On Yesterday's Post

In reading my post yesterday about iPod's headphones, I got to thinking about how most people turn the volume up so high because the outside noise is so much louder.

I did a little research, looked around at other people's opinions on the matter, and I looked at this article written by Lee Blue called "Cranking The Volume on Your iPod or Mp3 Player Can Damage Hearing". Boy that was a mouth full. But here's a little bit in there that I thought was very interesting and quite frightening:

"In addition, people often listen to these devices while they are on the go, and have a tendency to crank the volume in an attempt to drown outside noise, further posing a risk to our hearing. Using the earbud style headphones during activities such as exercise, for example, puts the user at a greater risk. During exercise, blood, which can act as a buffer, is diverted from the ears to other parts of the body – so our already vulnerable hearing is in even more jeopardy."

Now, I listen to music while I lift weights. And I max out the volume. I have to. It gets me in the zone. Keeps me motivated. Little did I know it could potentially shoot my hearing down.

So, another encouragement to those of you like me, and too stubborn not to turn it down. Your iPods are great for working out. Just take care that those little beauties are killing your ears. This doesn't go for just the iPod, it goes for every mp3 Player that has the earbud style headphones.

Hearing... is Your iPod Killing Yours?

Today's young people always seem to only enjoy listening to their favorite music loudly, and if you can crank it up even louder, then by all means do it! I want to tell you a little bit about how the earphones to the iPod can damage your hearing if you have the music way too loud.

The ear has sensative little bones and sensors in it. If any of these are damaged it can cause serious hearing complications.

The iPod's ear-buds are designed to rest just outside the ear canal. This makes the music focused into the ear. If they're turned too high, however, this can damage the ear drum.

Newsweek Magazine just recently found a study at the House Ear Institute that showed that audio headphones today can bypass“signal distortion that occurs with traditional analog audio.” This showed that no matter how high you turn up the volume, it is still unaltered and clear as it was with lower volume settings.

This can cause major strain on the inner ear, and potentially prematurly cause hearing loss in today's younger generation.

So here is my encouragement to you:

Keep the volume down, or get new headphones that won't peirce straight into your ears. Hearing loss is frustrating to most people. Unless, of course, you want to get out of arguing with a spouse. Then by all means, crank it up!

iPod - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Here's a fun little definition of an iPod as told by Wikipedia.

iPod - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

"iPod is a brand of portable media players designed and marketed by Apple and launched in 2001. Devices in the iPod range are primarily digital audio players, designed around a central click wheel — although the iPod shuffle has buttons also. As of October 2005, the line-up consists of the video-capable fifth generation iPod, the smaller iPod nano, and the display-less iPod shuffle. The full-sized model stores media on an internal hard drive, while the smaller iPod nano and iPod shuffle use flash memory. Like many digital music players, iPods can also serve as external data storage devices. In January 2007, Apple announced the iPhone, a device that combined the features of the video-capable iPod with mobile phone and mobile Internet capabilities.

Apple's iTunes software is used to transfer music to the devices. As a free jukebox application, iTunes stores an entire music library on the user's computer and can play, burn, and rip music from a CD. It can also transfer photos, videos, games, and calendars to the models that support them.

Apple focused its development on the iPod's unique user interface and its ease of use, rather than on technical capability. As of October 2004, the iPod is the world's best-selling range of digital audio players and its worldwide mainstream adoption made it one of the most popular consumer brands. Some of Apple's design "

That pretty much sums it up for me. HAHA.
Apple 30 GB iPod video White (5.5 Generation)

Finding the right iPod

So you're ready to get Started, Eh?

"Which iPod Should you Buy?"


One of the most magnificant aspects about living in the 21st century is the almost unlimited choices that we have at our disposal.

I mean seriously, whether you shop online or choose to venture into your town's electronic store, there are quite literally hundreds of devices out there waiting get you to buy them. Even though it’s nice to have so many choices, it can indeed be daunting to many.

If you’re on the verge of buying an iPod but aren’t quite sure where to turn, then Apple has provided some rather wise buying advice. Here’s what MacWorld suggests:

"If your digital music collection remains relatively small, you’re probably better off with an iPod mini. But if it takes 30 days to play your music collection from end to end, if you’d like to use the iPod’s extra space for file storage, if you need extra battery life, or if you’re a big fan of audiobooks, you’ll love the new iPods."

This ultimately changes the way you look at iPods. Since they come in 4 different sizes (original iPod, iPod mini, iPod nano, and iPod shuffle) a vast demographic of music lovers can get the exact size of file storage that meets their needs.

Questions, comments? Leave me something!

Do You Have an iPod?

Did you know that the iPod is the top seller of legal digital media and digital media electronics? Probably so, you know someone who has one, if you don't own one yourself.

But, I mean, how on earth did they pull that off? Reaching the top in one of the highest competitive personal entertainment niches the earth has ever seen is no easy task.

Since the iPod was first injected into the media world in '01, millions have been sold. Nearly everyone bought one, and the purchase count for the iPod has been well over 3 million iPods since that day. And the funny thing is, it STILL continues to grow.

In a study, within the 3 months of April to June in the year '04, nearly 850,000 iPod and iPod minis were purchased. That’s almost a staggering 10,000 iPods/iPod minis in one single day!

Let's chop it down a little more, because that’s 398 an hour. Or how about just shy of 7 per minute – of every hour, of every day, for three entire months! It's insane, and I would not have to venture very far to say that if you didn't own an iPod, you knew someone who did.

It's true, and sad. After 2 years, no one was asking if you were going to get an iPod. Oh no. They didn't care if you were going to buy one, where you were going to get it, and so on. The biggest question burning in everyone's mind was: "where is your iPod?" Everyone assumed you had one, and you assumed everyone else had one too.

So is it safe to say that the iPod is popular? Yes. But what on earth made it so?

That's what I'm going to find out. Something that sells more than 3 million units has to have something backing up it's popularity. After the first million, people'd complain if the product was bad. After it wouldn't have gotten to a second million if people were telling their friends it was a waste of money. So when something hit's 3 million, you either have a good product - or mind control.

So tell me, where is your iPod?

iPods - Too Big For Their Breeches

Has the iPod trend died down?

In my opinion, iPods are as big today as they were when they first came out. And by big I mean popular. iPods have gotten so small that they almost look like little clips on most people.

I use to work at a fitness room, and some of these people would come in with little square, gray things that had headphones coming out of it. "What are those?!" I'd ask. "It's my iPod!" They would always say. So it got me thinking of how big (meaning small) iPods really have gotten.

So this blog is dedicated to my opinion on the iPod.

Personally for me, all mp3 players are the same, all are created equal, so I am not biased toward any particular kind of digital media player.

But I am smart enough to know that the iPod is a big deal, and it should be considered the king of digital music players. Just because everyone knows what an iPod is. Some even call their regular mp3 players iPods just for the lack of a better word.

Here's to you, Apple.