Owning an iPod

Owning an iPod is something. With a popularity shared with its closest relative iPhone, it is the most coveted thing on earth even aliens would bring home to delight their own relatives from a distant planet. My seven-year old niece has an iPod, too, but probably she wouldn't have noticed her precious possession. She just loves it because of what it does, beyond the usual games she plays on another most wanted gadget of hers, which she has passed on to her younger sister. Quite lucky kids.

There are almost 30 new iPods from Apple's official launch in September last year. One of the best features of this new series is the Genius Playlist. Simply put, it is an automatic playlist organizer, and more than that - it finds the songs that go along well, so you won't have to. The nano comes in nine new colors, 8 GB and 16 GB space, and a new built-in speaker. Not to be outdone, the iPod classic now has 120 GB - that's more than an ordinary computer has. Imagine how many songs and hours of video you can store? According to Amazon, that's 30,000 songs and 150 hours of video. Huge for its size! Moreover, they have got new designs for the iPod touch that still comes in 8 GB, 16 GB and 32 GB capacities.

Big space, ease of use and the smart playlists are generally what users love about their iPods. They can rip DVDs, convert videos including YouTube videos, install third-party applications, stream music wirelessly to any iTunes library, backup their home folder, and even upgrade their old iPods, to mention some. The "walkman" of 30 years past would surely be a jurassic if placed side by side with an iPod, even without touching anything.

Here are some technical details of the latest model of iPod touch, which is our current bestseller:

• 16 GB capacity for 3,500 songs, 10,000 photos, or 20 hours of video
• Up to 36 hours of music playback or 6 hours of video playback when fully charged
• 3.5-inch widescreen multi-touch display with 480-by-320-pixel resolution
• Supported audio formats: AAC, Protected AAC, MP3, MP3 VBR, Audible, Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV; supported video formats: H.264, MPEG-4; supported image file types: JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, PSD (Mac only), and PNG
• Playable on Mac and Windows systems
• In the box: iPod touch 16 GB, Earphones, USB 2.0 cable, Dock adapter, Polishing cloth, Quick Start guide

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