| Ipod Mini was first released on February 20, 2004 and | | | | supported a crowd of file formats like MP3, WAV, |
| it delighted many. Being a smaller edition of Apple | | | | AIFF and other MP4 features. It maintained its perfect |
| Computer's Ipod first generation moveable audio | | | | integration with the iTunes Music Store and the files |
| player, it's variety in colors (comes with limited colors, | | | | being downloaded there. Software wise, the iPod Mini |
| silver, gold, blue, pink, and green) appealed to the | | | | was as consistent as the innovative iPod units. Besides |
| broader market. The Ipod Mini could be operated with | | | | if there was something high-quality to be said about |
| both Macintosh and Windows PCs. The iPod mini's | | | | this amazing iPod mini, it's the choice it gave the |
| quality was the click wheel, where four buttons were | | | | consumers when getting a digital audio player. The Ipod |
| placed above the wheel. To use one of the buttons, a | | | | mini struggled directly with most renowned players like |
| user had to drive the wheel edge inner over one of | | | | Creative's Zen Micro and the Digital Networks Rio |
| the labels. The click wheel system is now normally | | | | Carbon. The smaller display was actually one line |
| used in the fourth and fifth generation iPods and it is as | | | | smaller than the last models, thus warning it's |
| well been used in the iPod nano. Above the wheel | | | | on-screen track information show to title and artist |
| was the monochrome display, which offers the menus | | | | only, taking the album information off. As the Ipod |
| or information of the presently selected track. The | | | | family started to grow, the Ipod mini was laid to rest |
| new generation of ipods normally has a colored | | | | when Apple launched the opening of the iPod nano. |
| screen display. The battery life of its first generation | | | | The iPod mini did not then exist in the market and |
| iPod mini was 8 hours, which led to some quarrel on its | | | | stopped its production. Though it looks the iPod Mini |
| small duration. This problem was later solved with the | | | | only stayed for a while, its sway as the initiate of the |
| second -generation models that had a battery life of 18 | | | | click wheel would always be remembered. |
| hours. Like the larger iPod, the iPod Mini as well | | | | |