Ipods are the hottest things in the market today. We can see that the general public is not aware of all capabilities of this player. Some may even think of an ipods as a very technical gadget. To clear some of the misconceptions and provide some valuable information about ipods is the purpose of writing this article. We are living in a world when it is getting advanced every other minute in some or the other ways. Such is the case of advancement in the music systems as well. They have evolved very much from the days of the cassette recording to the CDs and now come the birth of the ipods.

Ipods were created by the Apple Computers in 2003 as portable music systems which can have many functions in the single gadget. They have the look of a rectangular mobile phone. The main functioning part in an ipod is the central wheel which resembles the centre button of the scroll mouse used for navigational purposes. Also it features a head phone jack as well as a USB point to connect to a hard disk. After the initial introduction of this gadget there has been a massive change in its structure and capacity. The initial ones had a 265mb to 1 GB space, in the form of flash memory. This has changed rapidly with the introduction of ipod nano and the present ipod which has the following capabilities according to the Apple specifications. You may have a glance to get the ipod advantage.

• Holds up to 15,000 songs(2) and full-color album art
• 30GB model is 4.1 x 2.4 x 0.43 inches; 60GB model is 4.1 x 2.4 x 0.55 inches
• Bright 2.5-inch, 320 x 240 pixel TFT display
• Up to 20 hours of battery life(5)
• Holds up to 25,000 photos(3)
• Holds up to 150 hours of video(4)
• Plays video or photo slideshows on TV via the optional Dock
• Apple Click Wheel
• Accessory-compatible Dock connector
• Dock works with the new Apple Remote
• Charges and syncs via USB
• Works with Mac OS X or Windows 2000/XP
• Syncs contacts, calendars and to-do lists