The Best iPod for Your Lifestyle

We all know that iPods are the most popular MP3 players on the market. However, which iPod should you choose? We will take a look at the different brands of iPod and discover which ones match your lifestyle and your budget.

When you consider buying an iPod, the choices may seem endless with too many options to consider. However, there are really only four iPod choices: the iPod shuffle, nano, touch, and classic. Within each of these choices, your main decision is usually simply how much storage do you want to go with in your iPod.

Let’s start out with the iPod shuffle, which was my first iPod and holds a place near to my heart. Unlike all of the other iPods, the shuffle does not have a screen on which to select your music. I loved their initial advertising slogan, “Life is Random”, because it often is. Apple chose this slogan because with the iPod shuffle, you never know what you are going to get. After you place songs on your shuffle, you simply sit back and listen to them randomly.

Though my initial shuffle was 1GB and about $100, the new iPod shuffles come in many colors and there is a 2GB and 4GB option. The 4GB shuffle, which can hold over 1000 songs, currently sells for just under $80.

In my book, the iPod shuffle wins the award for the “best workout” iPod. In fact, though I have upgraded to the nano, I still keep my shuffle for exercising.

Now I use the iPod nano for all my music, movies, TV, and photos when I am not working out. Many people incorrectly ask, “how do you download songs onto an iPod nano?” when they should really be asking about songs, movies, TV shows, and photos. The iPod nano does it all! The iPod nano is now in its fifth generation and comes in 8GB and 16GB varieties as well as many colors from which to choose. The latest upgrade to the nano gives it the ability to shoot home videos.

The iPod nano is sleek, sexy, and is the best MP3 player that you can buy.

What about the iPod touch? The iPod touch is the most advanced iPod on the market. However, I would classify it less as an MP3 player and more as a very small computer. It truly does just about everything that the top rated netbook computers do. However, it’s often more expensive than a netbook and lacks one essential thing: a phone. If you are interested in the iPod touch, I would instead recommend the iPhone, which is essentially the iPod Touch with telephone service.

Finally, we have the iPod classic. The iPod classic distinguishes itself in look and feel as do the other iPods but it has one essential difference: amount of storage. The iPod classic currently has 160GB of storage (because it uses a hard drive) which can easily hold over 40,000 songs. Thus, if you own an absolute mountain of music, and want to have all of your songs with you at all times, the iPod classic is the way to go.

All iPods are cool but not all iPods are for everybody. The exercise buff needs the shuffle. The “hipster” must get a nano. The technophile should go with the iPod touch or iPhone. And finally, for those who want sheer volume of music, the iPod classic is the best choice.

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For more on this topic, visit the how do you download songs onto an iPod page which will teach you how to transfer music to an iPod through how to videos. The author, Richard Tyler, is a technologist, writer, and loves his iPods, especially the iPod Nano!