April 20, 2004 (vol. 113, iss. 138) • Page Image 20
… music device is worth buying is its sound quality. There wasn't any sound degradation when I transferred music over and the earbuds that come a , Courtesy of Apple Computers' This costs more than your…
… expensive gadget, rarely do you think the packaging is well designed. Usually you just want to tear it off in search of the prize inside. Not so with the iPod, Apple's digital music player. Even the packaging…
… design, allowing you to move incredibly quickly through your songs. This is a necessity because the iPod comes equipped with a voluminous 5- gigabyte hard drive. Apple's marketing catch phrase of "1…
…,000 songs in your pocket" is actually an understatement (for once). The iPod could probably hold about 1,200. It gets easier. After connecting the iPod to your Mac, iTunes (Apple's digi- tal music jukebox…
… could lis- ten for an entire workday and still have time for a jog. Another cool feature is that when you sync it with your com- puter, it recharges. If you don't have a computer close by, it comes with a…
…- ciate the skip free quality of your music. Apple has built 20 minutes of skip pro- tection into the iPod. That's not a typo. Even if you throw it around (which I do not recommend) it won't skip a beat…
…. Now to one of the hallmark features about anything by Apple: its design. I hate using the word "sexy" to describe consumer electronics so I'll say that this is one of the most mouth-watering digi- tal…
… devices on the market. The front sports a bright, crisp screen with an incredibly bright backlight and is the distinct white color Apple uses on all its products. Its back is a mirror-like stain- less steel…
… with an etched Apple logo and "iPod" under it. Right now the iPod is Mac only. A company called Mediafour is working on software to make it Windows com- patible later this year. It won't be as good an…
… build the swelling choral effects on the coda. "I'm a big believer in computers. For this music they're essential. I don't think they take away. I'm not one of those people who think digital technology is…
