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Article: IPod or not? Faced with that ...
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- November 20, 2005
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IPod or not? Faced with that decision, people tend to flock toward
what's most popular.
And there are good reasons to do so. Apple's tiny iPod Shuffle,
barely-larger iPod Nano and the full-sized, video-capable iPod
combine utility, elegance and style as few electronic items ever
have. The iPod also works with the best music-jukebox program
available, Apple's iTunes.
So why buy any other player?
The first reason is the most important feature of a digital music
player: which kinds of music files it accepts in addition to MP3s, by
far the most widely used type. (Only some older Sony models balk at
that format.)
Beyond MP3s, Apple's iPods support the AAC (Advanced Audio Coding)
formats used by ...