Apple iPod classic 80 GB

...to the increasing line of apple mp3 players. What are the differences? What does it sound like? Is is durable? How much does it cost? These are just some of the questions I will hopefully answer in this review. Right then, on with the show. ----------What Is An Ipod Classic?---------- An ipod classic is the flagship model and latest addition to Apple's mp3 player market. It was released in the fourth quarter of 2007 and is technically the 6th generation ...
...are paying. Official apple statistics say you'll be able to fit up to 20,000 tracks and up to 100 hours of video. But as always, this does depend on the quality of your music. Apples calculations are based around tracks encoded at 128kpbs AAC @ 4 minutes in length. Unfortunately, not all tracks are going to be 4 minutes in length, and if you decide you would like to keep your MP3's in their MP3 format, naturally you're not going to fit 20,000 tracks ...

hes_quadraphonic 26.03.2008 · Read full review
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...order it off the official Apple website - it's exactly the same price (£159.00) from Apple as it is from other stores such as Argos or Currys, and you can get an engravement written on the back of it completely free of charge. Despite saying it could take up to almost 2 weeks to arrive, it came three days later in perfectly good condition. HOWEVER, if you are going to order it for someone's birthday, it goes without saying that you order it well ...
...state them when phoning an apple help centre for example). 'Shuffle' asks you whether you want to shuffle (play randomly) your song collection - you can choose whether to have this off or on. 'Repeat' is also a similar function - decide whether you want to repeat a particular playlist (whilst doing exercise, so you don't have to keep getting out your iPod to choose a song). The 'main menu' function is particularly useful as you can decide which ...

Sonic4290 30.12.2007 (21.09.2009) · Read full review
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...photo viewer I think that Apple have gone too far. Apple have developed a niche since the iPod is more than an MP3 player but not quite a fully blown multi media player. The iPod has become a bit of a middle-man. My 20gb iPod was getting a bit tatty and whilst it had served me well it had taken quite a lot of abuse and was getting tired. It was time for an upgrade but I was confused what to buy. There are so many MP3 players on the market it has ...
...as well as the official Apple store. The amount of retailers is good for the consumers since it means lower bargains and plenty of offers as all shops are competing against each other to win market share. A word of warning is that there are some cowboys out there and you shouldn’t always go for the cheapest supplier. Whilst some are a few pounds more expensive you know that you’re getting genuine products (there are a lot of fake items from the far ...

yackers1 26.02.2009 · Read full review
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...this for you. Shame on Apple for not including the necessary software that's needed to actually use your iPod's to it's fullest. The iPod itself is if solid construction but it's a little heavy compared to other MP3/4 players. I suppose it's due to it being made of aluminium and not tacky plastic. The screen is very clear and has about 10 levels of brightness. Battery life is quite good and I managed to watch two movies and a couple of hours of ...
...believe this is deliberate by Apple and the government to protect our ears, bless them! On the flip side of the coin, the sound does not go completely off. "Why would you want the sound to go completely off when you have a pause button?", Apple said to a customer. Because the lowest sound is still too loud to listen to music in bed, "THAT'S WHY!". Using the iPod in your car through an input on your stereo is a little low and you have to turn up ...

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Ipod classic is the latest model in the Ipod family and unlike the Ipod's multi-touch screen this model stick to the same scrool wheel navigation as previous ipods. The dimensions if the new ipod classic is 4.1/2.4/0.4 inches and weighs at 140 grams. The display is a 2.5" LCD screen with LED backlight at 320 by 240 pixels which is the same size as the previous model but gives a brighter look. The ipod comes with the standard cables and earphones ...
...iTunes application. The battery is a built-in rechargable lithium ion battery with life of up to 30 hours audio and 6 hours video with every full charge. The ipod has a harddrive of 80gb which can be used to store compatible multimedia or can be used as a external HDD. The Ipod can be used to play; music, audiobooks, movies, games and look at images. The ipod also has some extra applications like a calander, contacts list and a stop watch. Also ...

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...the aesthetics. Usability is something apple has always prided itself on and it definitely doesnt disappoint. The scroll wheel feels comfortable to use and it is very easy to select what you want with minimal fuss. This gives the ipod the edge over its creative competitors as their scroll system is deeply flawed as its very fiddly. Audio quality is where the ipod has been challeged in recent generations, but having conducted stringent tests with ...
...is no worse than anything sony or creative can throw at it. Audio quality generally comes down to two things, the quality of the music and the quality of the headphones. Personally im not a huge fan of the ipod headphones so i have bought a £20 pair of sennheisers that do the job nicely. In terms of video playback the screens quality is very good, but its its size that limits it. It becomes very tiring when watching a feature length movie, but if ...

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...and from my experience the Apple Ipod is the best one! It has most things you could want. Positives 1. It is very good value for money. Mine was £160.00 which for 80GB worth of space is amazing! I think I must have bought it at a very good time because Apple had started to reduce the prices! 2. There are lots of features available to you; alarm, podcast, movies, photos, able to shuffle songs etc. 3. It is good that the ipod allows you to manually ...
...your ipod into someone else's itunes and take an album and put it onto your ipod. 4. Itunes is really easy to use and to navigate round; you have the browser for easy access to artists, albums and genre, bar down the left hand side to access music, movies, podcasts and also this is where you're ipod comes up when connected to the computer via the usb lead. When you're ipod is connected there is a little arrow you can click on which will produce ...

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I found the Ipod 80G Classic looked good and I paid £157 for it and its been a good companion. I think its easy to use and it does exactly what I wanted. I play videos and TV shows from mine and I find that very useful as it is very good quality. I also use it to put photos on and its easy to show people and when I want to look at my memories. Also I know that my photos are saved on it and recently when my computer failed I found it really useful ...
...like the games on it and the fact that you can buy games to put on it. I got my first Ipod before this one but I could not live without this one. It is like my little friend. I love listening to music and I think the sound is really good quality as is the display is also very good quality. However, you can only charge it up on the computer, but if your computer fails its really difficult as it runs out of battery. I also found that sometimes it freezes ...

bluemini127 21.01.2009 · Read full review
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This is a smashing little device for listening to music files or watching your video clips on the move. As always Apple's design is sleek, stylish and highly ergonomic. As far as battery life is concerned you should get about 30 hours if you're listening to music or 5 hours for video clips. The iPod 80 GB comes with plenty of features. There are different categories into which you can place your music files. Cover-flow allows you to scroll through ...
...You can also access music according to the artist, composer, album, genre, songs, audio books you've purchased from iTunes or via your own play lists. There's also a simple search function to search for an individual track. I really liked the video capacity of the player. There are categories for movies, TV shows, music and your own play lists. Music videos are impressive and show up crystal clear on the large iPod screen, although they are expensive ...

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WOW! The 80gb ipod classic is by far the best portable music player i've ever had! not only does it look great, you can store up to about 9000 songs on this beast! despite the fact it looks rather big and hefty, its actually quite light and you tend not to notice it in your pocket untill you dip in to find some loose change. the sound quality on it is amazing. you can get all sorts of equalizers for more bass, more treble, etc... to find the perfect ...
...thing i would say is bad about the ipod classic is the touch pad, sometimes this can get stuck or it wont sense your fingers, so it can get abit annoying trying to scan your whole archive of music when youre struggling to get from the a's to z's! The headphones! if you really want to get the best out of your ipod classic then change them. they often fall apart and/or start vibrating wich gets enormousley tedious and stupidly uncomfortable!!! the ...

gregory-j 29.08.2008 · Read full review
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Yet another iPod in the huge line of different varieties.... Personally I would say the iPod classic is the most reliable of iPod's especially if you are clumsy and drop things a lot as this is one durable iPod. However this is reflected in the size and it's quite a big piece of kit. Personally this doesn't affect me, but there are a lot of people this will affect who just love having the smallest phone/music player. However, another way the size ...
...to a whopping 80 GB, which is usually enough to stomach anyone’s music collection and you can store photos/movies in the any leftover space you may have! The movie quality is quite impressive. Although converting your movies to iPod format is a length process, and usually involves the use of a third party piece of kit. The price to quality ratio is just fantastic on this range of iPod's, clearly being the best value for money iPod around in term ...

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There's not much I can say about Ipods that hasn't been said before. They're beautifully assembled, quality pieces of kit that are rightfully sought after and deserve their place as the number one MP3 players. So I'll just talk about some of my own personal observations. Music All the options you could need. Artists, Genres, Albums, Playlists, Podcasts, Audiobooks, Compilations, Search option, it's a joy to navigate. Animated cover flow is a great ...
...recordings sound good. Podcasts The best invention ever. The only problem with these is finding enough time to listen to all the ones you want. Video podcasts are lots of fun too. Games Although it has a couple of good games, I wouldn't recommend it for more complex games such as Sonic the Hedgehog or Racing, the wheel just doesn't quite cut it for control. It's fine for games like Solitaire and Tetris though. One important point about games, ...

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I bought my Ipod Classic around a month ago to basically be able to carry all my albums round with me at all times and have a couple of my favourite movies to hand if I am ever bored. I used to have an Ipod Nano and thought that 2 GB of memory would be plenty for what I needed but soon found that I couldn't fit no way near half of my albums on there and had to cherry pick my favourite songs due to there being not enough space available. Now having ...
...it. I currently have around 15 movies, a season of lost and over a 100 albums and am still well under 30GB. It's unbelievable. Unless you would like to put all your movie collection on to your Ipod then I can definitely assure you that an 80GB capacity would more than cover your requirements. The Ipod has a great new feature called 'Cover Flow', like the IPhone, this allows you to flick through a slideshow of covers of all your albums that you ...

danielfudge 11.06.2008 · Read full review
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So my old third generation ipod (you remember the 4 buttons at the top) died about 6 months a go and i've been meaning to replace it ever since. So as soon as i got paid i poped down to my local John Lewis and picked one up for £159 and you get a years free guarantee with it as well. You can also get the 160 GB model for £229 Where do i start?! This is so different then my old one. Better off course! The one thing i remember it took hours to transfere ...
...i pluged it in and started syncing and my little under 4000 songs only took over half hour to transfere. And of course it recharges while its pluged into the pc so theres no need to rush to find a plug socket. With this newer model the battery last long, the screen is brighter so there is so many improvements! This iPod is more then a music player, Its a media player. You can store photos, music videos, tv shows, movies and of course music (with ...

martinfathers 11.10.2007 (14.11.2007) · Read full review
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...has been two years since Apple launched its last standard iPod and it's not surprising to see the design tweaked this time around. But while it hasn't received quite as dramatic a makeover as the nano this is still a very nice refinement. The most obvious change is to the glossy front fascia, which has now been dumped in favour of anodised aluminium fronts. Like the nano, the corners are rounded and the edges curve gently towards smartly sharp corners, ...
...the bottom you'll find the Apple sync connector. What's more noticeable are the alterations that have been made to the interface. Here the most exciting addition is that of Cover Flow. This has been available on iTunes for some time now and allows you to flick through the album covers of your music collection as if they were mounted on some giant virtual Rolodex. It works perfectly on the iPod Classic, animating smoothly and varying in speed depending ...

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