Equipment and Design
A possible upgrade of the line iPod has its way through the voice of the day of the previous generation on the market. One thing seems clear, however, with speculation: The flash memory is not enough, at a price that is on disk, if they steal + 16 GB of capacity. In this context, Apple has two choices: either leave a huge hole in its product is not the model of hard disk or grit my teeth and get on board and now the gravy train rolling for those of us standing with 20 + GB music and libraries preference for low create playlists. Enter the 80 GB and 160 GB iPod classic.
First, the basics ... Nobody could say that Apple does not know how to pack a product - frankly, giving consumers the best out-of-the-box experience. According to tradition, is the packaging for the Classic, a very small box, with a minimalist design. For a touch of class to represent the front of the player is also increased at the edges of the image. To pop open and the imagination of reality in a virtual bulletin board cold metal and plastic. In a sense, you receive the product itself, is actually more interesting because it plays very well on a psychological phenomenon, as a duration object.
With the operation of conservation of multi-mega-monster, there is a small start guide / Warranty / Disclaimer Notice followed by a lot of "accessories". These include earbud headphones, a USB sync / charging cable, wall adapter and a docking station, Apple approved by the port. (Note that do not contain the dock, but we had no problems with the use of our dock iPod 4G Photo.) Moreover, the new iPod Classic finally jettison the regime of the white iPod, and is only available in black or silver if is still the signature white ear buds can be found in the box.
Testsuite
Once the first two levels of the menu structure, changing the interface to a well-distributed, text-based information system for scrolling a glance ... or rather the fact, with the exception of the "Cover Flow" option. That's right: Like the new version of iTunes, iPhone, iPod Touch and new iPod nano, the Sport Classic Cover Flow, which lets you visually browse your albums. It's nice, works well and shows no delay, but in the end is not necessary if you have 120 + GB of music. With Cover Flow, perhaps a choice sub under artist or genre you would have more sense, but if you use it, we'll probably never touch again. Otherwise, it was the Now Playing screen dramatically with a much clearer with more details on the new trail-oriented, less delay when you switch songs or moves through the playback options in a course, and most notably a beautiful 3D view the album cover with the discussion below.
Of central importance is the classic the exceptional sound quality, as with previous iPods. There are 22 equalizer settings, if not the custom settings, users, and volume limiter and adjustable volume control. (Funny, the included headphones are uncomfortable, as usual, and in our store unused equipment. Said) that we have tested the sound quality through a series of songs and singing jazz industry, rock and techno. All MP3 files were encoded from 320kbps player could not identify Super.fi 5 Pro in-ear monitors, a category less performance.
Conclusion
Apple iPod Classic is a step in the development of Nice in the design of previous generation iPod owners who require greater storage capacity, or the new owners who are not, depends pony up premium fees for less than premium storage . Granted, recent changes in the user interface of this service will prove to be well thought out and welcome additions, but still need some adjustments to the head of Apple to respond, the better system. The result is that, even if none of the iPod Classic has attracted more capacity, we were left feeling satisfied with your purchase. If you already have a 5G iPod owner and do not require additional space, there is no compelling reason to upgrade. But on the other hand, owners of previous generation of iPod, many bells and whistles, Nice waiting.
