Consumer
Electronics
Consumer
electronics include electronic equipment intended for everyday
use. Consumer electronics are most often used in entertainment,
communications and office productivity. Some products classed
as consumer electronics include personal computers, telephones,
audio equipment, televisions, calculators, and playback and
recording of video media such as DVD or VHS. Popular brands
of consumer electronics include a wide range of European,
American, Korean and Japanese based companies including Philips,
Apple, Sony, Toshiba, Samsung, LG and others.
Apple
Ipods MP3 Players
iPod
is a brand of portable media players designed and marketed
by Apple and launched on October 23, 2001. The line-up
currently consists of the original style hard drive-based
flagship iPod classic, the iPod touch, the mid-level video-capable
iPod nano, and the entry-level screenless iPod shuffle. Former
products include the compact iPod mini (replaced by the iPod
nano) and the high-end spin-off iPod photo (re-integrated
into the main iPod classic line). iPod classic models store
media on an internal hard drive, while all other models, aside
from the Microdrive-based mini, use flash memory to enable
their smaller size. As with many other digital music players,
the iPod can also serve as external data storage devices.
Apple's
iTunes software is used to transfer music to the devices.
As a jukebox application, iTunes stores a music library on
the user's computer and can play, burn, and rip music from
a CD. It also transfers photos, videos, games, and calendars
to those iPod 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
2007, the iPod had sold over 119 million units worldwide (stated
in "The Beat Goes On" conference) making it the
best-selling digital audio player series in history.
The
iPod has been upgraded many times, and each significant revision
is called a "generation." Only the most recent (highest
numbered) generation and refurbished units of previous generations
of the iPod is available from Apple for each model (classic,
nano, shuffle, touch). Each new generation usually has more
features and refinements while typically being physically
smaller and lighter than its predecessor, while usually (but
not always) retaining the older model's price tag. Notable
changes include the touch-sensitive click wheel replacing
the mechanical scroll wheel, use of color displays, and flash
memory replacing hard disks.
The
software bundled with the first generation iPod was Macintosh-only,
so Windows users had to use third-party software like ephPod
or XPlay to manage their music. When Apple introduced the
second generation of the iPod in July 2002, they sold two
versions, one that included iTunes for Macintosh users and
another that included Musicmatch Jukebox for Windows users.
In October 2003, Apple released the Windows version of iTunes,
and started selling iPods that included both Macintosh and
Windows versions of iTunes so that they could be used with
either platform. Current iPods no longer ship with iTunes,
which must be downloaded from Apple's website.
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