The
Apple iPod Mini
Owners
of the original Apple iPod clamors for more from the makers of the iPod music
experience.
The
latest ipod player available in the market comes in a smaller and leaner frame,
and is marketed in a rainbow of colors. This is the Apple iPod mini.
The
Apple iPod mini has a platform of MAC or Windows OS. Some original Apple iPod
users have already seen the Apple iPod mini with a new four gigabytes harddrive
space for a US$ 249 price tag. It is not a secret that an additional of US$ 50
will get you a fifteen gigabytes iPod that would store somewhere around 2,700
more music files. That is a lot more than the Apple ipod mini.
This
is because harddrive space is so much important for Apple iPod users, the
original Apple iPod have so much space available to the user of about forty
gigabytes. This amount of space can store more than five thousand songs. Aside
from this, the original Apple iPod also has a longer battery life.
However,
criticizers should consider the frame of the Apple iPod mini. It is slender and
is more styled, that which made it seem more functional and more attractive to
the eyes and has a more ergonomic feel to the fingers. To most people, it would
not be the ideal music player, but to the 99,000 or so Apple iPod mini users,
they beg to disagree.
The
Too Sexy Apple iPod Mini
The
Apple iPod mini is compared to a US$ 1,200 purse from Chanel. This is because
the US$ 249 Apple iPod mini, with its variety of five colors, brings out class
and posh.
It
has an anodized body made of aluminum and weighs about 3.6 ounces. It measures
about 2 inches in width, 3.6 inches in height, and only about half an inch in
thickness. It does not look like it at first glance, but the Apple ipod mini is
almost like a featherweight than the original Apple iPod.
It
is also silky to the touch and smooth. It also fits wonderfully in your palm.
This is the reason for the premium price tag.
The
Apple iPod mini also has no external moving parts. You will notice that
underneath the smaller 1.67-inch LCD screen lie the light touch-sensitive and
highly ergonomic Click Wheel. This Click Wheel is the one which incorporates
the Apple iPod mini's other controls. The control's buttons are located on the
pad itself. This is much different than the original Apple iPod's four function
buttons that is located above the scroll pad.
Anyone
who is familiar with the software for the iPod knows about the seamless
integration of iPod with iTunes. In no time, you would be cruising with the
tunes.
The
Apple iPod mini behaves just like exactly as other newer generation Apple
iPods. It now even packs a battery life of 8 hours. The original Apple iPods
have a longer battery life.
Besides
the smaller physical dimensions and the new warm minimalist choices of color,
which can be gold, silver, pink, green and blue. A major difference observed
between the original Apple iPod and the Apple iPod mini is the harddrive space
capacity.
The
Apple iPod mini has a tiny Hitachi harddrive that can hold about four gigabytes
of music. Music files include AAC, Audible, MP3, WAV and AIFF. This is enough
storage for a number of Apple iPod mini users.
Apple
iPod users usually prefer to carry an entire library of music any time of the
day. Rather than manually selecting and transferring specific songs to the
Apple iPod mini. The Apple iPod mini can only hold as much as a fraction of the
forty gigabytes music collection.
The
Apple iPod mini also has accessories that include the earbuds, a USB 2.0 cable
and a FireWire dock connector, an AC adaptor, a belt clip, and the Apple iPod
mini software.
The
Apple iPod mini could have been more lenient by adding a dock or armband to teh
package.
The
US$ 29 armband is a great help for joggers who want to listen to good music
while jogging and carrying the very lightweight and effectively skip-free Apple
iPod mini.
Conclusion
To
summarize, the Apple iPod mini has a sleek styling, it is a small size and has
an excellent integrated Click wheel. It has a possible disadvantage to the
user, though, that is the price per megabyte which is much higher as compared
to the original Apple iPod.
