The most popular portable media device available today is of course, the ipod. It was first brought out in 2001 and that model had five GB of memory, which at the time blew all competition out of the water. It swept across the world and soon ipods were a common site in many places.
Since the release of the original there have been five updates and re-releases meaning that the ipod is now in its sixth generation. If you compare the specs on the original and the newest sixth generation model, you can see that how far theyve come is quite astounding.
This sixth generation ipod comes with either 80 or 160 gigabytes of memory and supports pretty much any file format. It can play back images, games and videos and due to the vast amount of memory available, it can also be used as a portable hard drive to store anything on.
Over the last few years there have been different models of the ipod, the first of which (apart from the classic of course) was the ipod mini. This was the first to be available in multi-colours and was much cheaper than the classic version and so for a while, ipod minis were to be found everywhere.
Then there was the ipod shuffle, which was essentially a cheap version without the screen. The shuffle is a much simpler version and only plays songs. The lack of a display screen means that they are far cheaper to manufacture and therefore far cheaper to buy.
The most recent addition the ipod family is the ipod touch. This version has a full length touch screen and looks fairly similar to the iphone. It has huge storage capabilities and some have even said (slightly falsely, although I can see where theyre coming from) that the only difference between the ipod touch and the iphone is that you cant make phone calls on the ipod touch.
All the new models and updates have seen the ipod grow to be the most popular portable media device available today, over 173 million have been sold world wide and that number only looks like it will continue rising as ipods adapt to changes in consumer needs.
Since the release of the original there have been five updates and re-releases meaning that the ipod is now in its sixth generation. If you compare the specs on the original and the newest sixth generation model, you can see that how far theyve come is quite astounding.
This sixth generation ipod comes with either 80 or 160 gigabytes of memory and supports pretty much any file format. It can play back images, games and videos and due to the vast amount of memory available, it can also be used as a portable hard drive to store anything on.
Over the last few years there have been different models of the ipod, the first of which (apart from the classic of course) was the ipod mini. This was the first to be available in multi-colours and was much cheaper than the classic version and so for a while, ipod minis were to be found everywhere.
Then there was the ipod shuffle, which was essentially a cheap version without the screen. The shuffle is a much simpler version and only plays songs. The lack of a display screen means that they are far cheaper to manufacture and therefore far cheaper to buy.
The most recent addition the ipod family is the ipod touch. This version has a full length touch screen and looks fairly similar to the iphone. It has huge storage capabilities and some have even said (slightly falsely, although I can see where theyre coming from) that the only difference between the ipod touch and the iphone is that you cant make phone calls on the ipod touch.
All the new models and updates have seen the ipod grow to be the most popular portable media device available today, over 173 million have been sold world wide and that number only looks like it will continue rising as ipods adapt to changes in consumer needs.
