Apple owns a large chunk of the portable MP3 player market, and as such it’s taken a rather predictable course with the fourth generation of its hard-drive based player. There’s nothing really revolutionary with the iPod this time around, although Apple has finally started doing something about the unit’s battery life. It’s far too early to say if they’ve done enough to mitigate user’s concerns over the tendency of iPod batteries to lose large chunks of capacity over a relatively short period of time — that’s something we’ll find out in six months or so once the first units have been properly battered and bruised. Based on our testing, however, at least those who wanted more playback life from their pocket music centres should be well satisfied.
[SinglePic not found]The good:
- Improved battery life
- Solid and established iPod design
The bad:
- Why no custom colour options?
- Fiddly setup procedure
The bottomline:
While it’s not as revolutionary as some might have hoped for, there’s no denying that Apple’s iPod is still the best hard drive based music player you can buy.
Source: www.cnet.com
