What is the Ipod? by Gigi Villanueva

The ipod is a brand for moveable media players, which can play MP3, AAC/M4A, Protected AAC, AIFF, WAV, Audible audio book, and Apple Lossless audio file formats. Ipods are designed as well as marketed by Apple.

The ipod has iTunes included in it, by which you can transfer tracks from the CD to MP3 format. All you have to do is connect the ipod to your PC and transfer the music along with the play list. Ipod is well suited for Macintosh computers that run on Mac OS X and PCs running on Windows 2000 or Windows XP.

When the ipod or ipod nano is connected to your PC initially, it identifies the computer as "home" computer. Thus every time you connect, your ipod will automatically download the music stored in on the PC. Try connecting it with a different computer. The moment you do it, your ipod will tell you that it is connected to a computer that is different from the home computer and will ask you if you are interested in removing its contents and link it with the music library of the new computer.

You can link more than one ipod with your PC. Every ipod provides an exclusive identification code to your computer. This allows you to derive the benefit of automatic transfer of music to the ipod inspite of the fact that you share the computer with another individual using ipod.

The design of all ipods and ipod nanos is suited to the active lifestyle of people with busy schedules. You can carry them in your hand or put into the pocket even while walking, jogging or running.

Ipods come with different sizes of storage facilities. The storage capacities vary from 512 MB to 80 GB. However, what amount of music that your ipod will be able to hold will depend on the rate of compression of your songs. For instance, twenty GB is a little more than 5000 four-minute songs, or more than 500 CDs. If you have more music than the capacity of your ipod, you will have to update it manually.

Ipods stand out because of the very good quality sound they provide. The powerful amplifier has the capacity to produce a very loud sound. And, with its check feature you can even out the song volume. In addition, a good model of the ipod has an in-built battery that can support it for 10-20 hours.

Your ipod can also double up as your computer's hard disk. This feature helps you to transfer files from your PC and take it with you wherever you travel. Moreover, you need not worry...the ipod is intelligent enough to treat your data and music files separately. There is no chance of one overlapping the other. What more? The ipod also has a digital watch to help you maintain your schedule wherever you go.