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iPods 101: How To Get The Most From Your iPod

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MAKING THE MOST OF ITUNES

iTunes is a unique software application that Apple uses exclusively for the iPod.  You will use iTunes to organize and manage the music that you have on your computer before you transfer it to your iPod.  iTunes will open up automatically when you connect your iPod to the computer.  Some of the unique things that you can do with iTunes include:

  • Buy and download music and audiobooks from the iTunes Music Store.
  • Listen to both digital music and your own CDs.
  • Transfer music from your CDs to the library.  This way you don’t have to put the CD into the CD drive to listen to it.
  • Create your own music CDs.  You will need to have a CD burner in your computer to do this.
  • Create your own playlists of songs that you want to listen to in one session.  You can then publish your playlist, which is called an “iMix”, to the iTunes Music Store for others to see and use as inspiration.
  • Create your own “Party Shuffle” playlists.  This option allows you to make a playlist that is then put on shuffle so that songs are played in random order.
  • Listen to songs on the Internet.  Choose a radio station that plays songs that you enjoy listening to and that are a genre that is your favorite.

iPod Reviews

There are many things that people say about Apple iPods. iPod reviews are posted all over the Internet and there will always be good or bad reviews available for the interested reader.

Here are some of the summarized iPod reviews available on the Internet:

Pros of iPod

Throughout the years, music lovers have acknowledged the crisp sound produced by the Apple iPod. iPod reviews have always attempted to describe the different music experience as felt by the listener and every recorded song as seeming to be played live. Aside from this, here are some of the features that people have written in their iPod reviews.

Things that people love about Apple iPod:

1. Apple iPod reviews claimed that the hard drive can hold more than five thousand songs. Now, this number of songs is enough that a user would not be able to listen to the same song twice.

2. Apple iPod reviews reveal that the hard drive boasts of a forty gigabytes of storage space.  

3. Apple iPod reviews comes with an ergonomic design which is the Click Wheel. Using the Click Wheel, users can easily browse through the controls of either fast forward, play, reverse, pause and stop. Apple iPod users can even access the menus using the Click Wheel.

4. Apple ipod reviews also counted the long battery life of up to 12 hours as very helpful to the image of Apple iPod. What is the use of storing about 5 thousand songs inside an Apple iPod if the battery does not last until all the songs have been played.

5. Apple iPod reviews also listed the capability of users to set up playlists on the Apple iPod. 

6. Apple ipod reviews also lists the shuffle function as one of the most notable function of the iPod. It creates a sense of randomness in the playlist, helping avoid boredom for the user.

7. Apple iPod reviews revealed that the Apple iPOd is an excelent audio player. This is due to four reasons:

a. The menu system of the Apple iPod is super-intuitive.

b. The sound quality is great. Although, other users contend that the Apple iPod would be better sounding through the use of other headphones.

c. The storage size for the Apple iPod relative to its size is a bonus.

d. Lastly, but definitely not the least, they consider this the most important; there are thousands of iPod accessories to choose from.

Cons of iPods

1. Apple iPod reviews revealed that post sales services of the Apple iPod are not good. The service warranty of Apple iPods does not cover "abuse," which by itself is a very general term. Service stores of the Apple iPods sometimes argue that the malfunctioning of the iPods was caused by the abuse of the user.

2. Apple iPod reviews have also revealed posts that after the warranty of the iPod expired, weird things started to happen to the iPod. The Apple iPod is supposed to be skip-free, with enough battery life to last and a robust hard drive.

After the warranty year, however, it was reported that the ipod started skipping, the hard drive usually failed and the battery life suddenly became somewhat shorter.

3. Apple iPod reviews have also revealed that the Apple iPod seem to have a software bug or design flaw. Tracks being played are meant to flow continuously from one track to the next. The Apple iPod, however, sometimes blanks out for a moment between tracks.

4. Apple iPod reviews also revealed that users wish that Apple would make the video player more perfect. Doing so would shatter the competition and make Apple iPod the number one music player.

5. Apple iPod reviews also mentioned that users have an occasional problem with the iTunes. Also, the computer which has a MAC OS sometimes have difficulty recognizing the iPod when plugged. It also occassionally freezes up. 

6. Apple iPod reviews also revealed that Apple iPod are easily affected by static inside a coat pocket. This cause the Apple iPod to randomly switch off occassionally.

7. Apple iPod reviews also discussed that the battery life expectancy of the Apple iPod is realistic only if the user would avoid using the back light and the equalizer of the device.

Based from the Apple iPod reviews, the music lovers use other products simsilar to the Apple iPod such as Creative Jukebox 3, Nuvo MP3 players, Archous Jukebox, Rio, Fist MP3 player, Creative Muvo2. Creative Zen Xtra, Creative Zen Touch, Sony minidisc player, Siemens SL-45 MP3 player, and Sony WM-D6 Pro.

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