All new iPod: The 5th generation iPod has taken some giant steps forward. For starters, the 80GB hard drive makes this tiny player more than enough machine to handle all your favorite TV shows, movies, iPod games, podcasts, audio books, photos, and up to 20,000 songs or up to 100 hours of video! Plus, with a 60% brighter screen than the previous model, you won’t miss any of the image details when you’re watching your favorite shows or playing games.
All-new interface: You have 20,000 songs but, you’re just looking for one. Fear not—a new interface lets you search with ease. The patented Click Wheel design lets you search and enjoy your music in seconds. Control the volume, rate your favorites, create playlists on the go and launch photo slideshows, all using the touch-sensitive surface.
Overcoming the gap: If you have a favorite live album you know how annoying and intrusive gaps between songs can be when you’re ready to rock. The new iPod eliminates this pause and supports gapless playback for continuous, seamless music.
Battery life: 20 hours of playback make this 80GB unit the perfect companion for long trips. Enjoy up to 6 hours of slideshows with music, and up to 6.5 hours of video playback. Enjoy your entertainment uninterrupted.
Ports: This iPod features two ports—a dock connector and stereo minijack. Audio and composite video can be routed through the minijack.
Compatible formats: For audio, AAC, Protected AAC, MP3, MP3 VBR, Audible, Apple Lossless, AIFF and WAV. For photos, the iPod accepts JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, PSD (Mac only) and PNG formats. For video, it will accept H.264 and MPEG-4 files.
System requirements:
Mac with USB port (USB 2.0 recommended)
Mac OS X v10.3.9 or later
PC with USB port or card (USB 2.0 recommended)
Windows 2000 with SP4 or later or XP Home/Pro with SP2
Review By Pcmag
The latest full-size iPod can be considered generation 5.5, since the interface and design improvements aren’t nearly as drastic as they were from generation 4 to 5. The new model comes in 30GB and an ultra-roomy 80GB capacity. With the exception of the brighter screen, all the enhancements are in the firmware, including gapless playback, a new search feature, and support for better games (solitaire and Brick were getting pretty stale). And although the second-gen iPod nano now comes in a variety of colors, the full-size model is still limited to just black or white.
Review By Apple
How much can your pocket hold? That’s up to you and your iPod. It holds up to 20,000 songs, up to 25,000 photos, and up to 100 hours of video — or any combination of each.1 So you can browse movies on the iTunes Store, download the ones you want (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, perhaps?), then sync it to your iPod. Same goes for TV episodes, new iPod games, 99¢ songs, best-selling audiobooks, and an entire universe of free podcasts, including captivating tours to zoos, museums, and French chateaus. Go ahead. Fill ’er up.
Review By Amazon
A real symbol of aestheticism and sound quality, the iPod is offering new possibilities. This fabulous generation of MP3 player with complete functions and a high performance, will facilitate and enrich your multimedia life. The 80 Gb will hold up to 20,000 songs, making it an ideal storage space for your digital music. It will soon become the centre for your interest, with its high quality sound and large, bright 2.5″ LCD screen, which is 60% brighter than the previous range. In addition to storing your digital music library with colour album sleeves, the iPod allows you to watch your personal videos, podcast videos, and video clips, and provide you with hours of entertainment with video games and audio books, downloadable from the iTunes store! Light and sleek with a thickness of 1.4cm, the iPod’s battery life will see you through up to 20 hours. The iPod is a dream come true for digital music fans!
Review By Letsgodigital
With all that music at your fingertips, you may never want to stop listening. Lucky thing your iPod plays audio for up to 20 hours. Or, if you’d rather watch, you can feast your eyes on movies and TV shows for up to six-and-a-half hours. It might be a miracle. Otherwise, it’s hard to explain exactly how 30GB of storage can fit into an iPod that’s over 30% thinner than the previous fourth generation. Or how an 80GB iPod can be the same size as the 60GB model before it. However it happened, it means you can carry your entire music collection - plus a nice selection of video - absolutely everywhere you go. And a 60% brighter, more vibrant display gives your album art, photos, and video extra oomph.
Review By Reviews.cnet
The new iPod also has a brighter screen–by up to 60 percent. Not that the iPod had a dim screen in the first place, but brighter is always better, especially when it doesn’t come at the cost of battery life. In a side-by-side comparison of the old and new screens (at default brightness), the new iPod is noticeably brighter. Even after updating the old iPod to firmware 1.2, which among other things adds brightness control, the old iPod screen at the brightest setting matches only the new one’s default setting.
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