Today, we have a number of musical gadgets available in the markets. Among the different varieties of media players available, the iPods have been able to achieve immense popularity and demand in a very less amount of time. There are different varieties of iPods to choose from.

Eventhough an iPod is very small in size; the functionalities provided by it are massive in number. Apple Inc launched the first iPod into the market. It was the very first iPod which created waves in the music industry.

Apple Inc divided the iPods into three segments namely the iPod Mini, the iPod Nano and the iPod Shuffle. The iPod Mini measures 91x51x13 mm in dimensions. These iPods were compatible with Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems. The Mini iPod is available in 4GB and 6 GB versions. The second category of Apple iPod is the iPod Nano. The iPod Nano consists of the flash memory instead of the built-in hard disk. This iPod has brighter screens, more memory capacity (2, 4 and 8 GB versions) and longer battery times than the iPod Mini. In a way the iPod Nano has been considered to be an advanced version of the Apple iPods. The third category of the Apple iPods includes the iPod Shuffle. The iPod Shuffle is considered as the user-friendly iPod launched by Apple Inc. The iPod Shuffle works on four basic buttons including the play/pause, next, previous and the up/down volume adjustment. This Apple iPod has a USB port which can be directly plugged into the computer helping you transfer your favourite music from your computer to the iPod. The 4.5G and the 5G versions of the iPod Shuffle have the storage capacities of up to 80 GB.

The different varieties of the Apple iPods have actually provided a wide choice to the music lovers. Now, you can select the iPod which serves all your music needs.