| iPods seem to be taking over the world. One sees | | | | new music player, you may consider to get an iPod. It |
| them everywhere one goes, being used by adults and | | | | will hold hundreds of songs; the battery life is great. |
| children alike. One sees them on the television and in | | | | You can play it for more than twenty hours before |
| the movies. It seems that people are going insane over | | | | you need to charge it again. When you buy the iPod, |
| them! It is actually not surprising that this little device is | | | | the iTunes software is included in it. This software |
| attracting such fanatical devotion; it is indeed a | | | | uploads music and photos in the iPod and it has been |
| fantastic device; it might even be the coolest thing to | | | | likened to a jukebox. The function of this software is |
| show up ever! The iPod is a pocket sized, ultra light | | | | to play, store and organize all the music and video files |
| hard drive based audio player, designed and marketed | | | | on the iPod. With iTunes, you can connect to the |
| by Apple Computers. All the iPod models are user | | | | iTunes Music Store and buy music files for playing on |
| friendly in design, and can be used even by young | | | | the iPod. Although iTunes has been developed by |
| children. They offer a simple user interface and a scroll | | | | Apple, it will work with Windows 2000, Windows XP |
| wheel to browse the navigation system. Unlike the | | | | and Windows Server 2003 operating systems. ITunes |
| other portable cassette or CD players, the iPod stores | | | | is also freely downloadable on the web. Apple |
| media on in-built memory. What this means is that you | | | | Corporation released the iPod in October, 2001. Since |
| do not need to insert a CD or cassette. An iPod is | | | | then, the iPod has become the biggest selling portable |
| practical, functional, and cute as well! There are three | | | | hard disk player. It has sold around twenty million units |
| different sizes and shapes to choose from. There is | | | | in 2001-2005. The way the iPod was initially marketed |
| the skinny little iPod shuffle; the slightly larger but even | | | | also contributed to its enormous popularity, with |
| skinner nano, and the most popular regular iPod that | | | | excellent ads playing the coolest tunes in the |
| can play all your favorite TV shows and favorite | | | | background. The tiny size of the iPod is its biggest |
| songs. Some of the other Mp3 players available might | | | | advantage, and you can take it with you wherever |
| have disadvantages if compared to the wonder of the | | | | you go. This can have its problems, as the iPod is |
| iPod. It is not only a question of how many songs they | | | | delicate, and the screen and case are prone to |
| can hold; the overall quality and the cute look of the | | | | scratching, even during normal use. So now a huge |
| little machines are truly matchless. They can hold | | | | market has opened up, offering cases for your iPod to |
| thousands of songs and pictures, they are so tiny, and | | | | protect it from damage so that you can take it literally |
| they come in such wonderful colors. The iPod mini | | | | anywhere. The cases have options for clips and |
| came in green and pink and blue and other lovely | | | | straps, so your iPod need never leave your side, until |
| colors. The nano and the iPod now come in white and | | | | you want to put it away yourself. |
| black. All the colors are hot and look great. What it has | | | | This article can be read in portuguese from Article |
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