i pod Classic

In 2001 the audio world was rocked with the news of the first iPod. It could hold 1000 songs and used a hard drive to store the songs. Since then a number of iPod’s have been released in varying capacities but none have come close to the latest version.

The iPod Classic can hold an astonishing 40,000 songs or 200 hours of video and its all at a touch of your finger. The iPod Classic comes in two different capacities: 80GB and 160GB. While not cheap the Classic an hold your entire library of songs, pictures and movies all on a portable device.

The Classic also has the updated user interface and I must say that it’s an improvement over the last design that was on the old iPods.

Here are a few of the technical specifications for the iPod Classic:

• Street Price: $389.99 (160GB)
• 5.7 oz
• 160GB hard drive
• 2.5-inch with 320 x 240 resolution
• 40,000 songs or 200 hours of video

Things I like
The thing I like most about the Classic is its enormous hard drive. 160GB is more than some desktop computers have so you don’t need to worry about fitting all of your songs and movies onto it. While the 2.5inch screen isn’t ideal for watching videos it does produce a very nice picture and having all of your videos in your pocket is rather handy. I also like the new user interface. Apple has really been showing off their graphical power as of late and the ability to view album covers is a nice touch.

The final thing I like about the Classic is its battery life and charge time. The Classic’s battery will last 40 hours if you’re only playing music or 7 hours if you’re playing videos. This is really amazing considering that you have a working hard drive in there. Charging is really quick as well. To get an 80% charge you just have to plug it in for 2 hours. To get a full charge you’ll need to wait 4 hours but this isn’t bad considering you’ll have 40 hours of listening to your music.

Things I don’t like
There really isn’t much that I don’t like about the classic. I personally think Apple should have mixed the iPod Touch and the Classic together to make a Super iPod. But you can’t really fault the Classic for that so there isn’t anything I don’t like about it.

Pros:

• Large hard drive
• Nice Screen
• Amazing battery life and charging

Cons:

• none

Final Thoughts
If you need a new iPod I totally suggest buying the iPod Classic. In my opinion it’s the best iPod out there hands down because of it’s large capacity. While it is a little larger than the nano it can hold 20x more songs. I fully recommend buying the iPod Classic.