Mini iPod
It's the new Furby
By Taryn Gifford
Every year there is the supreme
Christmas present, the gift of all gifts that everyone on earth
wants, the gift that surfaces at schools everywhere in January.
A few years back the craze was Furbies, and before that it was
Tomagatchis, pogs and Pikachus. 2005’s new Furby is none
other than the Apple iPod.
What most people don’t realize is that the larger iPods
have been around for a while, but have only recently become the
must-have item they are now, most likely because the older iPods
have been changed and improved. The hottest of all iPods, the
mini iPods, were released on February 13 2004, and have been selling
like hotcakes. Who wouldn’t want a mini iPod? Not only are
they petite and portable, but they also come in silver, pink,
blue, green, and gold, and can store hundreds of songs. They come
with a charger to plug into your computer or laptop, and they
come with a pair of headphones as well. Perhaps Apple’s
most ingenious idea, however, was to capitalize on the popularity
of the iPod and design and produce iPod accessories. You can buy
anything to dress up your iPod, from little iPod socks (so the
face of the iPod doesn’t get scratched) to bulkier iPod
cases.
How exactly does the iPod work? An iPod is like an mp3 player
than can be plugged into your computer, but it is important to
make sure that the computer you first use to put music on your
iPod is the computer that you will always use to transport music
to your iPod; if you bounce around from computer to computer,
you will lose all the songs that you had previously stored. The
reason behind this is to stand in accordance to music pirating
laws. You can put all of your favorite CDs onto your iPod; even
burned ones, or you can purchase music on your computer from Apple
iTunes. Once you have gotten all your songs onto your iPod, you
can create playlists, which are great if you are going on a long
trip. And, the beauty of the iPod is that once you grow tired
of the songs you have on it, you can erase some songs and throw
new ones on.
In the future, the iPod will most likely grow even more popular.
Apple has been creating new mp3 type products, like the U2 iPod
and a new, smaller iPod that goes for about $100 as opposed to
the mini iPods that run in the mid two-hundreds. So run with the
urge to go buy an iPod, it’s definitely worth it, and buy
an iPod sock, too!
