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This is a review of the fourth generation iPod
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Now lets be honest, even as little as ten years ago if someone had told you there would soon be a contraption that could store and playback your whole music collection you may well have laughed in their face. Add to that the fact that this wonder machine of the future would be little bigger than a pack of cards and very likely you would have thought that the particular soothsayer had seen one too many episodes of Tomorrows World. Behold though, the future is hear and it is manufactured by Apple! I talk about a minor miracle of engineering and computing wizardry, the i-pod. The idea is that you store your music on the iPods hard-drive in MP3 format having first purchased your MP3`s online or converted your existing CD`s. I have long wanted an iPod but was waiting for prices to drop slightly before committing myself.

What's In the Box
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Well it is fair to say I felt like a big kid on Christmas day morning when my new toy arrived, I ripped open the parcel to be greeted with a square box adorned with pictures of iPods and trendy young people listening to music thereon. Inside the box I found the iPod, an iPod dock which can be used for transferring music or charging the battery, an iPod power adapter, Apple earbud earphones, FireWire and USB 2.0 cables and an installation CD containing all of the relevant drivers as well as Apples iTunes software. Also included are a thirty-five page instruction booklet which includes a quick start guide as well as more in depth instructions, a software licence agreement and a warranty leaflet Everything a gadget freak like me could want!

Getting Started
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Unfortunately I couldn't dive straight in and play with my iPod as of course it needed charging first. Charging can be done either by attaching the FireWire cable to the power adaptor and dock connector port located at the base of the iPod or by connecting the i-pod to the computer via a FireWire or USB port. Since I had not yet installed the software I opted for the first option and sat the iPod in the dock. A charging battery is then displayed on the display as progress is made with the built in battery becoming eighty percent charged in around two hours and fully charged in about four hours. While the iPod was charging this gave me ample opportunity to install the software needed to make the iPod and my PC work together in harmony, inserting the CD installs the drivers and synchronising software during which

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