| The Apple iPod from Apple Inc. is a portable | | | | Protected AAC, AIFF, WAV, Audible audio book, |
| media player that assures the users of | | | | and Apple Lossless audio file formats |
| perfect musical entertainment. The iPod was | | | | ensuring the perfect musical entertainment. |
| a result of Apple's research which resulted | | | | The iPod is generally associated with a host |
| in the disclosure of the fact that the | | | | computer. Each time the iPod is connected to |
| existing digital music players are "big and | | | | the host computer, iTunes are able to |
| clunky or small and useless" with user | | | | synchronise entire music libraries or music |
| interfaces that were "unbelievably awful". | | | | playlists either automatically or manually. |
| Apple developed the product in less than a | | | | Song ratings can be set on the iPod and |
| year and unveiled it on October 23, 2001. | | | | synchronised later to the iTunes library, and |
| | | | vice versa. It is also possible for the user |
| The name iPod was the contribution of Vinnie | | | | to connect the iPod to a second computer. |
| Chieco, a freelance copywriter, who was | | | | Apple iPods generally function as mass |
| called by Apple to figure out how to | | | | storage devices to store data files. When the |
| introduce the new player to the public. The | | | | iPod is formatted on a Mac OS X computer, it |
| first iPod kiosks were demonstrated to the | | | | uses the HFS+ file system format, which |
| public in New Jersey in March 1998, and the | | | | allows it to serve as a book disk for a Mac |
| commercial use of it began in January 2000. | | | | computer. The sound can be enhanced with the |
| The trademark was registered by the USPTO in | | | | iPod's software equaliser (EQ) which has some |
| November 2003, and Grasso assigned it to | | | | EQ settings like R&B, Rock, Acoustic, indie, |
| Apple Computer, Inc. in 2005. | | | | and Bass Booster which can result in fast |
| | | | bass distortion. |
| The Apple iPod can play MP3, AAC/M4A, | | | | |