How to Buy an iPod

When the Apple iPod was first released there wasThe current 'regular iPod' on sale today is known as
only one type available. It would play music and thatthe iPod Video. It comes in types, the 30 GB or the 60
was all. You would upload music onto your iPod eitherGB versions. It has a color screen, has much improved
through you own music collection from your computer,battery life over the older iPods, and can store songs,
or by downloading tunes through Apple's softwarephotos and videos. So if you want the very best iPod
program 'iTunes'. But these days things aren't as simplearound with all the latest features, go for an iPod
as there are different iPod models available. Some canVideo.
store pictures and even play video. This guide will helpThe iPod Nano
you decide on which model is best for you.The iPod Nano is a smaller iPod which can play music
The first iPod had a 5 gigabyte hard drive and wentand display photos, but cannot play videos. It has a
on sale for US $399, but these have beensmaller capacity than the iPod Video, yet its lighter and
discontinued. Although, if for some reason you wantedeasier to carry around. If you don't care about playing
to buy on old model iPod, you could easily purchasevideos on your iPod, then you might want to go for the
one second hand for a good price. Just keep in mindiPod Nano as its cheaper than the iPod Video and is
that the original iPod was bulkier and the batterymore portable.
doesn't last as long as the newer models being madeThe iPod Shuffle
today.The iPod Shuffle is the smallest of the new iPods, and
The iPod Mini was the next iPod to come out after thethe most portable. It doesn't have a screen, so it all it
original one, but they too have been discontinued. Thedoes is play music. This is what most people buy an
iPod Mini was a smaller version of the original iPod, andiPod for anyway, so if you don't mind not being able to
was easier to carry around. It has less hard driveview photos and videos, the iPod Shuffle might be the
space that the original. Apple then made an iPodone to get. The storage space in a Shuffle is 512MB to
Photo, which boasted a color screen so it could display1GB.
photos. These models have all been discontinued, so ifHopefully you should now understand the different
you want the latest and greatest iPod, you shouldiPods that are available out there, and choose one that
decide between the current generation iPods: the iPodsuits you. Whether you buy an iPod Video, Nano, or
Video, the iPod Nano, or the iPod Shuffle.Shuffle, you'll be in on a great new craze that is a lot
The iPod Videoof fun!