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| Today portable mp3 players are quickly becoming | | | | want to be continually surprised at which songs |
| the standard for listening to music. They are also | | | | pop up from their music collections. |
| becoming a popular source for audio books. Why? | | | | The iPod shuffle is made to clip onto just about |
| Because all you need is a source that has the | | | | anything: coin pockets, purses, bags, or hats. The |
| digital files you want to listen to, and you can then | | | | iTune allows an iPod shuffle playlist to be viewed |
| download the files onto your mp3 player and take | | | | and changed while the unit is not connected, and |
| them with you wherever you go. No tapes, or | | | | when the unit is connected the next time, it can |
| CD's to lug around in a carrying case. | | | | be updated with the changed playlist. "Instead of |
| With the rising popularity of the mp3 player and | | | | storing data on a hard disk, it was the first iPod |
| iPod, these devices have provided a fresh new | | | | to use flash memory (the more recent iPod nano |
| way for people to listen to music and audio books. | | | | also uses this form of memory). |
| Apple's entry into the mp3 music player market | | | | The battery life of your MP3 player is also very |
| with its iPod expanded the company's market and | | | | important, because you want to listen to your |
| started a turn in the companies strategy. Apple | | | | music, audio books, or podcast, not sit and watch |
| recently posted a record profit in its fiscal first | | | | it charging. Lithium-ion batteries, such as those |
| quarter, beating Wall Street estimates as earnings | | | | used in iPod, out live those seen in nickel-based |
| rose 78%. Apple owes many thanks to strong | | | | rechargeable batteries. |
| holiday sales of the iPod and Macintosh computers. | | | | The recent addition of mp3 and other digital |
| Apple shipped more than 21 million iPods during | | | | formats has allowed companies to publish books |
| the quarter showing a 28% growth and an | | | | online, meaning that a customer can purchase an |
| increase of 50% from last year. | | | | audio book and download it straight to his |
| With most of the online reviews about MP3 | | | | computer. For many commuters driving two or |
| players referring to iPods, it would be good to | | | | more hours a day listening to audio books is |
| look at the Neo iON, the nano iPod and Apple iPod | | | | increasingly becoming a necessity and a way of |
| car adapters, which provide a direct connection to | | | | life. |
| the car stereos - both factory and aftermarket. | | | | Even if you are bound to a very strict schedule, |
| The iPod shuffle is one of the most unique iPods | | | | there is nothing to prevent you from listening to |
| around. You can now purchase a 512MB iPod | | | | an audio book online and enjoying every bit of it |
| shuffle, or one with with 1GB. Unlike the iPod nano | | | | saving the hassles of going through it page by |
| and the iPod shuffle which use flash memory, the | | | | page. The shift from Printed books to audio |
| iPod is designed around a central scroll wheel, with | | | | books has made reading, listening and derived a |
| the full-sized models storing media on their internal | | | | more convenient method for readers. |
| hard-drive. With no screen to display what you're | | | | |