| An article I read recently left me thinking what had I | | | | with its in-house development, the itunes music |
| been missing all these years. Was I being just a | | | | software that allows seamless integration with the |
| spectator while the good things life passed me by? | | | | audio. |
| And how many more are there like me, who have | | | | Now here's the best part - you don't have to restrict |
| been hearing all the while about the revolution called | | | | yourself to just music. There's a host of options |
| the iPod, and done nothing thereafter? Plenty, I guess, | | | | available - like listening to audio books that you always |
| going by the sales figures of Apple selling its 100 | | | | wanted to read but could never find the time for. Or |
| millionth iPod recently. There are lot many more human | | | | you could listen to those French lessons you always |
| beings in the world than that! | | | | wanted to take while driving to work, and slowly, at |
| Starting from the smallest sized Mini that has a | | | | that - the iPod allows you to run the audio at variable |
| capacity of 1GB, to the latest fifth generation 80GB | | | | speeds. A doctor I know uses it to store his patients' x |
| Video, there is a huge variety to suit each need. As | | | | rays and medical histories, always carrying a ready |
| with all electronics, the older the version, the lower the | | | | bank of medical cases to refer to. Others use it as a |
| comparative cost. Besides the two mentioned above, | | | | travel companion, downloading the latest movies and |
| iPods are available in sizes of 2GB, 4GB, 10GB and | | | | watching it at leisure on the 2.5inch LCD screen. 80GB |
| 30GB. When I pause to think that just a few years | | | | is a lot of space. The fact that it can store heaps of |
| ago I was the proud owner of a PC with a HDD of a | | | | data besides being a faithful journey partner (the 80GB |
| then princely 4 GB, I feel humbled. Why, even my | | | | version has as much as 20 hrs of battery life!), is an |
| current laptop (bought the latest available three years | | | | added advantage. Store thousands of pictures to |
| ago) has a now seemingly low 30GB of space. One | | | | remember your dear ones when on a tour. |
| look at the iPod and I didn't know where to hide! Is it | | | | An entire world of new accessories industry has |
| time for me to exchange my laptop for the little | | | | sprung up based on this one gadget. From iSocks, |
| magical gadget, then? | | | | iCases, iStereos, to iConnectors for your car audio, |
| Well, maybe not quite, but even that time is not far I | | | | there's a whole commercial line that has come up. |
| guess. The iPod offers multiple choices for its users, | | | | Why, there's even a blog by the name of iGirl, and a |
| the very basic being its function of allowing you to | | | | underwear called the iWear that has a pocket in front |
| download music from the Apple website and a host of | | | | for storing your favorite toy! Talk about devotion to the |
| others. Apple allows downloads which are compatible | | | | cause! |