- 160 GB capacity for 40000 songs 25000 photos or 200 hours of video
- Up to 36 hours of music playback or 6 hours of video playback when fully charged
- 2.5-inch color LCD with LED backlight and 320 x 240 pixel resolution
- Supports AAC Protected AAC MP3 MP3 VBR Audible Apple Lossless AIFF and WAV audio formats
- Supports H.264 and MPEG-4 video formats; JPEG BMP GIF TIFF PSD (Mac only) and PNG image formats
Apple iPod classic 160 GB Silver (7th Generation) NEWEST MODEL
Apple iPod classic 160 GB Silver (6th Generation) OLD MODEL
- iPod classic puts your entire music and video collection in your pocket with up to 160 GB of storage
- An enhanced interface offers a whole new way to browse and view your music and video
- Cover Flow technology lets you use the patented Click Wheel to flip through your music by album cover
- 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
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Apple iPod classic 160 GB Black (6th Generation) OLD MODEL
- iPod classic puts your entire music and video collection in your pocket with up to 160 GB of storage
- An enhanced interface offers a whole new way to browse and view your music and video
- Cover Flow technology lets you use the patented Click Wheel to flip through your music by album cover
- 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
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Apple iPod classic 160 GB Silver (7th Generation) NEWEST MODEL
My favorite iPod to date. (A.K.A. The iPod Apple should've released in 2007.)
NOTICE: This review is for the NEW 2009 160GB iPod Classic NOT the 2007 160GB iPod Classic!
The new 160GB iPod Classic is easily Apple Inc.'s best iPod to date and out of all of the iPods that I own this is my favorite.
First the capacity of this iPod is simply unbeatable. I've yet to see another portable media player that can match the iPod Classic in capacity. I have a huge music library and it's nice to be able to carry every song that I own on my person at all times. What's more thanks to the iPod Classic's capacity I also have room to carry a few videos with me and some of my photos. If you don't like having to pick which songs to load onto your portable media player the iPod Classic is the way to go.
The second thing that I love about this iPod can be summed up in two words: it works. The 160GB iPod Classic that was introduced in 2007 was extremely buggy had a non-responsive Clickwheel on many units crashed frequently and required a hit-and-miss firmware update to stop the hard drive from spinning even when the device was "off" which often lead to dead batteries. All of these problems left the 2007 160GB iPod Classic warming shelves and earning it the infamous "honor" of being the "worst selling iPod ever" according to Apple. I'm pleased to say that the new 160GB iPod Classic released earlier this month has virtually none of these problems. There's no "spinning hard drive bug" the Clickwheel is incredibly responsive and the device isn't crash-prone. While it's true that many of these issues were fixed with last year's iPod Classic there hasn't been a truly functional 160GB model until now. To put it bluntly this is the iPod that Apple should've released in 2007.
Another thing that I really like about this iPod and the iPod Classic in general is it's ability to double as an external hard drive. While I believe that the iPod Nano is also capable of this the only iPod that really has enough space to function as an external hard drive is the iPod Classic. The hard drive functionality admittedly reduces the number of devices I have to carry on me at any given time. If you regularly work with large files and are considering a new iPod the iPod Classic is the way to go plain and simple.
So what are the caveats? Well for starters as with every other iPod Classic this is a hard-drive (rather than flash-memory) based device. As a result it has moving parts which make it unsuitable for running or any physical activity that exerts mechanical shock onto the iPod. Unless you exercise constantly with your iPod though this really shouldn't be an issue. The only other caveat which is more of personal taste than an actual flaw that I can find is that Apple has not made any cosmetic changes to this device since they introduced it in 2007. Now don't get me wrong the point of an iPod "Classic" is to retain the "Classic" design but after seeing how much better a black Clickwheel looks on the silver iPod Nano I'd have thought that Apple would have given the silver iPod Classic a black Clickwheel as well. However I admit that this is entirely my personal preference and not a "flaw" per se. I've put a quick list of pros and cons together which can be seen below:
Pros: Largest iPod Capacity-wise long battery life "Genius" feature excellent value for your money well-built doubles as an external hard drive and improvements to Cover Flow.
Cons: Hard Drive (rather than Flash memory) based storage medium; device is cosmetically identical to the 2007 80GB model. (I still don't understand why Apple hasn't colored the Clickwheel black on the silver model to match the iPod Nano.)
Finally I would highly recommend this product which is why it gets five stars from me. I don't like the iPod Nano; it's too small for my hands and the screen is too small for my eyes. While the iPod Touch may have app store access and Wi-Fi I find it to be a really gimmicky device that makes for a poor portable media player (Apple was wise to position it as a handheld game system) and is really an "iPhone without a phone." In contrast the iPod Classic is an excellent portable media player it has an excellent interface and it only costs $249 dollars. To put things in perspective the 2009 160GB iPod Classic costs $70 dollars more than a 16GB iPod Nano and $150 dollars less than a 64GB iPod Touch. All in all I highly recommend this product.More detail ...
Apple iPod classic 160 GB Black (7th Generation) NEWEST MODEL
My favorite iPod to date. (A.K.A. The iPod Apple should've released in 2007.)
NOTICE: This review is for the NEW 2009 160GB iPod Classic NOT the 2007 160GB iPod Classic!
The new 160GB iPod Classic is easily Apple Inc.'s best iPod to date and out of all of the iPods that I own this is my favorite.
First the capacity of this iPod is simply unbeatable. I've yet to see another portable media player that can match the iPod Classic in capacity. I have a huge music library and it's nice to be able to carry every song that I own on my person at all times. What's more thanks to the iPod Classic's capacity I also have room to carry a few videos with me and some of my photos. If you don't like having to pick which songs to load onto your portable media player the iPod Classic is the way to go.
The second thing that I love about this iPod can be summed up in two words: it works. The 160GB iPod Classic that was introduced in 2007 was extremely buggy had a non-responsive Clickwheel on many units crashed frequently and required a hit-and-miss firmware update to stop the hard drive from spinning even when the device was "off" which often lead to dead batteries. All of these problems left the 2007 160GB iPod Classic warming shelves and earning it the infamous "honor" of being the "worst selling iPod ever" according to Apple. I'm pleased to say that the new 160GB iPod Classic released earlier this month has virtually none of these problems. There's no "spinning hard drive bug" the Clickwheel is incredibly responsive and the device isn't crash-prone. While it's true that many of these issues were fixed with last year's iPod Classic there hasn't been a truly functional 160GB model until now. To put it bluntly this is the iPod that Apple should've released in 2007.
Another thing that I really like about this iPod and the iPod Classic in general is it's ability to double as an external hard drive. While I believe that the iPod Nano is also capable of this the only iPod that really has enough space to function as an external hard drive is the iPod Classic. The hard drive functionality admittedly reduces the number of devices I have to carry on me at any given time. If you regularly work with large files and are considering a new iPod the iPod Classic is the way to go plain and simple.
So what are the caveats? Well for starters as with every other iPod Classic this is a hard-drive (rather than flash-memory) based device. As a result it has moving parts which make it unsuitable for running or any physical activity that exerts mechanical shock onto the iPod. Unless you exercise constantly with your iPod though this really shouldn't be an issue. The only other caveat which is more of personal taste than an actual flaw that I can find is that Apple has not made any cosmetic changes to this device since they introduced it in 2007. Now don't get me wrong the point of an iPod "Classic" is to retain the "Classic" design but after seeing how much better a black Clickwheel looks on the silver iPod Nano I'd have thought that Apple would have given the silver iPod Classic a black Clickwheel as well. However I admit that this is entirely my personal preference and not a "flaw" per se. I've put a quick list of pros and cons together which can be seen below:
Pros: Largest iPod Capacity-wise long battery life "Genius" feature excellent value for your money well-built doubles as an external hard drive and improvements to Cover Flow.
Cons: Hard Drive (rather than Flash memory) based storage medium; device is cosmetically identical to the 2007 80GB model. (I still don't understand why Apple hasn't colored the Clickwheel black on the silver model to match the iPod Nano.)
Finally I would highly recommend this product which is why it gets five stars from me. I don't like the iPod Nano; it's too small for my hands and the screen is too small for my eyes. While the iPod Touch may have app store access and Wi-Fi I find it to be a really gimmicky device that makes for a poor portable media player (Apple was wise to position it as a handheld game system) and is really an "iPhone without a phone." In contrast the iPod Classic is an excellent portable media player it has an excellent interface and it only costs $249 dollars. To put things in perspective the 2009 160GB iPod Classic costs $70 dollars more than a 16GB iPod Nano and $150 dollars less than a 64GB iPod Touch. All in all I highly recommend this product.More detail ...
Apple iPod classic 160 GB Silver (7th Generation) NEWEST MODEL
My favorite iPod to date. (A.K.A. The iPod Apple should've released in 2007.)
NOTICE: This review is for the NEW 2009 160GB iPod Classic NOT the 2007 160GB iPod Classic!
The new 160GB iPod Classic is easily Apple Inc.'s best iPod to date and out of all of the iPods that I own this is my favorite.
First the capacity of this iPod is simply unbeatable. I've yet to see another portable media player that can match the iPod Classic in capacity. I have a huge music library and it's nice to be able to carry every song that I own on my person at all times. What's more thanks to the iPod Classic's capacity I also have room to carry a few videos with me and some of my photos. If you don't like having to pick which songs to load onto your portable media player the iPod Classic is the way to go.
The second thing that I love about this iPod can be summed up in two words: it works. The 160GB iPod Classic that was introduced in 2007 was extremely buggy had a non-responsive Clickwheel on many units crashed frequently and required a hit-and-miss firmware update to stop the hard drive from spinning even when the device was "off" which often lead to dead batteries. All of these problems left the 2007 160GB iPod Classic warming shelves and earning it the infamous "honor" of being the "worst selling iPod ever" according to Apple. I'm pleased to say that the new 160GB iPod Classic released earlier this month has virtually none of these problems. There's no "spinning hard drive bug" the Clickwheel is incredibly responsive and the device isn't crash-prone. While it's true that many of these issues were fixed with last year's iPod Classic there hasn't been a truly functional 160GB model until now. To put it bluntly this is the iPod that Apple should've released in 2007.
Another thing that I really like about this iPod and the iPod Classic in general is it's ability to double as an external hard drive. While I believe that the iPod Nano is also capable of this the only iPod that really has enough space to function as an external hard drive is the iPod Classic. The hard drive functionality admittedly reduces the number of devices I have to carry on me at any given time. If you regularly work with large files and are considering a new iPod the iPod Classic is the way to go plain and simple.
So what are the caveats? Well for starters as with every other iPod Classic this is a hard-drive (rather than flash-memory) based device. As a result it has moving parts which make it unsuitable for running or any physical activity that exerts mechanical shock onto the iPod. Unless you exercise constantly with your iPod though this really shouldn't be an issue. The only other caveat which is more of personal taste than an actual flaw that I can find is that Apple has not made any cosmetic changes to this device since they introduced it in 2007. Now don't get me wrong the point of an iPod "Classic" is to retain the "Classic" design but after seeing how much better a black Clickwheel looks on the silver iPod Nano I'd have thought that Apple would have given the silver iPod Classic a black Clickwheel as well. However I admit that this is entirely my personal preference and not a "flaw" per se. I've put a quick list of pros and cons together which can be seen below:
Pros: Largest iPod Capacity-wise long battery life "Genius" feature excellent value for your money well-built doubles as an external hard drive and improvements to Cover Flow.
Cons: Hard Drive (rather than Flash memory) based storage medium; device is cosmetically identical to the 2007 80GB model. (I still don't understand why Apple hasn't colored the Clickwheel black on the silver model to match the iPod Nano.)
Finally I would highly recommend this product which is why it gets five stars from me. I don't like the iPod Nano; it's too small for my hands and the screen is too small for my eyes. While the iPod Touch may have app store access and Wi-Fi I find it to be a really gimmicky device that makes for a poor portable media player (Apple was wise to position it as a handheld game system) and is really an "iPhone without a phone." In contrast the iPod Classic is an excellent portable media player it has an excellent interface and it only costs $249 dollars. To put things in perspective the 2009 160GB iPod Classic costs $70 dollars more than a 16GB iPod Nano and $150 dollars less than a 64GB iPod Touch. All in all I highly recommend this product.More detail ...
Apple iPod classic 160 GB Black (7th Generation) NEWEST MODEL
My favorite iPod to date. (A.K.A. The iPod Apple should've released in 2007.)
NOTICE: This review is for the NEW 2009 160GB iPod Classic NOT the 2007 160GB iPod Classic!
The new 160GB iPod Classic is easily Apple Inc.'s best iPod to date and out of all of the iPods that I own this is my favorite.
First the capacity of this iPod is simply unbeatable. I've yet to see another portable media player that can match the iPod Classic in capacity. I have a huge music library and it's nice to be able to carry every song that I own on my person at all times. What's more thanks to the iPod Classic's capacity I also have room to carry a few videos with me and some of my photos. If you don't like having to pick which songs to load onto your portable media player the iPod Classic is the way to go.
The second thing that I love about this iPod can be summed up in two words: it works. The 160GB iPod Classic that was introduced in 2007 was extremely buggy had a non-responsive Clickwheel on many units crashed frequently and required a hit-and-miss firmware update to stop the hard drive from spinning even when the device was "off" which often lead to dead batteries. All of these problems left the 2007 160GB iPod Classic warming shelves and earning it the infamous "honor" of being the "worst selling iPod ever" according to Apple. I'm pleased to say that the new 160GB iPod Classic released earlier this month has virtually none of these problems. There's no "spinning hard drive bug" the Clickwheel is incredibly responsive and the device isn't crash-prone. While it's true that many of these issues were fixed with last year's iPod Classic there hasn't been a truly functional 160GB model until now. To put it bluntly this is the iPod that Apple should've released in 2007.
Another thing that I really like about this iPod and the iPod Classic in general is it's ability to double as an external hard drive. While I believe that the iPod Nano is also capable of this the only iPod that really has enough space to function as an external hard drive is the iPod Classic. The hard drive functionality admittedly reduces the number of devices I have to carry on me at any given time. If you regularly work with large files and are considering a new iPod the iPod Classic is the way to go plain and simple.
So what are the caveats? Well for starters as with every other iPod Classic this is a hard-drive (rather than flash-memory) based device. As a result it has moving parts which make it unsuitable for running or any physical activity that exerts mechanical shock onto the iPod. Unless you exercise constantly with your iPod though this really shouldn't be an issue. The only other caveat which is more of personal taste than an actual flaw that I can find is that Apple has not made any cosmetic changes to this device since they introduced it in 2007. Now don't get me wrong the point of an iPod "Classic" is to retain the "Classic" design but after seeing how much better a black Clickwheel looks on the silver iPod Nano I'd have thought that Apple would have given the silver iPod Classic a black Clickwheel as well. However I admit that this is entirely my personal preference and not a "flaw" per se. I've put a quick list of pros and cons together which can be seen below:
Pros: Largest iPod Capacity-wise long battery life "Genius" feature excellent value for your money well-built doubles as an external hard drive and improvements to Cover Flow.
Cons: Hard Drive (rather than Flash memory) based storage medium; device is cosmetically identical to the 2007 80GB model. (I still don't understand why Apple hasn't colored the Clickwheel black on the silver model to match the iPod Nano.)
Finally I would highly recommend this product which is why it gets five stars from me. I don't like the iPod Nano; it's too small for my hands and the screen is too small for my eyes. While the iPod Touch may have app store access and Wi-Fi I find it to be a really gimmicky device that makes for a poor portable media player (Apple was wise to position it as a handheld game system) and is really an "iPhone without a phone." In contrast the iPod Classic is an excellent portable media player it has an excellent interface and it only costs $249 dollars. To put things in perspective the 2009 160GB iPod Classic costs $70 dollars more than a 16GB iPod Nano and $150 dollars less than a 64GB iPod Touch. All in all I highly recommend this product.More detail ...
Apple iPod classic 160 GB Black (6th Generation) OLD MODEL
The New Firmware seems to have ironed out A LOT of the bugs others have talked about!
**Before you read some of the negative reviews please consider this was BEFORE the new firmware update 1.0.3 came out so unfortunately they had unresponsive clickwheels itunes messing up etc. Also some people simply did NOT upgrade their firmware for whatever reason but A LOT of those problems have been fixed with the new firmware so UPGRADE YOUR FIRMWARE AS SOON AS YOU GET YOUR IPOD! It will make a BIG difference!**
Ok on to the review..I just got my 80 gb ipod classic recently with a 3 year extended service plan immediately got itunes version 7.5 and upgraded the firmware immediately to 1.0.3 which seems to have taken care of A LOT of bugs people have been reporting. It must have because I am not getting ANY of the problems other have reported such as laggy clickwheel itunes freezing etc. The clickwheel is VERY responsive only a light touch is needed and scrolling through cover art was very quick! No problems whatsoever with the clickwheel. I also have had no problems copying files to itunes and transferring them to my ipod. The ipod itself is a thing of beauty love the non scratchable surface but the back of the ipod is where you can see all the fingerprints etc so get a good cover for it. The slimness of it is very sleek and heck this ipod just looks cool. I got the ipod up and running in no time after I transferred my music over. Love the search feature as well. There is a lot of features settings and extra's. Heck I even like the clock.
PLEASE NOTE:TURN OFF & DON'T use the EQ (equalizer setting)if you want normal distortion free sound. I was using the EQ and wondered why a lot of my songs had distortion. I thought it was due to the bad sound everyone was talking about until I turned OFF the EQ. Upon turning the EQ off the distortion vanished completely the sound was just fine pretty good in fact. It's a shame that you have to turn off the EQ settings to get good sound. Hopefully Apple will fix this with a firmware update.
I almost got one of the itouch ipods but the very limited space is what kept me from doing so. 80 gb is plenty of space for my music a bit of videos etc. It might not have wifi or a touch screen but it's got tons of space for my music and that's what counts! I love my ipod classic can't find much to be picky about except for the sound when EQ is enabled. It does exactly what it's supposed to is easy to navigate videos look crisp/great on it and most of all it holds a crapload of music. Just remember to upgrade your firmware to the newest version disable EQ and invest in a good pair of headphones. One of the best things about the ipod classic is that because it has so much space I don't have to worry about how many mp3's I put on it. I've never downloaded so many mp3's in my life! I literally put my entire collection of mp3's on it and still have tons of space left. Overall I rate the ipod classic 80 gb (black)...absolutely superb.More detail ...
Apple iPod classic 160 GB Silver (6th Generation) OLD MODEL
The New Firmware seems to have ironed out A LOT of the bugs others have talked about!
**Before you read some of the negative reviews please consider this was BEFORE the new firmware update 1.0.3 came out so unfortunately they had unresponsive clickwheels itunes messing up etc. Also some people simply did NOT upgrade their firmware for whatever reason but A LOT of those problems have been fixed with the new firmware so UPGRADE YOUR FIRMWARE AS SOON AS YOU GET YOUR IPOD! It will make a BIG difference!**
Ok on to the review..I just got my 80 gb ipod classic recently with a 3 year extended service plan immediately got itunes version 7.5 and upgraded the firmware immediately to 1.0.3 which seems to have taken care of A LOT of bugs people have been reporting. It must have because I am not getting ANY of the problems other have reported such as laggy clickwheel itunes freezing etc. The clickwheel is VERY responsive only a light touch is needed and scrolling through cover art was very quick! No problems whatsoever with the clickwheel. I also have had no problems copying files to itunes and transferring them to my ipod. The ipod itself is a thing of beauty love the non scratchable surface but the back of the ipod is where you can see all the fingerprints etc so get a good cover for it. The slimness of it is very sleek and heck this ipod just looks cool. I got the ipod up and running in no time after I transferred my music over. Love the search feature as well. There is a lot of features settings and extra's. Heck I even like the clock.
PLEASE NOTE:TURN OFF & DON'T use the EQ (equalizer setting)if you want normal distortion free sound. I was using the EQ and wondered why a lot of my songs had distortion. I thought it was due to the bad sound everyone was talking about until I turned OFF the EQ. Upon turning the EQ off the distortion vanished completely the sound was just fine pretty good in fact. It's a shame that you have to turn off the EQ settings to get good sound. Hopefully Apple will fix this with a firmware update.
I almost got one of the itouch ipods but the very limited space is what kept me from doing so. 80 gb is plenty of space for my music a bit of videos etc. It might not have wifi or a touch screen but it's got tons of space for my music and that's what counts! I love my ipod classic can't find much to be picky about except for the sound when EQ is enabled. It does exactly what it's supposed to is easy to navigate videos look crisp/great on it and most of all it holds a crapload of music. Just remember to upgrade your firmware to the newest version disable EQ and invest in a good pair of headphones. One of the best things about the ipod classic is that because it has so much space I don't have to worry about how many mp3's I put on it. I've never downloaded so many mp3's in my life! I literally put my entire collection of mp3's on it and still have tons of space left. Overall I rate the ipod classic 80 gb (black)...absolutely superb.More detail ...
Apple iPod classic 160 GB Black (7th Generation) NEWEST MODEL
My favorite iPod to date. (A.K.A. The iPod Apple should've released in 2007.)
NOTICE: This review is for the NEW 2009 160GB iPod Classic NOT the 2007 160GB iPod Classic!
The new 160GB iPod Classic is easily Apple Inc.'s best iPod to date and out of all of the iPods that I own this is my favorite.
First the capacity of this iPod is simply unbeatable. I've yet to see another portable media player that can match the iPod Classic in capacity. I have a huge music library and it's nice to be able to carry every song that I own on my person at all times. What's more thanks to the iPod Classic's capacity I also have room to carry a few videos with me and some of my photos. If you don't like having to pick which songs to load onto your portable media player the iPod Classic is the way to go.
The second thing that I love about this iPod can be summed up in two words: it works. The 160GB iPod Classic that was introduced in 2007 was extremely buggy had a non-responsive Clickwheel on many units crashed frequently and required a hit-and-miss firmware update to stop the hard drive from spinning even when the device was "off" which often lead to dead batteries. All of these problems left the 2007 160GB iPod Classic warming shelves and earning it the infamous "honor" of being the "worst selling iPod ever" according to Apple. I'm pleased to say that the new 160GB iPod Classic released earlier this month has virtually none of these problems. There's no "spinning hard drive bug" the Clickwheel is incredibly responsive and the device isn't crash-prone. While it's true that many of these issues were fixed with last year's iPod Classic there hasn't been a truly functional 160GB model until now. To put it bluntly this is the iPod that Apple should've released in 2007.
Another thing that I really like about this iPod and the iPod Classic in general is it's ability to double as an external hard drive. While I believe that the iPod Nano is also capable of this the only iPod that really has enough space to function as an external hard drive is the iPod Classic. The hard drive functionality admittedly reduces the number of devices I have to carry on me at any given time. If you regularly work with large files and are considering a new iPod the iPod Classic is the way to go plain and simple.
So what are the caveats? Well for starters as with every other iPod Classic this is a hard-drive (rather than flash-memory) based device. As a result it has moving parts which make it unsuitable for running or any physical activity that exerts mechanical shock onto the iPod. Unless you exercise constantly with your iPod though this really shouldn't be an issue. The only other caveat which is more of personal taste than an actual flaw that I can find is that Apple has not made any cosmetic changes to this device since they introduced it in 2007. Now don't get me wrong the point of an iPod "Classic" is to retain the "Classic" design but after seeing how much better a black Clickwheel looks on the silver iPod Nano I'd have thought that Apple would have given the silver iPod Classic a black Clickwheel as well. However I admit that this is entirely my personal preference and not a "flaw" per se. I've put a quick list of pros and cons together which can be seen below:
Pros: Largest iPod Capacity-wise long battery life "Genius" feature excellent value for your money well-built doubles as an external hard drive and improvements to Cover Flow.
Cons: Hard Drive (rather than Flash memory) based storage medium; device is cosmetically identical to the 2007 80GB model. (I still don't understand why Apple hasn't colored the Clickwheel black on the silver model to match the iPod Nano.)
Finally I would highly recommend this product which is why it gets five stars from me. I don't like the iPod Nano; it's too small for my hands and the screen is too small for my eyes. While the iPod Touch may have app store access and Wi-Fi I find it to be a really gimmicky device that makes for a poor portable media player (Apple was wise to position it as a handheld game system) and is really an "iPhone without a phone." In contrast the iPod Classic is an excellent portable media player it has an excellent interface and it only costs $249 dollars. To put things in perspective the 2009 160GB iPod Classic costs $70 dollars more than a 16GB iPod Nano and $150 dollars less than a 64GB iPod Touch. All in all I highly recommend this product.More detail ...
Apple iPod classic 160 GB Silver (7th Generation) NEWEST MODEL
My favorite iPod to date. (A.K.A. The iPod Apple should've released in 2007.)
NOTICE: This review is for the NEW 2009 160GB iPod Classic NOT the 2007 160GB iPod Classic!
The new 160GB iPod Classic is easily Apple Inc.'s best iPod to date and out of all of the iPods that I own this is my favorite.
First the capacity of this iPod is simply unbeatable. I've yet to see another portable media player that can match the iPod Classic in capacity. I have a huge music library and it's nice to be able to carry every song that I own on my person at all times. What's more thanks to the iPod Classic's capacity I also have room to carry a few videos with me and some of my photos. If you don't like having to pick which songs to load onto your portable media player the iPod Classic is the way to go.
The second thing that I love about this iPod can be summed up in two words: it works. The 160GB iPod Classic that was introduced in 2007 was extremely buggy had a non-responsive Clickwheel on many units crashed frequently and required a hit-and-miss firmware update to stop the hard drive from spinning even when the device was "off" which often lead to dead batteries. All of these problems left the 2007 160GB iPod Classic warming shelves and earning it the infamous "honor" of being the "worst selling iPod ever" according to Apple. I'm pleased to say that the new 160GB iPod Classic released earlier this month has virtually none of these problems. There's no "spinning hard drive bug" the Clickwheel is incredibly responsive and the device isn't crash-prone. While it's true that many of these issues were fixed with last year's iPod Classic there hasn't been a truly functional 160GB model until now. To put it bluntly this is the iPod that Apple should've released in 2007.
Another thing that I really like about this iPod and the iPod Classic in general is it's ability to double as an external hard drive. While I believe that the iPod Nano is also capable of this the only iPod that really has enough space to function as an external hard drive is the iPod Classic. The hard drive functionality admittedly reduces the number of devices I have to carry on me at any given time. If you regularly work with large files and are considering a new iPod the iPod Classic is the way to go plain and simple.
So what are the caveats? Well for starters as with every other iPod Classic this is a hard-drive (rather than flash-memory) based device. As a result it has moving parts which make it unsuitable for running or any physical activity that exerts mechanical shock onto the iPod. Unless you exercise constantly with your iPod though this really shouldn't be an issue. The only other caveat which is more of personal taste than an actual flaw that I can find is that Apple has not made any cosmetic changes to this device since they introduced it in 2007. Now don't get me wrong the point of an iPod "Classic" is to retain the "Classic" design but after seeing how much better a black Clickwheel looks on the silver iPod Nano I'd have thought that Apple would have given the silver iPod Classic a black Clickwheel as well. However I admit that this is entirely my personal preference and not a "flaw" per se. I've put a quick list of pros and cons together which can be seen below:
Pros: Largest iPod Capacity-wise long battery life "Genius" feature excellent value for your money well-built doubles as an external hard drive and improvements to Cover Flow.
Cons: Hard Drive (rather than Flash memory) based storage medium; device is cosmetically identical to the 2007 80GB model. (I still don't understand why Apple hasn't colored the Clickwheel black on the silver model to match the iPod Nano.)
Finally I would highly recommend this product which is why it gets five stars from me. I don't like the iPod Nano; it's too small for my hands and the screen is too small for my eyes. While the iPod Touch may have app store access and Wi-Fi I find it to be a really gimmicky device that makes for a poor portable media player (Apple was wise to position it as a handheld game system) and is really an "iPhone without a phone." In contrast the iPod Classic is an excellent portable media player it has an excellent interface and it only costs $249 dollars. To put things in perspective the 2009 160GB iPod Classic costs $70 dollars more than a 16GB iPod Nano and $150 dollars less than a 64GB iPod Touch. All in all I highly recommend this product.More detail ...
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