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Apple iPod 20GB 4th Gen. MP3 Player

A musical dream come true, the fourth-generation iPod offers huge capacity, letting you easily slip up to 10,000 songs into your pocket. And enjoy it wherever you go. In the car. On the treadmill. At the office. Around the house.Though ease of use has always been the hallmark of iPod, we believe in constantly moving perfection forward. So iPod now incorporates the same touch-sensitive Apple Click Wheel that debuted on iPod mini. Without lifting that trusty thumb of yours from the wheel, you can easily select playlists, scroll through thousands of songs, and start the music playing. Want that song to play from the beginning again? A single click will do the trick.You can put the Apple Click Wheel to use the next time you want to set your music to shuffle. Right there on the main menu ? where it?s very easy to find ? you?ll find a new option ? Shuffle Songs. Everyone?s favorite option for mixing things up, Shuffle Songs randomly plays songs in a selected playlist or your entire music collection. You?ll never guess what?s coming up next, so you?re always surprised by startling juxtapositions ? like a melodic Coldplay song hot on the heels of an aria by Caball?. And you can shuffle your way through a lot of songs now that iPod lets you play your music for up to 12 hours on a single battery charge. Imagine: you could fly from New York to Paris and still have hours of listening time left over as you stroll the Champs Elys?es. While you?re on the move, iPod keeps you aware of its charge level, and when it?s time, iPod?s quick to recharge. Plug it into your computer or a handy wall socket (via the included power adapter), and you can fast-charge iPod in as little as 2 hours.The perfect companion to iPod, iTunes lets you easily build and manage your digital music collection. Since the iTunes Music Store is built right in, you can browse through hundreds of thousands of songs and audiobooks until you find just what you?re looking for. Jazz, Reggae, Pop, Electronica, Hip Hop ? the iTunes Music Store has it all. And it?s open 24/7. All year long. In the US and Europe, too. On both the Mac and Windows PCs. As for all of those CDs you already own, iTunes makes it easy to quickly transfer your favorite songs and albums. Just pop a CD into your Mac or PC, and click the Import button. You can import music in a variety of formats (such as MP3 or AAC) and at whatever quality level you?d prefer. You can even choose the Apple Lossless encoder. Music encoded with that option offers sound quality indistinguishable from the original CDs at about half the file size of the original. And with FireWire and USB 2.0 support, you can transfer the music from an entire CD to iPod in just 5 seconds or less.

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Apple iPod 20GB 4th Gen. MP3 Player

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Apple iPod 20GB 4th Gen. MP3 Player

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  Reviewed by: kdconley

  02-15-09

  Duration of ownership:

  Strengths: None

  Weaknesses:not reliable

  Overall Evaluation: We have had 2 of them in the past 2 months and neither of them worked for more than 2 weeks. Now, it's frozen on one song and we cannot do anything with it. We have tried to work with the seller and have gotten one replacement, but experienced the exact same problems as our original purchase.

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  Reviewed by: microsomen

  07-29-06

  Duration of ownership: 2 Days

  Strengths: Design, controls, size

  Weaknesses:Prone to harddisk defects, battery not replacable by user, not working smoothly under windows xp, freezes often, no user adjustable equalizer

  Overall Evaluation: My ipod lasted for 1 y and 10 month. During this time the machine had to restored at least 5-10 times. Operation with XP and iTunes never worked smoothly, switching to winamp solved the problem partly. It crashed two times completely so that I had to format the drive two times, which is not an easy thing for an unexperienced user. The life time of my ipod ended in a (surprise) harddisk defect. To be fair one has to mention that all harddisk based mp3-player are sensitive products if it comes to the harddisk. I think a flashdrive based player is a saver thing to buy or buy the extended warranty.

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  Reviewed by: SharonHahn

  10-19-05

  Duration of ownership: 8 Months

  Strengths: When you first get it it's great, but...

  Weaknesses:poor battery life, crashes constantly, i have had it for 8 months and it's no longer useable. I have replaced it once, and I'm sick of it.

  Overall Evaluation: Do not buy an ipod, it's a bunch of hype and you can do better with other products, cheaper and with a replaceable battery.I have 2, the other's battery life is down to 1 hours. I have replaced it also for crashing- and I mean totally fried hard drive. That's 2 ipod's- same problem, replaced, and now the new one's are doing the same things.

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  Reviewed by: LFNbabe

  10-17-05

  Duration of ownership:

  Strengths: Intuitive interface, sleek design, variety of accessories

  Weaknesses:a battery you can't replace yourself, a poor battery indicator, prone to crashes, freezes and irritating problems.

  Overall Evaluation: I love my ipod, oh well my replacement ipod. My original baby died two weeks ago without warning and was replaced within a week by Apple. The last thing it did was show a battery symbol with a ! and then nothing. It wouldn't charge or connec to a computer. I have purchased Applecare and would highly recommended factoring this added cost into the intial purchase price, so you are covered for two years in the event of malfunction (which seems to be a frequent occurance with many users). All in all, the ipod is a great little product but it is not without its problems.

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  Reviewed by: gravityhr

  09-21-05

  Duration of ownership: 8 Months

  Strengths: Looks good, backlighting a nice touch. Great interface.

  Weaknesses:Scratches extremely easily. COMPLETELY DIED AFTER 8 MONTHS.

  Overall Evaluation: I barely used this item, and began using it at work to listen to music through computer speakers. I brought it in the next week, and it would not turn on or charge. I don't normally write reviews like this, but my experience was so terrible with something so seemingly revered, I figured I'd add some insight. Unfortunately, I've had other friends with this same problem. I wonder if there will be a class action suit for this Generation as well.I'm done with Ipods, I may post an update with what I end up replacing it with in the coming weeks.

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