Apple ipod

Why is it so popular iPod

I saw the list of best sellers of MP3 players from several online retailers, the iPods were crushing the competition. Higher sales were for the Apple iPod nano MP3 player 4 GB Silver (3G) Apple iPod classic 80 GB 6G (Black), Apple iPod nano 8GB black (3rd generation) Apple iPod 80 GB Silver Classic (6G) and Apple iPod touch 8 GB with software update.

Apple's iPod dominates the portable audio market completely in recent years. Giants like Sony and Microsoft where insignificant players mp3 player market.

But what makes it so special about iPod? Why people are crazy for them?
Consider first the current line of iPod products (in 2008). The range includes the hard drive iPod Classic, touch screen iPod touch, nano and video iPod shuffle and capable iPod without a screen.

Design
"The product has been elegantly designed Apple Classic mode," said David Carey, president of Portelligent.
Apple did product design from the outside inwards and has been key to its success. The outside-in perspective helped determine a number of components – battery, hard drive and PCB card – that overlap each other. This idea makes the player look cooler and thinner.

Apple has managed to obtain a design patent for its iPod digital music player. United States Patent and Trademark Office registered a patent on Tuesday by Apple Ornamental computer design its third generation (3G) iPod media.

Features
The new iPod includes an alarm function and alarm sounds even if the iPod is not connected to a stereo or headphones.
On-The-Go "feature allows you to listen to a particular group of songs on your iPod without need to connect to a computer.
equalizer function. iPod software allow you to control the equalization or EQ "" a song, you can assign that song one of 22 equalizer presets. Once you assign a default value to a song, iTunes will use each time you play the song. When copying songs since the computer to the iPod equalizer presets that you selected in iTunes is also copied and that the iPod will play the song on the same preset.
Intelligent function formatting. If the iPod is formatted on a Mac OS X, use the HFS + file system, which means you can use it as a boot disk for a Mac if you have the format on Windows, the FAT32 format is used.

Sound quality
iPod is one of the highest sound quality for MP3 / 4 player. For a better quality Sound is a good idea to purchase optional headphones, which can lead to even more accurate than the recognizable white earbuds that come with an iPod.

Controls
The controls are backlit and touch sensitive. Not more than a spinning wheel that collects dust.

HDD
Hard drives are ideal for the iPod: Apple iPod classic 80GB hard drive, Apple's new iPod Nano have a hard drive and 8 GB Apple iPod Video has a 30GB hard disk. The king is now the new Apple iPod classic 160 GB (holds 40,000 songs).
Of course, you will find iPods with smaller hard drive as the iPod nano (4 GB, 2 GB) and iPod shuffle with only 1 GB.

Duration Battery
The iPod uses the latest technology lithium-ion batteries from leading manufacturers such as Sony and Sanyo. When new and fully charged battery provides up to 8 or 12 hours of battery life, depending on your model.

Marketing
Team Marketing Apple was smart and used the iPod brand as well. Apple Ipod had a successful advertising campaign that includes magazine advertising and television focusing on the target market (teens and young adults). Deals. Apple iPod used a direct method to encourage customers to buy their products provide an iPod accessory per customer for half price value of each purchase of a new iPod Apple. This method has enabled the organization to directly measure the success of the campaign by observing the rate of sales promotion tool.
The correct approach to the marketing people have fallen in love with the iPod and offers a fantastic experience. Apple has not only built a brand, built a lovemark.

Conclusion
All iPods look great and use the latest technology, gadgets are very smart and trendy, so almost everyone wants one.
Apple has created a great product and used the correct marketing approach made an lovemark iPod.
Why are iPods so popular? The Apple CEO Steve Jobs, has the answer: "With iPod, Apple has invented a new category of digital music player that lets you put your music collection in your pocket and listen wherever you go, Apple's CEO, said when he introduced the product in October 2001. "With iPod, listening to music never the same."

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