Description: The world’s smallest digital music player and just $79, the 1GB iPod shuffle lets you wear up to 240 songs on your sleeve. Or your lapel. Or your belt. Clip on iPod shuffle and wear it as a badge of musical devotion.
Apple iPod Video Enhanced 5th Generation 80GB Media Player - White
Description: The 80-gigabyte Apple iPod gives you even more entertainment choices than previous models. In addition to storing over seven weeks of music, 25,000 photos, or up to 100 hours of video, you can now enjoy games and movies. Purchase a variety of classic video games and full-length movies through the iTunes Music Store to play on the go.The patented, easy-to-use Click Wheel lets you zoom quickly through the player's menus. And with the iPod's alpha-numeric search function, you can quickly "drill down" through your library to find the video, song or photo you're after. Using an optional iPod dock, you can display your movies and photos on a TV screen, so everyone can join in the fun.
Apple iPod nano 2nd Generation 4GB MP3 Player - Silver
Description: With its anodized aluminum enclosure and rounded edges, iPod nano looks asdazzling as it feels. And it's sleeker than ever — 3.5 inches tall,1.6inches wide, and just over quarter of an inch thin. Carry your favorite musiceverywhere — plus podcasts, audiobooks, photos, contacts, calendar, andfiles. Your album art, photos, and more gain even more brilliance thanks to a1.5-inch color display that's 40% brighter than before. Play your music evenlonger between charges — up to a full day. And recharge your iPod to 80%capacity in just 90 minutes.
Apple iPod nano 2nd Generation 4GB MP3 Player - Pink
Description: With its anodized aluminum enclosure and rounded edges, iPod nano looks asdazzling as it feels. And it's sleeker than ever — 3.5 inches tall,1.6inches wide, and just over quarter of an inch thin. Carry your favorite musiceverywhere — plus podcasts, audiobooks, photos, contacts, calendar, andfiles. Your album art, photos, and more gain even more brilliance thanks to a1.5-inch color display that's 40% brighter than before. Play your music evenlonger between charges — up to a full day. And recharge your iPod to 80%capacity in just 90 minutes.
Apple iPod nano 2GB MP3 Player - Black
Description: Take everything you love about iPod and shrink it. Now shrink it again. With 2GB (500 songs) and 4GB (1,000 songs) models the pencil-thin iPod nano packs the entire iPod experience into an impossibly small design. So small, it will take your music places you never dreamed of.
Apple iPod Video 5th Generation 30GB Media Player - Black
Description: With Apple's iPod you can listen to a song and watch its video at the same time. Through the iTunes Music Store you can purchase and download music videos, popular TV shows, and more. You can import your own home video clips, digital photos, and your music files as well. This slender iPod has a large 2-1/2" full-color screen for easy viewing. Its 30GB hard drive stores 75 hours of video, 25,000 still photos or 500 hours of near-CD-quality music.The iPod's Click Wheel lets you access the video, song or photo you're after quckly and easily, zooming quickly through the player's menu. Using an optional iPod dock, you can display your video and photos on a TV screen, so everyone can join in the fun.
Apple iPod nano 2nd Generation 2GB MP3 Player - Silver
Description: With its anodized aluminum enclosure and rounded edges, iPod nano looks asdazzling as it feels. And it's sleeker than ever — 3.5 inches tall,1.6inches wide, and just over quarter of an inch thin. Carry your favorite musiceverywhere — plus podcasts, audiobooks, photos, contacts, calendar, andfiles. Your album art, photos, and more gain even more brilliance thanks to a1.5-inch color display that's 40% brighter than before. Play your music evenlonger between charges — up to a full day. And recharge your iPod to 80%capacity in just 90 minutes.
Apple iPod Video Enhanced 5th Generation 30GB Media Player - White
Description: The new 30-gigabyte Apple iPod gives you even more entertainment choices than previous models. In addition to storing almost three weeks' worth of music, 25,000 photos, or up to 40 hours of video, you can now enjoy games and movies. Purchase a variety of classic video games and full-length movies through the iTunes Music Store to play on the go.The patented, easy-to-use Click Wheel lets you zoom quickly through the player's menus. And with the iPod's new alpha-numeric search function, you can quickly "drill down" through your library to find the video, song or photo you're after. Using an optional iPod dock, you can display your movies and photos on a TV screen, so everyone can join in the fun.
Apple iPod nano 2nd Generation 8GB MP3 Player - Black
Description: Apple's 8-gigabyte iPod nano lets you carry over five days worth near-CD-quality music or a combination of your favorite songs and photos in a sleek, brushed aluminum package. Smaller than a credit card, this ultra-thin player displays your photos and album cover art in bright, vivid colors on its LCD screen. And Apple's elegantly simple Click Wheel lets you zoom through menus quickly to find the song or picture you're looking for.
Apple iPod Video Enhanced 5th Generation 30GB Media Player - Black
Description: The 30-gigabyte Apple iPod gives you even more entertainment choices than previous models. In addition to storing almost three weeks' worth of music, 25,000 photos, or up to 40 hours of video, you can now enjoy games and movies. Purchase a variety of classic video games and full-length movies through the iTunes Music Store to play on the go. The patented, easy-to-use Click Wheel lets you zoom quickly through the player's menus. And with the iPod's alpha-numeric search function, you can quickly "drill down" through your library to find the video, song or photo you're after. Using an optional iPod dock, you can display your movies and photos on a TV screen, so everyone can join in the fun.
Apple iPod Video Enhanced 5th Generation 80GB Media Player - Black
Description: The 80-gigabyte Apple iPod gives you even more entertainment choices than previous models. In addition to storing over seven weeks of music, 25,000 photos, or up to 100 hours of video, you can now enjoy games and movies. Purchase a variety of classic video games and full-length movies through the iTunes Music Store to play on the go.The patented, easy-to-use Click Wheel lets you zoom quickly through the player's menus. And with the iPod's new alpha-numeric search function, you can quickly "drill down" through your library to find the video, song or photo you're after. Using an optional iPod dock, you can display your movies and photos on a TV screen, so everyone can join in the fun.
Apple iPod U2 Special Edition Enhanced 5th Generation 30GB MP3 Player
Description: Now that you can buy movies from the iTunes Store and sync them to your iPod, the whole world is your theater. With a 30GB iPod in hand, those movies fit comfortably next to TV shows, new iPod games, podcasts, audiobooks, photo albums, and, of course, an entire library of music — up to 7,500 songs, in fact. Watch this space How much can your pocket hold? That's up to you and your iPod. It holds up to 7,500 songs, up to 25,000 photos, and up to 40 hours of video — or any combination of each. So you can browse movies on the iTunes Store, download the ones you want, then sync it to your iPod. Same goes for TV episodes, new iPod games, 99 songs, best-selling audiobooks, and an entire universe of free podcasts. Go ahead. Fill 'er up.Suit yourself From cases to car kits, customize your iPod with accessories made especially for it. Pick up an iPod Universal Dock for more convenient syncing. Add an iPod Hi-Fi for room-filling sound. Sync photos on the go with an iPod Camera Connector. Attach a voice recorder to take audio notes. Play all day With all that music at your fingertips, you may never want to stop listening. Lucky thing your iPod plays audio for up to 14 hours. Or, if you'd rather watch, you can feast your eyes on movies and TV shows for up to three-and-a-half hours.Pack light It might be a miracle. Otherwise, it's hard to explain exactly how 30GB of storage can fit into an iPod that's over 30% thinner than the previous fourth generation. However it happened, it means you can carry your entire music collection — plus a nice selection of video — absolutely everywhere you go. And a 60% brighter, more vibrant display gives your album art, photos, and video extra oomph.Search and enjoy Finding what you want to hear among 7,500 songs could be quite a chore — unless you have an iPod. A new interface lets you search your iPod using the patented Click Wheel. And if you're a fan of live albums, classical works, or anything that sounds best when it's continuous, iPod supports gapless playback that seamlessly transitions from one song to another. Song capacity based on 4 minutes per song and 128-Kbps AAC encoding; actual capacity varies by content. Photo capacity based on iPod-viewable photos transferred from iTunes. Video capacity based on H.264 1.5-Mbps video at 640-by-480 resolution combined with 128-Kbps audio; actual capacity varies by content.
Apple iPod Video 5th Generation 60GB Media Player - Black
Description: Imagine having over six full days' worth of video, 25,000 photos, or almost six weeks of music ? all in your pocket. The 60GB Apple iPod makes it possible. Through the iTunes Music Store you can purchase and download music videos, popular TV shows, and more. Import your own home movie clips, digital photos, and your music files as well. This slender iPod has a large 2-1/2" full-color screen for easy viewing.The player's Click Wheel lets you access the video, song or photo you're after quckly and easily, zooming quickly through the player's menu. Using an optional iPod dock, you can display your video and photos on a TV screen, so everyone can join in the fun.
Apple iPod Photo 30GB 2nd Gen. MP3 Player
Description: The original iPod changed the way you listen to music by putting thousands of songs in your pocket. Now iPod photo changes the way you see your music, with a crisp color screen. Browse your playlists via vivid menus, thumb through album and audiobook cover art on the go, even play games and view your calendars in color. Of course, iPod photo also lets you carry memories along with your music. Upload photos from your Mac or PC and view them in color, anywhere, complete with built-in backlighting.iPod photo features the touch-sensitive Apple Click Wheel for navigating your music and photos in 65,536 colors. Spin the wheel to Music and scroll effortlessly through dozens of playlists, hundreds of albums or thousand of songs. iPod photo displays 25 full-color thumbnails at a time. And you can scroll through them the same way you scroll through song titles. You can store up to 7,500 songs!
Apple iPod nano 1GB MP3 Player - Black
Description: When it comes to iPod nano, you need to reconsider your definition of small. Slip it in your pocket it weighs less than a handful of change. Or wear it around your neck and forget it's there. Want to take it for a jog? No problem. Your music will never skip.
Apple iPod mini 4GB 2nd Gen. MP3 Player - Blue
Description: Weighing in at just 3.6 ounces and smaller than many cell phones, iPod mini fits your lifestyle and your bag, whether it be cocktail purse or messenger duffle. The chic, matte anodized aluminum case resists stains and scratches, all the while protecting your iPod mini. Recessed in the case to keep its surface pristine, the 1.67-inch (diagonal) backlit screen displays full song and album titles, artists? names and more.The iPod mini Click Wheel, featuring color-coordinated icons, gives you the enhanced durability and sensitivity of the iPod Touch Wheel, with buttons underneath. The Click Wheel takes best advantage of miniscule space and lets you scroll single-handedly through up to 1,000 songs from your iTunes music collection.Your iPod mini includes a convenient belt clip so you can attach it to your belt, purse or backpack. You can even clip your iPod mini to a lanyard around your neck for the ultimate fashion statement.
Apple iPod mini 4GB 2nd Gen. MP3 Player - Pink
Description: Weighing in at just 3.6 ounces and smaller than many cell phones, iPod mini fits your lifestyle and your bag, whether it be cocktail purse or messenger duffle. The chic, matte anodized aluminum case resists stains and scratches, all the while protecting your iPod mini. Recessed in the case to keep its surface pristine, the 1.67-inch (diagonal) backlit screen displays full song and album titles, artists? names and more. The iPod mini Click Wheel, featuring color-coordinated icons, gives you the enhanced durability and sensitivity of the iPod Touch Wheel, with buttons underneath. The Click Wheel takes best advantage of miniscule space and lets you scroll single-handedly through up to 1,000 songs from your iTunes music collection. Your iPod mini includes a convenient belt clip so you can attach it to your belt, purse or backpack. You can even clip your iPod mini to a lanyard around your neck for the ultimate fashion statement.
Apple iPod mini 4GB 2nd Gen. MP3 Player - Silver
Description: Weighing in at just 3.6 ounces and smaller than many cell phones, iPod mini fits your lifestyle and your bag, whether it be cocktail purse or messenger duffle. The chic, matte anodized aluminum case resists stains and scratches, all the while protecting your iPod mini. Recessed in the case to keep its surface pristine, the 1.67-inch (diagonal) backlit screen displays full song and album titles, artists? names and more.The iPod mini Click Wheel, featuring color-coordinated icons, gives you the enhanced durability and sensitivity of the iPod Touch Wheel, with buttons underneath. The Click Wheel takes best advantage of miniscule space and lets you scroll single-handedly through up to 1,000 songs from your iTunes music collection. Your iPod mini includes a convenient belt clip so you can attach it to your belt, purse or backpack. You can even clip your iPod mini to a lanyard around your neck for the ultimate fashion statement.
Apple iPod 20GB U2 Special Edition MP3 Player
Description: Like no other, iPod U2 Special Edition stands out. Jet black, it bears a prominent red Apple Click Wheel and, on the flip side, the autographs of each U2 band member. It comes with an exclusive U2 poster and, of course, the signature white iPod earbuds.Like other members of the iPod family, iPod U2 Special Edition makes listening to music sheer delight. The fabulous Apple Click Wheel lets you scroll through all your songs, albums and playlists effortlessly. And you can certainly keep plenty of your music on this 20GB iPod. In fact, after purchasing and downloading ?The Complete U2,? you?ll still have enough room for as many as 4,600 other songs.No matter how much music or how many Audiobooks you bring with you, however, iPod Special Edition remains small and light enough to carry in your pocket: it?s no bigger than a pack of playing cards and weighs just 5.6 ounces. It also offers up to 12 hours of battery life, so you can listen to music practically all day. And thanks to 25 minutes of skip protection, you can lead a really active lifestyle - jogging, bicycling, skate- or snowboarding - without missing a beat.What?s more, with iPod Special Edition, you enjoy the best auto-sync in the industry. Just connect iPod to your Mac or PC, and iTunes takes care of business, keeping both iTunes and iPod in perfect harmony. Whether you?ve imported new tunes from CDs or downloaded and purchased them from the iTunes Music Store, iTunes will quickly move them to iPod. Create any On-the-Go Playlists? iTunes will spot those right away, add them to your existing playlists, and update play counts and ratings at the same time.
Apple iPod 20GB 3rd Gen. MP3 Player - Mac/PC
Description: The iPod fits comfortably in the palm of your hand and slips easily into your pocket and your life. At 5.6 ounces, it weighs less than 2 compact discs, and even many cell phones. And yet the iPod gives you a huge 20GB hard drive that's 10,000 songs. Do the math: that's space enough to store four weeks of music played continuously, 24/7 or one new song a day for the next 27 years.
Apple iPod nano 1GB MP3 Player - White
Description: Call it astonishing. Unbelievable. Impossible, even. Then pick it up and hold it in your hand. Take in the brilliant color display. Run your thumb around the Click Wheel. Put on the earbuds and turn up your music. That?s when everything becomes clear: It?s an iPod.
Apple iPod 15GB 3rd Gen. MP3 Player - USB/Firewire
Description: The super-slim iPod defines what a digital music player should be. It's lighter than two CDs, can hold up to 3,700 songs, thousands of digital photos and works as a personal voice recorder. Now you can sync with iTunes for Mac and Windows at blazing speeds, and take your entire music collection with you wherever you go.
Apple iPod mini 4GB MP3 Player - Green
Description: Fashionably Compact Apple engineers squeezed all the best features of iPod into a case weighing just 3.6 ounces and smaller than any cell phone. iPod mini features an anodized aluminium case that resists stains and scratches. Like its (slightly) bigger brother, iPod mini gives you over 25 minutes of skip protection and lasts up to 8 hours on a single battery charge. So you won?t pay a penalty for miniaturization.
Apple iPod 40GB 3rd Gen. MP3 Player - Mac/PC
Description: Apple has always been an innovator when it comes to consumer computer products. The 40GB iPod is Apple's contribution to the new generation of Personal Music Delivery Systems/Portable Storage Devices. With its huge song capacity (in 128-Kbps AAC format,) 8 plus hours battery, 6.2 ounce weight and industry leading skip protection, iPod significantly improves the quality of the digital lifestyle.
Apple iPod - 3rd Gen. Mac/PC
Description: With its 7,500-song capacity, 8-hour battery, 6.2-ounce weight and industry-leading skip protection, iPod significantly improves the quality of the digital lifestyle. Small though it is - just 6.2 ounces and the size of a deck of cards - iPod has a hefty 30GB hard disk drive. The number of songs it holds depends on the compression rate you choose for your songs. At a 128Kbps compression rate in AAC format, 30GB equals approximately 7,500 songs, or about 750 CDs. Who knows, you might also find yourself storing documents, files and applications on your iPod in FireWire disk mode. With up to 25 minutes of skip protection, iPod keeps playing without missing a beat. iPod skip protection works by continually preloading up to 25 minutes of music into the cache. iPod's rechargeable lithium-ion battery gives you 8 hours of continuous playback, so your music keeps going and going and going. You can fast-charge the battery to 80% of capacity in an hour, and get it fully recharged in three hours. Best of all, FireWire charges your iPod battery whenever it's connected to your computer so iPod automatically charges while you're transferring your music. iPod supports 14 languages on its 2" 160 x 128 LCD display. The Contacts feature lets you view names and addresses downloaded from applications like Microsoft Entourage, Palm Desktop and Mac OS X Address Book for easy access to your personal information, wherever you happen to be. It can play MP3s with up to 320Kbps or Variable Bit Rate encoding and also supports WAV and AIFF. iTunes 2 software for the Mac or MUSICMATCH Jukebox Plus 7.5 software for a PC (included) synchronizes your playlists automatically when you connect iPod your your computer, so your music is always ready. It comes with Earbud headphones, with Neodymium transducer magnets, AC adapter, dock connector to FireWire cable and 4-pin-to-6-pin FireWire adapter
Apple iPod mini 4GB MP3 Player - Blue
Description: Everything you love about iPod just got tinier. iPod mini lets you bring along enough music for a three-day weekend getaway in a package so small you'll forget you're carrying it. Until people ask about it, that is. Apple engineers squeezed all the best features of iPod into a case weighing just 3.6 ounces. iPod mini features an anodized aluminum case that resists stains and scratches. The case weighs practically nothing, but protects iPod mini in your pocket, purse or backpack. Recessed in the case to keep its surface pristine wherever you lay it, the 1.67-inch (diagonal) backlit screen displays full song names and more. iPod mini gives you over 25 minutes of skip protection and lasts up to 8 hours on a single battery charge.
Apple iPod Photo 60GB MP3 Player
Description: The original iPod changed the way you listen to music by putting thousands of songs in your pocket. Now iPod photo changes the way you see your music, with a crisp color screen. Browse your playlists via vivid menus, thumb through album and audiobook cover art on the go, even play games and view your calendars in color. Of course, iPod photo also lets you carry memories along with your music. Upload photos from your Mac or PC and view them in color, anywhere, complete with built-in backlighting.iPod photo features the touch-sensitive Apple Click Wheel for navigating your music and photos in 65,536 colors. Spin the wheel to Music and scroll effortlessly through dozens of playlists, hundreds of albums or thousand of songs. iPod photo displays 25 full-color thumbnails at a time. And you can scroll through them the same way you scroll through song titles. You can store up to 15,000 songs!
Apple iPod Mini 4GB MP3 Player - Pink
Description: Everything you love about iPod just got tinier. iPod mini lets you bring along enough music for a three-day weekend getaway in a package so small you'll forget you're carrying it. Until people ask about it, that is. Apple engineers squeezed all the best features of iPod into a case weighing just 3.6 ounces. iPod mini features an anodized aluminum case that resists stains and scratches. The case weighs practically nothing, but protects iPod mini in your pocket, purse or backpack. Recessed in the case to keep its surface pristine wherever you lay it, the 1.67-inch (diagonal) backlit screen displays full song names and more. iPod mini gives you over 25 minutes of skip protection and lasts up to 8 hours on a single battery charge.
Apple iPod Color 20GB MP3 Player
Description: Like its famous siblings, iPod Photo features the touch-sensitive Apple Click Wheel that?s the envy of the industry. You?ll use it to navigate iPod Photo?s menu. Now in living color, it's easier to read than ever. That?s thanks in part to the clarity of the display - it offers 220x176-pixel resolution - and in part to the Myriad typeface. Spin the wheel to Music, and you can scroll effortlessly through dozens of playlists, hundreds of albums or thousand of songs. Or highlight Photos. iPod Photo displays 25 full-color thumbnails at a time. And you can scroll through them the same way you scroll through song titles. Quickly. Just spin the wheel to see more. And when you see a photo you?d like displayed all by its lonesome, just click the center button and voila. No one will have to say ?cheese? as long as you have iPod Photo around. Whether you?re listening to tunes or checking out photos, you?re sure to be all smiles. Use the included AV cable to connect iPod Photo to a projector or TV. You can mesmerize friends and family with a glorious multimedia experience, offering them a breathtaking slideshow accompanied by the music you already have on your iPod Photo. Of course, you get to choose the songs, albums or playlists. Whether you?re on a transcontinental flight or an extra long hike, if you plan to listen to music for hours and hours, iPod Photo has you covered. Fully charged, it lets you enjoy up to 15 hours of continuous music; or up to 5 hours of continuous slideshows with music. Use the FireWire or USB 2.0 cables to quickly charge the batteries. Or use the iPod Photo Dock that comes with both 40GB and 60GB models.
Apple iPod nano Special Edition 2nd Generation 8GB MP3 Player - Red
Description: The Apple 8GB iPod nano (PRODUCT) RED Special Edition features a bright color display, up to 24 hours of battery life, and storage for up to 2,000 songs, podcasts, audiobooks, photos, and more. When you choose the iPod nano (PRODUCT) RED Special Edition, you get an iPod nano in a bright red aluminum enclosure that tells the world you’ve chosen to join (PRODUCT) RED. And Apple contributes $10 of your purchase to the Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS in Africa. It’s that simple.
Apple iPod 40GB 4th Gen. MP3 Player
Description: A musical dream come true, the fourth-generation iPod offers huge capacity, letting you easily slip up to 10,000 songs into your pocket. And enjoy it wherever you go. In the car. On the treadmill. At the office. Around the house.Though ease of use has always been the hallmark of iPod, we believe in constantly moving perfection forward. So iPod incorporates the same touch-sensitive Apple Click Wheel that debuted on iPod mini. Without lifting that trusty thumb of yours from the wheel, you can easily select playlists, scroll through thousands of songs, and start the music playing. Want that song to play from the beginning again? A single click will do the trick.You can put the Apple Click Wheel to use the next time you want to set your music to shuffle. Right there on the main menu ? where it?s very easy to find ? you?ll find a new option ? Shuffle Songs. Everyone?s favorite option for mixing things up, Shuffle Songs randomly plays songs in a selected playlist or your entire music collection. You?ll never guess what?s coming up next, so you?re always surprised by startling juxtapositions ? like a melodic Coldplay song hot on the heels of an aria by Caball?. And you can shuffle your way through a lot of songs now that iPod lets you play your music for up to 12 hours on a single battery charge. Imagine: you could fly from New York to Paris and still have hours of listening time left over as you stroll the Champs Elys?es. While you?re on the move, iPod keeps you aware of its charge level, and when it?s time, iPod?s quick to recharge. Plug it into your computer or a handy wall socket (via the included power adapter), and you can fast-charge iPod in as little as 2 hours.The perfect companion to iPod, iTunes lets you easily build and manage your digital music collection. Since the iTunes Music Store is built right in, you can browse through hundreds of thousands of songs and audiobooks until you find just what you?re looking for. Jazz, Reggae, Pop, Electronica, Hip Hop ? the iTunes Music Store has it all. And it?s open 24/7. All year long. In the US and Europe, too. On both the Mac and Windows PCs. As for all of those CDs you already own, iTunes makes it easy to quickly transfer your favorite songs and albums. Just pop a CD into your Mac or PC, and click the Import button. You can import music in a variety of formats (such as MP3 or AAC) and at whatever quality level you?d prefer. You can even choose the Apple Lossless encoder. Music encoded with that option offers sound quality indistinguishable from the original CDs at about half the file size of the original. And with FireWire and USB 2.0 support, you can transfer the music from an entire CD to iPod in just 5 seconds or less.
Apple iPod mini 4GB MP3 Player - Silver
Description: Apple engineers squeezed all the best features of iPod into a case weighing just 3.6 ounces and smaller than any cell phone. iPod mini features an anodized aluminium case that resists stains and scratches. The case weighs practically nothing, but protects iPod mini in your pocket, purse or backpack. Recessed in the case to keep its surface pristine wherever you lay it, the 1.67 inch (diagonal) backlit screen displays full song names and more. Like its (slightly) bigger brother, iPod mini gives you over 25 minutes of skip protection and lasts up to 8 hours on a single battery charge. So you won?t pay a penalty for miniaturization. In fact, all the features of iPod are still under your thumb. Always striving for perfection, Apple engineers moved the iPod?s buttons under the wheel. The iPod mini Click Wheel gives you the enhanced durability and sensitivity of the iPod Touch Wheel, with buttons underneath. The Click Wheel takes best advantage of miniscule space and lets you scroll single handedly though 1,000 songs from your iTunes music collection. You?ll find such thoughtful construction only from Apple. Because try as they might, the competition can?t touch this. Oh, one other minor detail, you can choose your iPod mini in one of five trend-setting colors: silver, gold, green, pink or blue. (All shiny.)
Apple iPod Shuffle 1GB MP3 Player
Description: Time to mix things up. Meet iPod shuffle, the unpredictable iPod. What will it play next? Can it read your mind? Can it read your moods? Load it up. Put it on. See where it takes you. Choose from pocket-size 512MB or 1G models starting at under 100 and surprise yourself.
Apple iPod shuffle 2nd Generation 1GB MP3 Player - Orange
Description: The 1GB iPod shuffle lets you wear up to 240 songs on your sleeve. Or your lapel. Or your belt. Clip on iPod shuffle and wear it as a badge of musical devotion. You know what they say about good things and small packages. But when something 1.62 inches long and about half an ounce holds up to 240 songs, “good” and “small” don’t cut it. Especially when you can listen to your music for up to 12 continuous hours. In fact, iPod shuffle just may be the biggest thing in small.
Apple iPod shuffle 2nd Generation 1GB MP3 Player - Blue
Description: The 1GB iPod shuffle lets you wear up to 240 songs on your sleeve. Or your lapel. Or your belt. Clip on iPod shuffle and wear it as a badge of musical devotion. You know what they say about good things and small packages. But when something 1.62 inches long and about half an ounce holds up to 240 songs, “good” and “small” don’t cut it. Especially when you can listen to your music for up to 12 continuous hours. In fact, iPod shuffle just may be the biggest thing in small.
Apple iPod nano Special Edition 2nd Generation 4GB MP3 Player - Red
Description: Volume, meet virtue.You make choices every day, from the clothes you wear to the music you play. Now making a choice means making a difference. The iPod nano (PRODUCT) RED holds up to 1,000 songs, 25,000 photos, and a little hope. That's because $10 from every iPod nano (PRODUCT) RED sold goes directly to the Global Fund to fight AIDS in Africa. Which means your iPod nano (PRODUCT) RED sounds good and does good at the same time.
Apple iPod shuffle 2nd Generation 1GB MP3 Player - Pink
Description: The 1GB iPod shuffle lets you wear up to 240 songs on your sleeve. Or your lapel. Or your belt. Clip on iPod shuffle and wear it as a badge of musical devotion. You know what they say about good things and small packages. But when something 1.62 inches long and about half an ounce holds up to 240 songs, “good” and “small” don’t cut it. Especially when you can listen to your music for up to 12 continuous hours. In fact, iPod shuffle just may be the biggest thing in small.
iPod is a brand of portable media players designed and marketed by Apple and launched in October 2001. Devices in the iPod range are primarily digital audio players, designed around a central click wheel — with the exception of the iPod shuffle, which uses buttons because of its small size. As of September 2006, the line-up consists of the video-capable fifth generation iPod, the smaller second generation iPod nano, and the display-less second generation iPod shuffle. The iPod line used to contain the iPod mini, until being discontinued for the introduction of the iPod nano. The full-sized model stores media on an internal hard drive, while the iPod nano and iPod shuffle use flash memory due to their smaller size. Like many digital music players, iPods can also serve as external data storage devices.
Apple's iTunes software is used to transfer music to the devices. As a free jukebox application, iTunes stores an entire music library on the user's computer and can play, burn, and rip music from a CD. It can also transfer photos, videos, games, and calendars to the models that support them. Apple focused its development on the iPod's unique user interface and its ease of use, rather than on technical capability. As of April 2007, the iPod had sold over 100 million units worldwide, making it the best-selling digital audio player series in history.
History and design
iPod came from Apple's digital hub strategy, when the company began creating software for the growing market of digital devices being purchased by consumers. Digital cameras, camcorders and organizers had well-established mainstream markets, but the company found existing digital music players "big and clunky or small and useless" with user interfaces that were "unbelievably awful", so Apple decided to develop its own. Apple's hardware engineering chief, Jon Rubinstein, assembled a team of engineers to design it, including Tony Fadell, hardware engineer Michael Dhuey, and design engineer Jonathan Ive, with Stan Ng as the marketing manager. The product was developed in less than a year and unveiled on October 23, 2001. CEO Steve Jobs announced it as a Mac-compatible product with a 5 GB hard drive that put "1000 songs in your pocket."
Uncharacteristically, Apple did not develop iPod's software entirely in-house. Apple instead used PortalPlayer's reference platform which was based on 2 ARM cores. The platform had rudimentary software running on a commercial microkernel embedded operating system. PortalPlayer had previously been working on an IBM-branded MP3 player with Bluetooth headphones. Apple contracted another company, Pixo, to help design and implement the user interface, under the direct supervision of Steve Jobs. Once established, Apple continued to refine the software's look and feel. Starting with the iPod mini, the Chicago font was replaced with Espy Sans. Later iPods switched fonts again to Podium Sans — a font similar to Apple's corporate font Myriad. iPods with color displays then adopted some Mac OS X themes like Aqua progress bars, and brushed metal in the lock interface.
The name iPod was proposed by Vinnie Chieco, a freelance copywriter, who (with others) was called by Apple to figure out how to introduce the new player to the public. After Chieco saw a prototype, he thought of the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey and the phrase "Open the pod bay door, Hal!", which refers to the white EVA Pods of the Discovery One spaceship. Apple had previously registered the name "iPod" for Internet kiosks, but never put it to use.
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