Apple's 160GB i-pod Classic

Oh Yes! You read it absolutely correctly. 160GB. Its an external hard disk with a video screen.

Apple has come up with the 160GB iPod Classic.

This is an improvised form of the previous ipods.














The iPod classic features an updated design on the digital media player you already. Some of the new bits include a sleek all-metal enclosure, a massive increase in storage space, a thinner body, and a brand-new user interface featuring Cover Flow.


The iPod Classic is just like the fifth-generation iPod with video, only slimmer, tougher, and injected with a more visually rich graphical user interface.



Product Features:

• iPod classic puts your entire music and video collection in your pocket with up to 160 GB of storage.
• The player's plastic face has been replaced with anodized aluminum, slightly rounded on the sides
• An enhanced interface offers a whole new way to browse and view your music and video.
• The headliner is Cover Flow, a neat-looking way to flip through your music using the album art stored on the player. Cover Flow technology allows you to easily browse through your music collection by flipping through each album's cover art using the Click Wheel. When you find the album you want, you can flip it over for the track listing.
• The Classic's rated battery life also receives a significant boost over that of the previous generation. The 160GB model clocks in at up to 40 hours of audio playback or 7 hours of video, according to Apple. (The 80GB model is rated at 30 hours of audio and 5 hours of video.)
• Beautifully redesigned, iPod classic features a sleek, new all-metal enclosure 2.5-inch display; measures 4.1 x 2.4 x 0.53 inches (H x W x D), weighs 5.7 ounces
  

Other tiny changes that distinguish it from the previous ones are:

Shuffle settings now appear if you press the center button three times while playing music.
Subtle font changes have modernized the look of the Now Playing screen .

Album art now appears with a slight 3D rotation and a mirrored effect underneath.
Hop out to the main menus, and you'll see more album art floating gracefully on the left side of the screen, which used to consist of simple white space.
Browsing through either albums or artists reveals more album art to the far left of the screen alongside each album listed.


Other Specifications are:

Connects to a PC or Mac through USB (using the dock connector)

• Charge Time - about 4 hours (2 hours fast charge to 80% capacity)
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  Audio Support - AAC (16 to 320 Kbps)
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  Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, 4)
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  Apple Lossless, WAV, & AIFF Photo Support - Syncs iPod-viewable photos in JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, PSD (Mac only), and PNG formats .
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  Video Support - H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second
  
  
  A few bad points can be:
  
  Video output now requires a proprietary cable; audio quality has not improved; some older iPod video accessories may not be compatible; users are required to use the latest version of iTunes, which may not work on some older computer systems.