Review of Apple's iPod MP3 Player

Review of Apple's iPod

Overall Impression: 4 stars (out of 4).  An impressive device that stores my entire music collection, has lightning fast music transfer and is small and light.  As an MP3 player the best one I have owned by a wide margin.

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The Amazing. 

There are several features that are a feat of engineering.  These include:

1. Storage capacity.
2. Transfer speed.
3. Size/weight.

The Good.

Several features are nicely done:

1. Circular touch pad.
2. Software user interface.
3. Synchronization with iTunes.

The Bad. 

So far here are a few of the features I do not like:

1. Adjusting sound volume is not intuitive.
2. Ear buds are uncomfortable.
3. After running for over 20 minutes, the iPod did skip.  I then had to switch to
   holding it in my hand instead of wearing it on my hip.

Still under review.

I am still testing a few things that I cannot yet make a judgement on.  Specifically:

1. Running abuse.
2. Battery Life.
3. Additional software.
4. Use as a mobile hard drive (file storage).
5. Neat hacks.