Decisions, decisions. Who needs ’em? Why should you have to choose what to put on your iPod? With up to 160GB of storage, iPod classic lets you carry everything in your collection — up to 40,000 songs or up to 200 hours of video — everywhere you go. In a completely new, even thinner, all-metal design.
Apple 80GB Classic iPod: A Gadget That’s Worth The Hype!
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Written By noangels
Date Written Jun 14 2008
Summary
I digitized my music collection in my first year of college after space and time constraints made juggling my CD collection increasingly frustrating. The transition coincided with my discovery of iTunes; this fabulous music player and organizational...
Strength
Excellent features, large capacity, sleek, good battery life, easy to use
Weakness
Back scratches easily (it can be prevented with a case)
Bottom Line
This is a great gadget for music lovers of all ages. Whether an upgrade or a new purchase, this will satisfy all of your personal multimedia needs.
More than three years ago, I wrote a review about my first iPod, a 20 GB 4th gen model. I'm now on my third iPod, after having an 80-GB 5th gen model. For me, the iPod Classic is the best non-touch screen iPod Apple...
Strength
Massive storage, great sound, superb Apple design, long battery life, navigation enhancements
Weakness
Still scratches easily, included earbuds are lousy, be sure to upgrade
Bottom Line
Best non-touch screen iPod yet. Industry-leading sound quality and ease-of-use, combined with huge capacity, amazing battery life and new interface enhance the user experience.
Don't let the name "Classic" fool you, this is a new iPod. The naming scheme basically comes into play because of the new iPod Touch which was released in the wake of the iPhone. Apple decided to give those of us who aren't all ga-ga over the touch...
Strength
More storage for the same price as the previous generation. More battery life.
Weakness
Some people may not like the new screen layout with the menus cut in half.
Bottom Line
Apple never ceases to keep it's products changing and update, the iPod Classic is not simply a name change, it's a new iPod, and you'll like the changes
Face it. The iPod has set the standard for portable personal media entertainment. It's the one that all the other guys, SanDisk, Creative, MS Zune, etc. have to compare themselves to. The iPod Classic has raised the bar again. As a former user of the...
Strength
Sounds great, looks great, tons of storage. It's the standard others compare themselves to.
Weakness
Miniature hard disk drive is more fragile than flash memory music devices.
Bottom Line
It's the standard and for good reasons. The storage is huge, it's easy to use, and looks and sounds good
I purchased this edition of the ipod around 3 months ago and it has done just what I wanted it to - keep me entertained while I do other tasks, whatever they may be. Using this product is simple, and even though I had never owned an ipod before I...
Strength
Earphone quality as good as any other earbud-style, easy navigation
Weakness
Non-stellar sound output (especially via speakers), no SRS WOW
Bottom Line
Great for anyone who wants very simple to use product, that's also compact and stylish. Not for extreme sound lovers.
This ipod is incredible. I am a music freak, and I listen to it constantly. I needed something that has not only good sound quality, but could also hold my collection. I also needed something that had exceptional battery life. The ipod Classic was...
I've had my 80-gig iPod classic for a little over a year now, and it has been one of the best investments I've made as far as home or car entertainment goes. In fact, because I bought the thing I've completely digitized my CD collection (clearing out a...
Strength
Holds an incredible amount of music, easy to take anywhere
Weakness
Screen scratches easily, beware the security lock feature
Bottom Line
Excellent for anybody that has a lot of music and is constantly on the go. Invest in a home and/or car docking system, it can completely replace your CD collection.
I just bought this two days ago. Works great right out of the box. I'm using Windows XP and had no problem. I previously bought an Archos because my wife needed it to download books from the local library. It is very difficult to operate unlike this...
After Recieving an 80 BG Video Ipod as a gift, I Soon realized why the ipod is such a hit. This device does everything and its very simple to use. The look is very futuristic with the sleek black shiny yet finger print prone and shiny stainless back...
Over all the Ipod classic is a good Mp3 player.. The problem is with it’s software and the lack of support from apple.. The software is horrible, more complicated then it needs to be, has frequent glitches, it took 7 procedures ! With about 7 steps...
Strength
plays good, sound is nice, has tons of room.
Weakness
Horrible software,Itunes sucks, No customer support, frequent malfunctions, more complicated then it needs to be.
