Friday, December 4, 2009

A Brief Look At The Rise In Popularity Of The Ipod

By Cauldwell Pipps

The world wide hit that is the ipod has provided the masses with a convenient way of carrying around their favourite music, videos and many other kinds of media. Although when they first came out they were rather expensive, as time passed and they became more and more popular they also became more and more affordable and so are now one of the most commonly seen gadgets on the planet.

There have of course been many different versions of the ipod since it was first released and we have seen them evolve into the all-singing-all-dancing gadget we know it as today. The first ipods started out mainly as a photo storage device but then as the itunes software was developed music became the predominant media that ipods were used for. Before the ipod, if you wanted to listen to music you would have to have used either a rather cumbersome CD player or a computer, neither of which were ideal if you were on the move. It has now however become easier for everyone to carry around their favourite music, videos and virtually any other type of portable media. Choosing the right ipod however, requires a bit of discretion.

Before you buy an ipod you should first check the authenticity of the memory card inside it, especially if you have been lured in by the price as it could be that what you are looking at is not a genuine ipod, but something that has been made to look like one with cheaper components and so produces a highly inferior sound quality and probably will not be able to hold as many songs as an ipod with that memory should.

Bluetooth is another fantastic feature that can be found not just in the ipod, but in most gadgets now available. Bluetooth allows people to share files such as songs and videos with other people who have a Bluetooth compatible device.

Make sure you check the quality and the authenticity before you make the final decision to buy an ipod, or you could always go for an option other than a standard Apple ipod, there are many other companies that make portable media devices just as full of possibility and some even at a fraction of the price.

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