Customer Reviews:
 Great new edition of the iPod, except you can play any iTunes games September 11, 2007
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
I would have given this model 5 stars but for the simple fact that any games bought from the iTunes store WILL NOT play on the ipod claasic. Tetris, Ms Pacman, and soduku will be upgraded (Stated in itunes games section) but its unknown if the updates will come to those that have already purchased these games or any of the other games on the store will be compatabile with the new ipod classic.
come on steve don't let us down
 NOT a 160GB September 10, 2007
11 out of 52 found this review helpful
I got my new iPod today and it is all that you expect. My only problem is that it is not have 160GB or at least 155GB but it only has a Capacity of 148.79GB. I cant belive that it has that much missing.
 Absolutely stunning (I own this product) September 10, 2007
28 out of 29 found this review helpful
UPDATE after 2 weeks use:
One feature that makes it all worth it for me: switching the shuffle mode between albums/songs/off while in shuffle mode. Let's say I have 10,000 songs on shuffle, and I hear a song by Nirvana that gets me in the mood to listen to more Nirvana...I click the middle button 3X and switch random to "Album". Now I'm going to listen to the rest of the album. Before, I had to go to Menu, scroll to Music -> Albums, scroll 500 album names to letter N, then choose album. Can't believe reviewers overlooked this feature.
I insist the sound quality is very good. The new DAC is different than the previous gen iPods, but by no means worse. Sound quality is subjective and depends on many factors including genre, encoding, headphones, hearing loss etc. In my isolated case, I noticed a slight improvement in treble and a huge improvement in bass. The 5.5 gen 80gb used to wash out the bass. Mids and overall dynamic range is just about the same.
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Pros:
- For MP3's encoded in 192kbps, you can fit roughly 27,000 on here
- about .08 inches thinner than 5.5 gen 80gb iPod
- sweet finish on the front
- center button is a little concave and feels better
- coverflow is great eyecandy, let's leave it at that =)
- new interface for every menu is very intuitive and stylish
- battery life is AMAZING
- 10000 songs and 6 movies later it's not even half full
- sound quality is great, no need for eq imo(using Sony MDR-EX90LP Stereo Earphones )
- when music is playing and the screen in dim, you see the battery charge and clock in large numbers
Cons:
- Coverlow only organized by artist, can't do by album (or at least can't figure this out yet)
- Great theft potential
- Back still scratches easily
- iTunes is not exactly the best software ever written for windows
Notes:
No, this mp3 player is not perfect, but it's way up there when compared to other players overall. Obviously you won't get $100 headphones included. Yes, iTunes is clunky and there are better ways to organize your music, and you have to convert all your movies...at the end of the day: it's small, it's easy, it's cool and it will play you media really really well.
Excellent upgrade from 5G model September 9, 2007
25 out of 30 found this review helpful
In one day of trying the new 80GB model IPOD, one can tell that the new model is well worth it. It offers almost three times the space, for one. It also is slightly smaller than the 5G 30GB model. There are also some features carried over from Itunes featured here, notably the coverview feature, which was rumored to either be in a firmware upgrade for current models or in the newer models. Well here it is and it's a neat little feature. Not highly neccessary, mind you, but fun to have on the ipod. My biggest praise for the new model (besides the space, of course), is that there is a faster response time on it. While the sleeker looking menus are nice and the games are cute (the music quiz one especially), it's the functionality that wins here. This continues the tradition of Ipods in creating the most user friendly MP3 player on the market.
I've got one!!! Size matters.. September 9, 2007
228 out of 246 found this review helpful
Ok guys, I just picked up my silver iPod classic 160gb from the Apple store on Regent Street in London so I can give an actual review on it.
I've had an 80GB video iPod for a year and it's already full, so I was really hoping Apple would make an iPod big enough for me. Presently I've got 110GB (and counting) of music, so this iPod is for people like me who have a large music collection, and who like to be able to take it anyplace.
The 160GB iPod is the same size as the 80gb, but costs less than the 80GB did when it first came out.
With a brushed aluminium front finish (similar to the 2 and 3G Nanos), it should be less prone to scratching, though the back is the same smudge magnet, and I don't know how resilient the screen is. The front is curvier than that of the last 2 video iPods, with the screen slightly depressed from the rest of the casing.
Additional features are extra long battery life (40 hours for music, 7 hours for video; I've tested this and playing music non stop without much fast forwarding, etc, it's about right), and cover flow (a fun way of scrolling through for music using album cover art, though it is a bit sluggish).
The new split-screen interface lists functions to the left half of the screen, and symbols (or previews of content such as cover art, videos or photos shown as a slide show) to the right as you scroll through the functions. Neat!!
During music playback, after being idle for about 80 seconds, the screen goes gray and displays a clock, and battery power. Viewing tracks in an album also gives you, at a glance, the track times. Same for video. A nice touch. To my hearing, the sound quality (without equalizers, mind you) is improved; more bass and a bit more treble. The iPod turns off in about 2 seconds, much faster than previous models.
It's still got the other regular features; album track lyrics (new, nicer text font, and it also shows the album art), can play video and games, store photos, contacts, calendar, notes, stopwatch, and screen lock (which allows you to lock the screen with a password), and it can be used as an external hard drive. It shows up in windows explorer as an external drive. The search feature allowing one to type in album/song/artist titles (introduced in the last video iPod) is still there, but relocated to the "music" menu. I didn't spot it at first. In fact, the menu has been reshuffled to make it better, and (under settings) one can now view number of songs, videos, photos, etc graphically just like in iTunes.
If you need loads of space for your music collection, you can't go wrong getting this. Judging from the crowds in the store, Apple's got another hit here. Now if only the iPod touch had this much memory...
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