Apple Corporation first released the iPod, 23 October 2001.
Currently, we are now on the 5th generation iPod.
The first generation - Mp3 player with mechanical scroll wheel and four buttons.
The second generation - It has touch-sensitive wheel, 10 GB and 20 GB hard drive.
The t
hird generation - it is pressure sensitive bottoms and USB connectivity.
The fourth generation - It's click-wheel and only two hard disk version, 20 GB and 40 GB.
The fifth generation - Mp4 Player with 60 GB of memory storage and video capability.
iPod has won several awards ranging from technical expertise, to most innovative audio product. Very often it receives favorable reviews on appearance, design and management.
iPod is designed as an mp3 / mp4 player for people with active lifestyles. It is compact, robust and light enough to take anywhere. It was designed to fit comfortably in the palm of your hand or be carried in a pocket or purse for easy transport.
It comes in many storage capacities from 512 mg to 80 gigabytes. The amount of memory it can hold depends on the model or the compression rate of your songs.
As an mp3 player that was designed to provide the best sound quality. It has a powerful 60 MW amplifier so it can deliver audio as loud as you want. It also has a 20 MZ to 20 kHz frequency response, which means that you can hear distortion free music at the lowest pitches.
iPod built-in rechargeable battery provides between 8 to 20 hours of music playback, depending on your model. Using the appropriate stereo adapter your iPod will sound great on your home or car stereo. All iPod `s come as standard with a non removable lithium rechargeable battery.
Apple designed the iPod as an MP3 player to work with iTunes media library software, which allows you to select your music on your computer and your iPod. iTunes can automatically synchronize this mp3 player with specific playlists or with the entire contents of a music library each time you connect your iPod to a host computer.
The first three generations of iPod used two ARM 7TDMI derived CPUs running at 90 MHz, while the newer models have variable speed chips which run at a peak of 80 MHz to save battery power. Another great feature of owning an iPod is the fact that a person can record a conversation and then send the audio on the Internet. That means people can download the file and listen to the file on their iPod. As a MP4 player, with iTunes 4.9 you can now browse and subscribe to podcasts in the iTunes website. Podcasts are radio shows or other audio / video programs can be downloaded over the Internet.
For you to become a more satisfied iPod customer, as to the usability and longer battery life spam of this mp3 mp4 player, you should consider the following tips:
- Shut it off when not using it.
- Update to the latest software.
- Keep it at room temperature when possible.
- If you do not use backlighting, turn it off.
-Turning off the equalizer will save you battery.
- Use compressed songs.
With the availability of compact audio format, we have had mp3 players such as iPods, which gave an unprecedented portability to eager electronic consumers. Now iPod, as mp4 players, is already able to deliver video capability and a whole new set of features and services yet to come.
