Apple's Ipod - What Is It?
iPod is a type of portable media player that is designed, marketed and sold by Apple. It was launched in October 2001. There are many variations of the iPod that includes iPod nano, shuffle, video iPod etc. The full-sized models store their media on a hard drive placed internally, the iPod nano and the iPod shuffle on the other hand use flash memory as they have a small size. Just like many other digital music players, the iPods also serve as a data storage device which can be attached externally.
To transfer your favorite songs and tunes to your iPod you need the software, Apple's iTunes. It is a free jukebox application, and serves as an entire music collection on your computer. Through it you can burn, play and rip music. It can also be used to transfer photos, calendars, videos etc to the supported models.
Your iPod is enabled to play several file formats including MP3, Protected AAC, AAC/M4A, AIFF, Audible audiobook, WAV etc. The photo iPod can display images of JPEG, GIF, BMP, PNG and TIFF file formats. The original iPods worked only with Macs, but second generation onwards, iPod software works with Windows too. It has color display with anti-aliased text and graphics along with sliding animations.
Nowadays you get your iPod with several additional features like games like Parachute, bricks etc, displaying of text files, contact storage, scheduler, music quiz etc. They use either lithium polymer batteries or lithium-ion batteries, depending on the generation of the iPod. You also get some accessories for iPods that will add some extra features to your player like sound recorders, wired remote control, FM radio tuners, and cables for TV connections. Though iPods brought a revolution to the music industry and it enabled users to personalize their music collection as well as store an unlimited amount of music and enjoy it anywhere, anytime, but there are certain technical flaws in them too. The third generation iPods show a weak bass response. Some equalizer settings like R&B, Acoustic and Rock can also lead to bass distortion due to excess amplification. Apart from this, some users also faced a unique problem that the shuffle function is not random enough and their iPod plays certain tracks more often than others. The iPods have been criticized due to their fragile hard drives, short life-span and also seemingly planned obsolescence. The iPods have a huge industry impact and have won many awards of different range like engineering excellence, most innovative audio product, and one of the best computer products etc. They have indeed altered the scenario of portable audio devices. They have become a status symbol for most youngsters and you are "in" if you have one. 
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