Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6434 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Apple
• Released on: 2005-06-26
• Dimensions: .50 pounds

Manufacturer's Description
Welcome to the best of both worlds. Now that iPod and iPod photo are one and the same, every white iPod boasts a full-colour display — ideal for viewing album artwork and playing slideshows. carry up to 5,000 songs or as many as 8,000 photos in your pocket. Suitable for both Mac and PC owners.

Everything Sounds Better in Colour
The original iPod changed the way you listen to music by putting thousands of songs in your pocket. Now it changes the way you see your music, with a crisp colour screen. Browse playlists via vivid menus, thumb through album cover art, even play games and view calendars in colour. Or sync photos and view them in colour, anywhere. Your personal, portable entertainment library, iPod looks as good as it sounds.

Take It for a Spin
iPod incorporates the same touch-sensitive Apple Click Wheel that debuted on iPod mini. Use it to navigate your music on the iPod’s 65,536-color, 220x176-pixel display. Spin the wheel to scroll effortlessly through dozens of playlists, hundreds of albums or thousands of songs and podcasts. Or highlight photos. iPod displays 25 full-colour thumbnails at a time, and you can scroll through them the same way you scroll through song titles. When you see a photo you’d like displayed all by its lonesome, just click the centre button and voila. No one will have to say “cheese” as long as you have iPod around. Whether you’re listening to tunes or checking out photos, you’re sure to be all smiles.

Join The All-Day Hit Parade
iPod lets you play your music for up to 15 hours on a single battery charge.(2) Imagine: You could fly from New York to Paris and still have hours of listening time left as you stroll the Champs Elysées. While you’re on the move, iPod keeps you aware of its charge level, and when it’s time, iPod’s quick to recharge. Plug it into your computer or a handy wall socket (via the included power adapter) and you can fast-charge iPod in as little as two hours.

Sync, Look and Listen
The perfect companion to iPod, iTunes lets you easily build and manage your digital audio collection. Browse the built-in iTunes Music Store for more than 1 million songs, 11,000 audiobooks and 3,000 podcasts. Jazz, Pop or Hip Hop. Mystery, memoir or thriller. Comedy, news or politics. From reading to radio, the iTunes Music Store has it all. Download what you want, then sync everything — including full-color album, audiobook and podcast art — to your iPod using the included USB 2.0 or optional FireWire cable. Even your photos come along for the ride, either via iTunes or the iPod Camera Connector. Once you sync, everything appears on your iPod, so you can look or listen anytime, anywhere.

As for the CDs you already own, iTunes makes it easy to transfer your favourite songs and albums. Just pop a CD into your Mac or PC and click the Import button. You can import music in a variety of formats, such as MP3 or AAC, and at whatever quality level you’d prefer. Choose the Apple Lossless encoder for sound quality indistinguishable from a CD at about half the original file size. And with USB 2.0 and FireWire support, you can transfer the music from an entire CD to iPod in just 5 seconds or less.

1.Music capacity is based on 4 minutes per song and 128-Kbps AAC encoding; photo capacity is based on iPod-viewable photos transferred from iTunes.

2. Rechargeable batteries have a limited number of charge cycles and may eventually need to be replaced. Battery life and the number of charge cycles vary by use and settings. See www.apple.com/batteries for more information.

Box contents:

• iPod 20GB
• Earbud headphones
• AC adapter
• USB 2.0 cable
• iTunes software

Customer Reviews

DONT BUY ONE OF THESE
Right basically I bought one of these, i spent £200 on it new and was so so please when i first got it. The garuntee is for a year, and ONE MONTH after my garuntee ran out it started to play up.

The screen turned itself off
Battery decided to die randomly
Photos would pause
Screen would stay blank and blue for a long time
Whole iPod would pause


Then something else happened. I had done nothing wrong to this ipod or treated it badly. I plugged it into my computer and it just refused to upload anything.

I took it to THREE apple centres and they said the only thing i could do was to restore it, and if it didn't work then i could just upload all of my songs again. The stupid people at Apple didn't listen to me saying that it wouldnt LET me upload any music.

I tried to restore it, deleted all of my music (painfully!) and it said that my ipod was "corrupt". Not that i had mistreated it.

IT IS NOW BEING A VERY EXPENSIVE PAPER WEIGHT!!!

I reinstalled all drivers and cd etc to no avail

IT IS NOT WORTH THE MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm planning on going to Apple centre and kicking up a REAL fuss and getting them to give me my money back. I am not happy.

Buy a Zen Creative - they are so much better value for money.

Hmm.. Not sure.
I ordered one of these iPods my birthday in september, only having to send it off to the netherlands for repair in december. The iPod itself is really really easy to use and was great for the first 6 weeks, but its battery life has quickly decreased..

The iPod also only seems to work if you have a cover for it - why would you need a cover? Surely the thing is protected enough to work without one? Well, it would seem the answer is no.

I, personally, loved the ipod when i first got it and I still do love it, but I'm not sure it was worth all that money for the faults it has./

iPod photo- best MP3 money can buy!
I bought an iPod photo (20gb) and it is fantastic! Although replaced recently with the video iPod, I would strongly reccomend it. The click- wheel is a pleasure to use and it holds a massive 5000songs with album art. The only negative that i can think of is the price. It was £209 and you can get the equivalent Sony for less; but then again it is an iPod!
I can sum it up in 1 word: FANTASTIC!