Six generations of iPod
Apple launched its first portable media player called iPod on October 23, 2001. Who could forget the excitement and happiness when Apple came up with the slogan “1,000 songs in your pocket” when it introduced the first generation iPod in 2001. This wonderful gadget was designed and exclusively marketed by Apple. The first iPod had a black and white LCD screen comprising of a 5GB hard drive. This could store up to 1,000 songs encoded using the MP3 technology. This was given a huge welcome by the young generation who had access to some of the best music. The iPod was priced at US$399, but no one was complaining. And why should they with all these wonderful features?
The outstanding features which set the Apple iPod apart from the others was the 1.8 inch hard drive. This device was extremely easy to use using a mechanical scroll wheel, a beautiful button located at the center, and 4 auxiliary buttons around the wheel. This iPod could run on the battery for ten hours.
Apple came up with a product line up few could match. It included the video supported iPod Nano, the compact iPod shuffle, the iPod touch with the touch screen and the iPod classic with the hard drive. One of the features which provided immense delight to the customers was that the iPod classic models could store media on its internal hard drive. The capability of iPod was no less than a digital music player as it could play the role of a external data storage device. The storage capacities of Apple iPod varied vastly. The iPod Classic had a storage capacity of 160 GB, while it was 2 GB for iPod shuffle. Apple came up with iTunes software that could be used to transfer music from the computers to other devices using certain versions of Microsoft Windows operating systems and Apple Macintosh. The iTunes software was a great boon as it helped to transfer calendars, web bookmarks, email settings, games, videos, contact information and photos from the computer to the iPod models supporting these specific features.
Definitely, the Apple iPod has come a long way since its launch in 2001. This wonderful device has grown in to a vast family of video and digital music players. The versions which followed the first generation original iPod have been referred to as second generation and third generation. They are also denoted as 2G and 3G. And today the Apple iPod is a huge family with six generations. So going for an Apple iPod with so many diverse and unique features and above all with so many models is a great decision and investment to cherish.