Which iPod Is Best For Me? By Eric Ackley

Therefore, he has seen his friends play, hear and see their iPods, and now you've decided to splurge and get your own. Congratulations! That is the easy part. Find your purchase is going to be a little more difficult. To begin, there are now 3 models of iPods to choose from, each with its size, capacity, price and features.

The iPod shuffle is the cute baby-size model. The clips on their clothes, and weighs just over half an ounce. It holds 240 songs, or a flash drive, 1 Gb is played about 12 hours, requires about 4 hours to recharge, so you can listen all day and recharging at night. It sells for about $ 79. If you just want to listen to audio, this is the one for you. Its final decision is that of the 5 colors to purchase.

The iPod nano is the mid-sized model of the three, at 3.5 inches by a little over 1.5 inches. The nano has 3 sizes of flash drive capable of storing 500, 1000 or 2000 songs, 25,000 photos or up. Play up to 24 hours audio or 5 hours of slideshows with music, and then requires a recharge time of 3 hours. Unless you're a real music / photo fanatics, take some time to use that space. It sells for $ 199 to $ 249 depending on capacity.

It also comes with different accessories. You can buy kits to allow use of the nano in your car, playing through your speakers, for example. Model of most modern cars have built in the capacity of the iPod!

The newest is the iPod Video, or G5 model, with a 30 or 80 GB hard drive for storage. You can store up to 20,000 songs, 25,000 photos or 100 hours of video. The 30GB model sells for $ 249, 80GB model is $ 349. It offers a 2.5 "diagonal screen size.

Played for 14 hours before requiring 4 hours to recharge. It measures a little over 4 inches by just under 2.5 inches.

All three come with the scroll wheel to control playback. Have a little while to get used to, but after a few minutes, the upper half of an hour, he was comfortable using it.

IPod and iPod nano comes with the cases. The window is easily scratched, so you can buy a thin plastic protector. You can also buy a bracelet if you want to listen while working or running, or a sock protector or a hard protective case. There are also electric chargers, but you can load the iPod through the USB port on your computer.

I hope this short article helps you decide that the iPod will show your friends next week.

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