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Apple iPod classic 160 GB
by slide_away_
The perfect ipod for those who just can't stop listening to music and need to have more of it. At 160gb it feels like this ipod will never be filled and that it's ridiculous to have such a huge amount of storage, but with the alternatives sitting at 30gb and under, its definitely worth the money since you'll never have to decide which ... albums to delete when putting new ones onto your itunes (a problem that I had to contend with a lot with my old ipod nano).
Yes, you could buy the 80gb one but the 160gb just gives you that feeling of endless space, and the challenge of trying to fill it up! As an avid CD collector it is a personal challenge of mine to do so! If you don't want to just have music on it, the massive storage space also lets you store films and music videos without having to worry about sacrificing albums or bands. The screen is smaller than that of an ipod touch but it is still perfectly fine for watching videos on. What it lacks in screen size it definitely makes up for in the fact that it could store the amount of CDs in an average HMV and still have room enough for more!
I have the black one, which I feel is very stylish and classy looking. I would say that a case is a good idea for this ipod since the finish on it can get scratched, and that if so, it would look somewhat less beautiful. Also, make sure that the back of the ipod, with its mirror finish, is cleaned often; it looks much less pretty with finger prints and smudges! The battery life is also a plus, since it lasts for about 20 hours of music playing without charging, perfect for longer journeys. If you're an avid music collector, buy this ipod!
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Apple iPod shuffle (4G) 2 GB
by underinspection
The iPod Shuffle will bring great joy for on the go music lovers. As long as your not someone who decides to download a full album every time you hear one new song you like. You'll love everything the iPod shuffle has to offer.
With a clear sound, it brings clarity to all genres of music. Wether your a heavy bass lover, ... classical music fanatic or hardcore trance raver, the iPod Shuffle has the ability to shut you off from the world, on the go, and take you to your happy musical place.I particularly like loading up a varied array of music genres and letting the iPod go to work. Shuffling through everything throughout my day, week or month.
This may be the only Apple product where the battery can really shout. You can enjoy hours and hours of music without having to charge it up again. This was particularly useful when travelling abroad on 13hours train journeys through India with no option but to charge up the iPod before you set off and hope it makes it all the way. And it did!
I also enjoy the voice over - allowing you to get a read out in your ear of what song and artist is playing in your ear at any given time.
Overall - a quality little product for daily use wether it be travelling, commuting or using it to help stay focused running!
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Apple iPod Nano (4G) 8 GB
by illusiveman
-When I bought this product-
A few years ago I had been using an MP3 player which was starting to wear out after about a year or so of usage, Christmas was approaching so I thought I would look up MP3 players in the Argos catalogue.
I found the Ipod Nano (8 GB Version) which at the time was selling for about £110 so ... I decided to ask for one for Christmas.
-Features-
It has 8 GB of internal flash storage which is plenty of storage for my music collection which at the time only took up about 3 GB; this left me with enough room to store some videos on the device as well as my music.
The device features a 2 inch LCD screen with a resolution of 320 x 240 at 204 pixels per inch. To me this is suitable if you have a short video clip that you might want to watch (it gets annoying holding the Ipod in the same position while watching a longer video).
A music player is built into the Ipod to allow you to play your music, the Ipod supports AAC (Itunes store), MP3 (16 to 320kbps) and MP3 (Variable Bit Rate), it allows you to view the current song playing and also the full list of songs stored on the Ipod, you can also activate features such as shuffle and repeat if you want to listen to random tracks or listen to the same track more than once.
A video player is also included to allow you to watch any videos you may have stored on the device, although from experience it only takes certain formats which I believe are m4v, MP4 and MOV.
Photo viewing is also supported by the means of a built in photo viewer that supports JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, PSD (Mac only), and PNG formats.
The battery life was always very good to me. I usually find I had to charge it about once or twice a week when just listening to Music, although watching videos drains the battery even quicker so found I would be charging it at least once per day if I watched a lot of videos.
You can also buy a cable that allows you to connect the Ipod to a TV screen for viewing on a large screen, although I would recommend plugging it into charge while doing this as it is a big drain on battery life (the cable I have has a standard USB connector as well as the dock connector and AV cables).
To navigate the Ipod you slide your finger along the track pad at the bottom of the device, this is where the play, pause and menu buttons are located. I find that sometimes it was difficult to scroll to one specific menu button although this could have been me scrolling too fast.
-Limitation/Disadvantages-
There is no room for expandable storage by the means of a memory card so if you fill the 8 GB it would mean having to delete files to free up space.
Itunes must be used to transfer files to the Ipod due to the way it organizes the files on the device.
As it uses the standard apple USB charging / data transfer lead it means you must always use the cable supplied with the Ipod and if you lose it or damage it you would have to order a replacement just to be able to charge it.
-Overall rating-
I used this Ipod for a few years until I got my Ipod Touch in 2010 and was always a very good MP3 player, I didn't watch videos all that often due to the small screen size so I will give this a 4/5 rating
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