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They’re here. They’re there. They’re everywhere. You see them with the actors on TV. You see them at the airport while traveling. You see them at the café’s. Welcome to the iGeneration. The next time you see a teenager with the glowing white earphones, and listening to trendy music while gazing into a sleek device with a glowing screen, you know that he has been attacked by the iPod crazy phenomenon.
The iPod revolution has started and it has become one of the prominent, status symbols of Today’s society. Today it seems like every second teen owns an iPod. The appeal of having your own customized selection of music by your side 24 hours a day, sounds so irrestible. These stylish portable hard drives enable you to store your entire music library, video collection and upto 25,000 photos.
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
The iPod shuffle (Second Generation) uses a tiny 1.07 inch tall, 0.98 inch wide, and 0.33 inch deep case — effectively the size of the previously released iPod Radio Remote — including a “clip” that makes it easy to attach the iPod shuffle (2G) to a pocket or other piece of clothing. Apple brags that it is nearly “half the size of the original… just half a cublic inch in volume, [and] weighs just half an ounce.” The second generation model lacks the integrated USB port of the first generation model, but instead has a headphone jack that provides connectivity for the headphones, music synchronization, and power (via a tiny USB dock). It uses 1 GB of flash memory, capable of supporting 240 songs, but as it lacks a display, does not support photo slideshows or video playback. Apple reports that it provides an estimated 12 hours of battery life.
This latest version of the shuffle looks radically different from the original. The ‘pack of gum’ design has been replaced with a much smaller, belt clip-style form factor, and the casing is made out of aluminium alloy.The aluminium alloy construction makes it more durable than the original shuffle’s plastic casing, which was prone to scratches and scuffing. The silver finish is also more eye-catching and classy, contrasting nicely with the white circular controls area.
Not quite the video iPod we were hoping for, not by a long shot, but Apple is refreshing their flagship iPod (with video) models today with a whole lotta’ software love, and a couple hardware tweaks for good measure. The screen is now 60% brighter, the battery can last up to 3.5 hours during video playback, and the iPod includes new headphones, but otherwise the specs remain the same. As for software, the iPod is finally getting gapless playback, text-based search and brightness controls, along with a whole slew of games. The ‘Pod has Bejeweled, Cubis 2, Mahjong, Mini Golf, Pac Man, Tetris, Texas Hold ‘Em, Vortex, and Zuma bundled, and you can nab new games for $5 each off of iTunes. Maybe the best news is that Apple is dropping the prices and bumping the storage: you can get a spankin’ new 30GB iPod for $250, and the new 80 gigger for $350. No word yet on availability.
Review by PC World
Refinement: that’s what you get out of Apple’s latest iPod, which comes with a brighter screen and an extra 20GB of storage. I tested the $349 iPod–the 80GB flagship of the revamped line–and found a music player that’s about as good as there is.
For music playback, not a lot has changed. The iPod remains an excellent MP3 player, and its sound quality continues to be among the best around. The latest version adds gapless playback, which eliminates the pauses between tracks for a smoother listening experience. In our lab tests, its audio quality earned very good scores. I did notice a slight hiss when listening to the iPod through a pair of Shure’s high-end E500 PTH headphones, however.
Review by Time.com
There were sexier announcements made by Steve Jobs last week, like the new line of nanos — super slenderized, brushed aluminum 4GB models that come in pink, green, blue and silver (for $199) and the bold black one ($249) with 8GB capacity. However, I thought the 80GB iPod was more situated at the center of Apple’s big picture: movie downloads at the iTunes Store and a future in the living room. Once I had an 80GB iPod in my hand, I discovered that the wait for a living-room option wasn’t as far off as Jobs had indicated.
It turns out, both movies and TV shows are being encoded in files that better suit TV screens. All of the TV shows on iTunes are now available in a higher-resolution format. Originally, episodes of The Office were around 110MB in size, and had pictures that were 320 pixels wide; the same episodes, sold at the same price, are now around 240MB, and are 640 pixels wide. (Note: while the files are 640×480 in resolution, widescreen movies and TV shows are letterboxed, so they actually have a height of something considerably less than 480 pixels.)
Review by PC Magazine
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.
This new 80GB model measures 0.6 by 4.1 by 2.4 inches and weighs 5.5 ounces—the same size as the discontinued fifth-gen 60GB model. The 30GB version measures the same old 0.4 by 4.1 by 2.4 inches and weighs 4.8 ounces. The screen is still 2.5 inches (diagonal) with an array of 320 by 240 tightly packed (0.16mm dot pitch) pixels. The headphone jack and hold switch are on top, while the dock connector is on the bottom. As before, the back casing is stainless steel and the front is covered in a fingerprint-prone polycarbonate, both of which have a tendency to scratch and scuff when put in contact with hard objects. I strongly recommend keeping the iPod in the sleeve that came with it or a third-party case.