How To Buy An MP3 Player by Gary Hendricks
Are you looking for an MP3 player but am not sure which type and model to buy? There is a wide variety of MP3 players out there, from flash memory based players to hard drive based players. Choosing a good player from the market is no easy task. What features should you look for? ... One of the most popular MP3 players in this category is the Apple iPod, which is selling like hot cakes out there. ... Micro hard-drive based MP3 players More recently, manufacturers have come up with micro hard-drive based MP3 players like the Apple iPod Mini, Creative Zen Micro and Rio Carbon.

How Long will My iPod Video Play? by Dan Hagopian
Is it true the ipod video (fifth gen ipod) will hold a charge for up to 20 hours? Let's see! First of all the legal fine print on Apple's iPod page explicitly refers to the 60 Gb iPod Video only being able to play (hold a charge in the battery) up to 20 hours. ... Again in In a iLounge test they found that the new iPod Video played music for 19 hours, 50 minutes, but exceeded Apple’s photo and video claims, playing a music photo slideshow for 4 hours, 47 minutes, iPod-screen video for 3 hours, 23 minutes, and on-TV video for a hefty 5 hours and 24 minutes.

Some Thoughts on Choosing a Flash MP3 Player by Vince Capocci
Flash mp3 players come with an exciting array of features, and can be used for more than playing music while you cycle at the gym. Here are some things to think about when purchasing a flash mp3 player, which might make the difference between your choice becoming an indispensable tool, or just... Firewire, a serial data bus port used in Apple products such as the iPod mp3 player, can transmit 400 MBps. ... The maximum memory available in most flash mp3 players is 1GB, which is enough to store fifty albums.

The Ultimate Guide to Video iPod by Ian Richardson
Alright. So after all that hype about having a practical way of watching TV and movies while on the go, you have finally gone and bought yourself the new iPod. Now what? Well, let’s see. There are so many options squeezed into one slim, 2.5” LCD screen media center that it’s going to take a lot... • The iTunes Music Store’s podcast section – One of the best things about the new iPod is that Apple has bundled it with their updates on iTunes. ... Just use a special video cable (and it doesn’t even be the one sold by Apple), output it through your iPod’s headphone jack, and voila!

MP3 Players - Must Read Before Buying by Jakob Culver
Often when looking for an mp3 player people get confused and are unsure on what they should be looking for in the product. There are so many different types of mp3 players out there, they come in flash memory, they come with a built in hard drive and you also have the option of using CD to make... One of the most popular hard-drive based players is the Apple iPod, the best selling hard-drive based mp3 player. ... The hard disk drives can hold huge amounts of data, most come with well over a 20 GB capacity, some will allow you to store up to 60 GB.

Mp3 Player Basics - Finding the Right Mp3 Player by Gregory Nirshberg
Mp3 players are everywhere you look now, and it seems like everyone's got one. People on tv, in movies, at school, on the bus, or even walking or running down the street. And the selections are endless. But with so many options it's almost impossible to find the right mp3 player to suit your... The Apple iPod is by far the most popular, most pervasive, coolest, and also most expensive mp3 player brand out there. ... Some of my favorites are Apple, Creative Labs, Sandisk, Rio, iRiver and Archos. ... They also store less music, but make up for it by being able to handle more activity.

What Can You Do With A Mac Mini? by Jeff Heaton
If you have not seen the newest addition to the Macintosh line, it is worth taking a look. It is a very small computer that is only 6.5 x 6.5 x 2 inches. The Mac Mini is about the size of one of those internal CD-ROM drives you install into a PC. By far one of the smallest computers you can buy. ... The Apple Macintosh comes with iTunes, which allows you to play MP3 music, as well as purchase legal copies of songs directly from the iTunes music store. ... Additionally, Apple works includes a database application, similar to Microsoft Access.

How to Make the Most of MP3 Downloads - Entering the World of Digital Audio by Carol Finch
Some industry experts claim that the increasingly wide availability of MP3 downloads is showing signs of taking over the way that we buy and listen to the music that we love. The days of the CD may not be over as such but it's certainly true that many more consumers nowadays are using one or... If you're an Apple iPod Nano fan then you probably won't look much further than the iTunes service which is fair enough. ... The most famous of all here is indubitably Apple's iTunes store but many more online stores are springing up with similar services on offer.

Choosing a Portable MP3 Player: Part 1 by Jason Kohrs
MP3 players are everywhere! It seems that the number of makes and models in this market is growing daily, with features and capabilities intended to appeal to just about anyone shopping for one of these devices. MP3 players have been around much longer than the Apple iPod , but there is no... Hard drive-based units can provide much more space, and your typical Apple iPod and Creative Zen will use a hard drive in order to achieve their capacities of up to 40GB. ... In addition to Apple’s own success, the iPod paved the way for dozens of other manufacturers to offer their own twist on this...

Ultimate Ears Super.fi 3 Studio Isolation Earphones Review by Kyle Kolbe
I bought the Ultimate Ears Super.fi 3 Studio Isolation Earphones last week and have been enjoying them. Key benefits include: clean open sound with good separation of instruments and performers, very detailed yet smooth response in the upper frequencies, controlled, tight bass if not a little... Another negative was high impedance: sometimes I had the iPod’s volume cranked to 90% to get an acceptable kick from the music. ... Apple was out, Virgin Megastore doesn’t carry Ultimate Ears and CompUsa only had the expensive UE 5 pro and EBs ($200-$250).