Very sexy piece of ass.......and sounds good too! (Apple iPod (5G) 80 GB)

Member Name: capsterdnapper

Product:	Apple iPod (5G) 80 GB
Date:	17/09/07 (207 review reads)
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Advantages: Very good sound quality, looks great and even has games!

Disadvantages: Ipod and accessories quite pricey, but worth it!

If you're looking for an mp3 player then this is the one to get. Watch vidoes, browse through photos, listen to music and play games! I recently upgraded my 60gb photo ipod to this 80gb video one. The sound quality remains fantastic and the extra 20gb gives me enough space to add some music videos as well as video pod casts such as Ricky Gervais or 8 out of 10 cats to name but a few.

As you may have seen, it looks fantastic - it is smart, sexy and very clean looking. With only the 2 circular buttons on the face you can stop, play, skip, fast forward and rewind your tracks. At the top there is also a hold button which allows you to disable all of the buttons so that if you accidentally press one of them, nothing happens. Very handy for jogging, or simply walking down the street. The screen on this model is slightly larger than the previous models and gives a very good picture even with quite low quality videos. This ipod comes in two main colours - black and white. There are also some novelty special edition video ipods sold in some shops, such as the red and black U2 ipod or the red black and yellow Ferrari ipod. These will set you back a little bit more than the standard, so not really worth it in my opinion.

As I said before, the sound quality is excellent – to the untrained ear anyway. I feel that one the whole the sound is a lot better than any CD, MD or mp3 player I have owned in the past. To gain a little extra sound quality, Apple have introduced some earphones which slot into the ear to eradicate any outside noise polluting the sound quality – a bit dangerous for when crossing the road, but hey they do sound great!

The ipod is very easy to use as the options are clearly set out. The interface when turned on allows you access to music, photos, videos, extras, settings and also gives you the option to shuffle songs or go back to what is currently playing. To scroll through the selections you simply glide your finger round the larger circular pad, which highlights the option you have selected. When you have highlighted your choice, you then press the centre button and a new options list will open up. This gives you the option of choosing a song by artist, album or you can also search by track name. Once the song you wish to play has been highlighted, you simply press the centre button once more and away you go – easy!! Once you are playing a song, if you scroll up and down, the volume will change. If you press the centre button once, the ipod will allow you to change the position of the song. If the centre button is pressed again (twice) the album artwork will be shown, press the centre button once more (thrice) and you can choose a star rating out of five for that particular song. This option in particular is extremely when trying to find your favourite tracks.

There is a great little way of creating a playlist, as you scroll through various songs you can hold the centre button for a few seconds and the song will automatically be transferred into a playlist. Within the playlists option, back in the music interface there are another seven options to choose from. The playlist that you have just chosen will be called On-The-Go, however the ipod is very clever and gives you the option to play 90’s music, music videos, the highest rated songs, recently added songs, recently played songs, and the top 25 most played! I particularly like the top 25 most played songs. The same applies to creating a video playlist.

There is a new option, which I did not have on my 60gb photo ipod: if you cannot find a particular song there is a way you can search for it by typing in the letters. It takes a little time typing in the letters as you have to scroll down and select each letter in turn but it makes searching through thousands of tracks a little easier!

There are hundreds of options on this ipod, and I couldn’t go through each one – there just isn’t enough time in the day, and I’m really not going to be able to cover all aspects. The best way to find out is to buy one and play with it for a day or two, because like me you’ll eventually how you ever coped without one! Believe me, you will not be let down by it. Also I feel it would be a shame for me to go though every single detail, each ipod is customisable and all of the interface options can be moved or changed to suit the owner. All in all I feel that no-one is complete without there very own ipod!

Now here comes the downside – When you receive you brand-spanking new ipod, it doesn’t come with a charger! The only things in the box are the ipod itself, some headphones and a wire to connect it to the computer. The ipod can be charged from the PC but do Apple not realise we might/need to travel once in a while. Is it sensible taking your computer with you to Italy say?! I think not. This, I feel, is extremely cheeky of them! So ipods have a huge range of accessories to plug in, strap on and squeeze your ipod into. Whether it is a nano, shuffle or original, there are hundreds of gismo’s and trinkets for you to play with. These, as well as the ipod itself, are costly so be aware that you may need to spend more than you first assumed.

On the whole I would advise anyone to buy an ipod, especially this model as it will be well worth your money.

Summary: A fantastic looking ipod with extremely good sound quality, just don't go mad and spend too much!

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