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4 GB iPod Mini Silver M9800LL/A Review
About iPods: They change your life.
Simple as that. The ability to carry 1,000 songs in your pocket (or a bunch of
audiobooks, one of the many free Podcasts of news, commentary or music 'radio,'
and your contacts) is still revolutionary.
In addition to the iPods, which
are clearly best-of-breed devices (in part because they maintain their simplicity
instead of adding buggy feature bloat found in competitors), iTunes and the iTunes
music store have run rings around its competitors. That's why iPods have 76% market
share -- and rising.
About the new mini:
It gives you iPod-level
functionality in a 3.6 oz. masterpiece of engineering, with newly improved 18-hour
battery life to boot. Colors add flash and style that make competitors look oh-so-80s.
The wheel and click input takes a few minutes to master and is far more
intuitive than anything else on the market -- which are fully of clunky buttons.
Another reason to buy an iPod over a competitor: Add-ons. There are literally
thousands of products out there for customizing your iPod.
Finally, if
you are getting this as a gift for someone else, for heaven's sake, don't go for
a 'bargain' player. Especially if this is for someone new to digital music. A
big part of Apple's genius is its ability to make its software easy to use for
all -- heck, even The Queen has an iPod Mini! If she can use one, so can your
mom, your grandmother and your kids.
Buy the Apple 4 GB iPod Mini Silver
M9800LL/A
