The iPod is a creation of the American multinational corporation called Apple Inc. It is a brand of portable media players and the products included under this name include hard drive-based iPod Classic, video-capable iPod Nano, the touchscreen iPod Touch and the compact iPod shuffle. Apart from being a music player, iPod can also serve as a device for external data storage. The storage capacity however, varies from model to model.
With growing years, the designs and features of the Apple iPod product range had undergone quite a lot of refinement. One results of the Apple’s refinement process is the fifth generation iPod Nano. The earliest iPod Nano was launched in 2005 and it featured functions like flash memory usage, 2.2 inch QVGA display and the “click wheel”. Since its introduction, the model has gone through five generations and the current model that can be counted among the portable media players UK based is the fifth generation iPod Nano. It features a video camera, a microphone and a slightly larger screen than the previous generation. The Apple iPod Next Gen, is available in nine brilliant colours and has a curved, all-aluminum and glass design. It comes with a Genius feature that helps in finding the desired songs from your music library and makes a Genius playlist. You can shuffle to a different song in your music library by just giving a shake to the iPod Nano. By using the Cover Flow feature, you can flip through your album art. The Apple iPod Next Gen has a 2.2 inch display and a memory a capacity of 8GB. The battery life in case of audio mode is 24 hours and in the video mode it is 5 hours.
