Ipod Clickwheel

The Good
Design, ease of use, style
Sizable hard drive
Fast FireWire interface
The Bad
No photo or video display
Long-since eclipsed by newer models
The Price
US$299 and up (available for much less online now)
Over the years, iPods have been improved and updated from a small box with five or so buttons on the front to a slim little package with just [...]

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Ipod Shuffle

The Good
Lightweight
Nice price
Great for exercisers
The Bad
Low capacity
Models
1GB
Colors
Silver, magenta, green, blue, orange
The Price
US$49.00 for 1GB
US$69.00 for 2GB
Unlike Any Other iPod – In a Good Way
The iPod Shuffle is unlike any other iPod. It doesn’t have a screen, a clickwheel, or the ability to play anything other than music. And that’s OK. The iPod Shuffle is a [...]

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Ipod Nano 3rd Generation

The Good
Bigger screen
Video support
Slimmer case
The Bad
Relatively small storage capacity
The Price
US$149-$199
When Apple releases new iPod models, sometimes all they change is how much storage the model offers. Other times, all they change is everything. With the third-generation iPod nano, Apple changed everything and it’s a welcome change.
The iPod nano occupies the middle ground of the iPod [...]

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Ipod Video

The Good
Same great user experience
Beautiful, high-resolution screen
Large hard drive capacity
The Bad
Watching long videos can be a chore
Can be too big or heavy to exercise with
Dock not included
Models
30GB and 80GB
Colors
Black and White
The Price
$299 – $349
Some revisions to the iPod are small. Some are huge, changing the very nature of the product. The introductory of the video [...]

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Ipod Classic

The iPod Classic is the name Apple has given to the iPod in its traditional shape and style and uses that name to distinguish it from the iPod touch. The chief differences between the iPod Classic and earlier iPod models are its capacity – 80GB and 160GB – its smaller shape, and its new software.
The [...]

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Ipod Nano 2nd Generation

The Good
Lightweight
Attractive price
All the benefits of the iPod experience
The Bad
Limited capacity
Can’t play TV, movies, or music videos
Models
2GB, 4GB, 8GB
Colors
Black, silver, pink, green, blue
The Price
US$149-$249
The second-generation iPod nano fills a clear need in Apple’s product line, offering an affordable, introductory-level iPod. With the high-capacity iPod video at the high end, and the low-cost, niche-targeted iPod Shuffle [...]

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Ipod Touch

The iPod touch is widely referred to as the iPhone without the phone. That’s because the iPod touch has almost all of the iPhone’s features except for the connection to AT&T’s EDGE network, meaning that it doesn’t offer nationwide connections to the Internet. Still, with its big screen, WiFi connection, and 16GB and 32GB [...]

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