For sure Apple iPod is a wonderful gadget that gives its owners the opportunity to listen to music, view movies and podcasts, browse the internet, play games and much more. What’s more, the iPod is one of the most iconic gadgets of the 21st century. In fact, it has a unique design: the white earphones, the shiny metallic backside, and the white/black click-wheel. These features have become pop culture icons in their own right. And even more, the army of an iPod followers is huge, today there is over a 100 million of these MP3 players in circulation. Taking this fact into account, we may finalize that almost everybody has seen, used, or even owned one.
It’s great that the iPod can hold your entire music library. Indeed, the newest of the line model has a memory of 160GB. This gives you the opportunity to store any or you wish, because 160GB is more than enough for any music aficionado. In addition, the newer models also have the ability to play back video or browse through photos. With such a number of functions Apple iPod will never leave you bored, as you will never be too far away from entertainment, no matter where you are.
Anyhow,, iPod player has also have its disadvantages. One of the main disadvantages of iPod is it’s battery life which remains a critical issue. As a matter of fact without power, the iPod is as good as a brick. In general, On the official Apple website you can find the information that the iPod Classic (the 80GB and 160GB models) have a battery life of 36 hours, or 6 hours when playing video. It should be noted that this is when you have the screen darkened and all songs are playing on automatic shuffle (i.e., ideal use).
Anyhow, in your every day life, you will likely change/choose songs, adjust volume, or browse through your music collection. This would surely lead to lesser battery life than claimed by Apple. What’s more the majority of users say that they can squeeze 16-22 hours out of their iPods while playing music, and 3-4 hours while playing video.
For you to maximize their iPod's battery life and have the possibility to listen to your favorite , you may do the following. To start with you can try lowering the back-light duration and brightness in the Settings section. It’s great thatA lower setting will go a long way in conserving battery life. You can as well keep the iPod on shuffle, this is a good way to extend battery life. The cause is that when you manually use the iPod, you engage the back-light which drains your battery.
