The well known iPod is a the main portable digital media player.Instigated by Steve Jobs and manufactured by Apple Computers. The standard iPod stores media on a built in hard drive while the smaller iPod Shuffle and iPod nano use flash memory. The iPod has progessed to being the world’s best selling digital audio player since its launch in 2001.
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IPods can play many formats including MP3, WAV, AAC/M4A, Protected AAC, AIFF, Audible audio book and Apple Lossless audio file formats. The fifth generation iPod can now play m4v and mp4 video files. With this addition, the iPod has become a complete multimedia player.
The iPod was created by Apple to work with the iTunes media library software, which manages the music libraries on the users’s computer and on their iPod. To engage people and help them , users may also set a rating of up to five stars on any song. This will allow them to remember which ones they like or guage the ones that have the best quality.
Some models also have games such as Parachute where the player controls a turret and attempts to shoot down paratroopers and the helicopters. This game is similar to the Apple II version of the game Sabotage by Mark Allen. Another example is the evergreen solitaire, a simple card game that resembles the Windows solitaire card game. There are others such as Music Quiz which plays a portion of a random song and the player must identify it from a list of five. The faster the player names the correct song, the higher his score will be. No record is kept of the score and there is no limit to the amount of songs played. This type of interaction is possible because of the capabilities of the video playing enhancements in the fifth generation iPod.
Previously the iPod video could only support MP4 and Mpeg4 video formats. So for older IPods if you want to load other formatted videos to you have to convert the videos before transferring them to the IPod.This should not be a problem since there are many video converters and software solutions available on the internet for download. Many are free.
Apple will continue to udate and upgrade to cater for market needs.They want to maintain a number one position. This means innovations will be produced to facilitate a widening variety of media file formats.
It is now a simple job to transfer files and videos from your office computer to your home computer and vice versa or to any storage device , phone , pc etc. The advances made mean you are able to share your videos and movies with many people with amazing ease.
You can have your favorite music videos of your best loved artists with you anytime and anywhere. You can also load your favorite movies or your home movies as well. Take it with you to family reunions, parties and gatherings with old friends.
If you like to have a bigger view you can plug it into a television and see it in a larger screen. With the right accessories, you can elevate the performance and capabilities of your iPod video. Hook it up with a special AV cable to your TV for a bigger view or you can hook it up in your car for recharging the .The iPod can also be linked into the audio system of your car. Some cars have accessories that allow you do do this very easily. To listen to the audio of your movies better, you can plug them as well to a portable iPod speaker. Not only one person would be able to listen to the audio of your videos.
The iPod video, is an example of Apples premiere product being kept up to date an continually relevant to a changing world.
