Batteries

I just had a question about the battery life of the iPod.

Although chargeable batteries are great in so many things, they are not infinite. Most chargeable batteries are worn down faster with overcharging, or waiting to charge the battery until it is all the way drained of power.

Although the former is not an issue with iPod batteries (the over charging) one tip that I can give you is to NOT wait to charge your iPod until it is totally drained. In fact, this can hurt your battery life faster.

Although I am not quite sure exactly what the average battery life is for an iPod battery in peak condition at all times, you can take measures to keeping your battery healthy longer by keeping the battery charged at all times.

- Charge the iPod directly after taking it out of the box.
- Unhook the entire charger from the iPod. Leaving the iPod hooked into the charger can drain the power.

To answer the problem - an iPod Battery consists of roughly 500 cycles (all the way low, and then fully charged equals one). Keeping the battery healthy may actually prolong your listening ability.

iPod - 2001 Release Video - Absolutely Astounding

This is absolutely incredible from where iPod was to where it is now... And where iPod is going!

How to Make your own iPod Silhouette :: Cucirca.com

How to Make your own iPod Silhouette :: Cucirca.com

Ever see those commercials out there about the iPods? With the dancing people and their white iPod?

Check it out!

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.

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