple.

Tony Fadell is the man behind the iPod, and led the development team to make the revolutionary device. It only took a matter of months to complete the device, and it was announced and released the same year the project started.

One of the most well known features of the iPod is its simplistic interface. With most iPods, there is a click wheel that contains five functions, which is all that is necessary. It enables you to quickly get where you need to go with the least effort possible.

While the original iPod is still going strong (it is currently in the sixth edition and has been renamed the iPod Classic), several other models have been introduced over the years. The first addition was the iPod Mini, where the notable distinction was a sharp reduction in size. It also was the first to use a click wheel instead of a mechanical wheel.

Shortly after the iPod Mini was introduced, it was replaced by the iPod Nano. This model was much smaller than the Mini, had a color display, and used flash memory. The current design is in its fourth incarnation.

The smallest and cheapest iPod is the Shuffle; the device's purpose is essentially to only hold the user's favorite songs so it doesn't matter what comes up. There is no screen to quickly choose what song you like, although you can cycle through everything with a button (although the primary feature is obviously "Shuffle").

If you are interested in a high-tech iPod, than the iPod Touch is the perfect option. It can go on the Internet, play hours of video, hold hundreds of pictures, and thousands of songs. Best of all, it utilizes touch, which is much faster than any previous system.

The iPod Touch is very similar to one of Apple's most famous products, the iPhone. In fact, they have the exact same design and even the same functions, although the notable difference is the ability to make phone calls.

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