Where to Download Legal Music Files by Joseph Maloukis
The digital music player industry has been booming for several years now. The Apple iPod is now just one of dozens of great portable players on the market. Toshiba has the Gigabeat . The Creative Zen Vision gives the iPod a run for the money. Microsoft has the Zune . ... The top results are at the top because they paid to be there. ... Does that mean that they're the best? ... Where do you get the best deals? ... Who are the top players? ... Not necessarily. ... How many are really "legal"?

iPod: Adventures in Entertainment by Christine Peppler
There are still millions of people who don't yet own an iPod and there are many who have never experienced the phenomena known as iPod who will debate the purchase of one for somebody they love. For the uninitiated, it often seems that there is a lot of excitement over something that at first... iPod can now store up to 25,000 photos and 150 hours of video. ... In the home, iPod can even eliminate all of the old stereo components when used with the iPod Hi-Fi. ... Will iPod eventually offer Nintendo Games, videoconferencing, the ability to download entire movies, or access to satellite radio?

Video Bytes From The Web by Jim Edwards
** Handheld Video ** Apple Computers recently announced the addition of a small video screen to its new iPod, the perennial favorite portable MP3 music player. Apple's announcement comes as no surprise to many "expert" market watchers, but their stock did go up about 10% within days of the... The iPod plays not only Apple's proprietary QuickTime video format, but the newer Mpeg 4 video format which offers a much higher compression rate (and smaller video file sizes) than previous formats. ... ** Google Video Maturing ** Several months ago I reported that Google launched a video service...

What are MP4 Files - and What Do They Do? by David Bain
MP4 is short for ‘MPEG-4’. The official file extension for MPEG-4 is .mp4 – hence the shortened name MP4. MPEG-4 technology has been developed to provide DVD quality audio and pictures in an extremely small file size – ideal for playing on portable MP4 players such as the iPod Video. ... If you take the time to convert your video files to MP4 (for which there is free software available) then you can play them on your cheaper MP4 Player, which probably has more functions than the Video iPod. ... Even if you choose to move to the Video iPod in the future, you can still transfer your old MP4...

How To Download Your Movies To Your iPod by Paul Giordano
Media junkies, tech geeks, and casual music and cinema fans the world over are constantly searching for a new, more efficient way to acquire and entertain themselves with as much music and movies as humanly possible. Gone, unfortunately are the days of Napster and other primal search engines... Most download sites will charge you per download or per month, but there are a select few that give you lifetime memberships. ... Recently, a buddy of mine turned me onto yet another type of download service, but this time it was a bit different.

Three Great Places for Free Software by Douglas Hanna
There's a lot of software out there that you can download free – either completely free or to try for 30 days free before buying. Three great sites There are three great places where you can find freeware and shareware. The first of these is www.zdnet.com. ... Or click on iPod and you'll find program such as Text to iPod Notes , SharePod and memoPod . ... Download.com The third site I like is www.download.com . ... Check out these three sites and I'm sure you'll find some good, useful programs you can download and use free or at a very low cost.

Comparing MP3 Players by Nicky Pilkington
The main benefit of the Digital Age is convenience. MP3 players are one of the most popular components in recent years. They way they work is simple. You simply download your favorite music to an MP3 player and begin enjoying your music. MP3 actually refers to a method of audio compression that... The iPod Photo leads the pack of this level of MP3 players. ... Capable of storing anywhere from 350 to 1,000 songs, micro hard-drive MP3 players such as the iRiver H10 and iPod Mini are your best bet.

The Ultimate IPod Video Experience by Thomas Herold
Yesterday my new 5th generation iPod video arrived. As I had an iPod before I was eager to check out the video capability. So my first shot was going on iTunes and trying to find some free stuff. Besides the ‘Tiki Bar’ video podcast I couldn’t really find something for free. ... In my second approach I punched in some keywords in Google: - video podcast - free iPod movies - convert iPod movies No luck at all, it seemed to me this video revolution has just kicked off. ... The download took about 7 minutes with my cable connection and another 20 seconds to download it onto my iPod.

4 Reasons Why Portable Mp3 Players Take Content to The Next Level by Richard Martin
With the recent advent of the Ipod, a lot of people are using portable Mp3 players to carry their entire music collection around with them. What just a few years ago would have required you to lug a suitcase full of CDs around, now can fit in the palm of your hand. ... No more sitting around waiting for the video or audio presentation to start. ... Download and go. ... You can download it to your portable Mp3 player and start it whenever you want. ... Some Ipods can carry up to 60Gb of songs (and now video) on a single miniature hard drive.

The Hottest Electronic Product in America and Why by John Tucker
If you are a person who reads newspapers, especially the “USA Today,” and the “Wall Street Journal,” you will observe many advertisements for this product, along with hundreds of articles explaining how to use the product . . . If you read the monthly or weekly, news magazines such as;... There is the ipod nano, ipod shuffle, and the Apple ipod.. ... The least expensive ipod an be purchased starting at around $ 69.00 dollars and increasing to $ 500.00 dollars depending on what type of accessories that are built into the ipod.