| Wondering why people are becoming crazy | | | | buttons this attracted the masses to a |
| about this miniature audio device? iPods | | | | great extent. And it did not have |
| offer excellent quality of digital | | | | buttons surrounding the wheels and |
| music. The success of iPod is due to its | | | | hanging parts. |
| features like: | | | | Fourth generation iPods: |
| - iPod is able to deliver extremely rich | | | | The only difference, the fourth |
| quality of digital music. | | | | generation iPods had over the others is |
| - It comes in attractive small sizes and | | | | the introduction of click wheels. They |
| thus tends to be very handy and compact. | | | | also sported the same monochrome screen. |
| - They come with in-built media library | | | | But it enabled the battery to be |
| software, called as the iTunes media | | | | charged through the USB connection. |
| library software. This feature enables | | | | Color iPods: |
| the user to manage the music files | | | | As the name suggests these devices had a |
| efficiently. | | | | color screen and the ability to store |
| - The most attractive feature which made | | | | and display JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, and |
| iPod the best seller is the attribute | | | | PNG images. They supported 65,536 |
| which allows the device to be connected | | | | colors. They possessed the photo library |
| to the user's computer. | | | | and released accessories like iPod |
| - Thus by enabling connection with the | | | | camera connector. |
| user's computer, the iPod prove to serve | | | | Fifth generation iPods: |
| as efficient storage devices. | | | | They were developed to reduce minor |
| - iPods sport a display, which makes the | | | | audio effects so that the head phone |
| gadget more user friendly. | | | | does not deliver hard drive noise. They |
| - Improvised iPods also had PDA's( | | | | came in a wide variety of sizes, colors |
| Personal Digital Assitants). | | | | and hard drive capacities. They also |
| - Apple, the creators of iPod kept on | | | | supported features like the World Clock, |
| improvising it, and thus many models of | | | | Stopwatch, and Screen Lock applications. |
| iPod have rocked the market. | | | | In addition, the earphones plug were |
| The models of iPod categorized according | | | | smaller.iPod mini: |
| to the chronological order. | | | | The mini had a smaller structure and it |
| First Generation iPods: | | | | resembled the earlier versions in its |
| Initially the iPods were released with | | | | features,but it did not support third |
| 5GB hard drive, but then later Apple | | | | party accessories. They introduced |
| increased their hard drive capacity to | | | | micro-drive hard drive as the storage |
| 10GB. These iPods have a scroll wheel | | | | medium.The minis were futher improvised |
| with a select button in the middle. | | | | as the first generation and second |
| This device was a huge hit in the | | | | generation devices. It had rich case |
| commercial market, but now they rarely | | | | colors and was a big hit in the |
| exist due to the release of new models. | | | | market.iPod shuffle: |
| Second generation iPods: | | | | Flash memory was introduced through |
| These devices had a thicker body and | | | | these gadgets, but they did not have a |
| they supported 20 GB hard drive. They | | | | screen so navigation of music files were |
| were the first gadgets, which were | | | | a little difficult. But it has been |
| compatible with the windows. They also | | | | reviewed as the best sounding audio |
| sported cases and wired remotes. | | | | device in comparison with the other |
| Third generation iPods: | | | | models.iPod nano:iPod nano also had the |
| These iPods were thinner than the | | | | flash memory but it came with a color |
| original versions, the 30 pin dock | | | | display. It also included a number of |
| connector was introduced with this | | | | features like world clock, stop watch |
| series. They also had touch sensitive | | | | and screen lock options. |