First model has 4 GB capacity and rated battery life of 8 hours. It is availaible in 5 colors: silver, blue, green, pink, gold. The connection can be done with USB or FireWire.Minimum OS to sync: Mac: 10.1.5, Windows:2000.It is small and introduced the "Click Wheel".
Second generation is represented by a iPod with longer battery life(audio: 18 hours). The capacity is 4 GB but is available also in 6 GB version, connection USB or FireWire.Brighter color variants, Click Wheel lettering matched body color.
The main differences between those two generations of iPod Mini is battery capacities and the storage.Both versions have 102 grams weigh. Second version wasn't available any more in gold because it was not so popular.
There is a small difference with button labels: for the first generation was grey and the second had button labels matching the case's color.The iPod Mini uses Microdrive hard drives (CompactFlash II) and it is capable of storing 1,000 and 1,500 songs.
Because in the first generation there was a problem with battery life, Apple addressed the problem in the second version. So, there was an improvement and for the second generation models battery life rised up to 18 hours. It also had a headphone jack, a hold switch. The iPod Mini is compatible for WAV, AIFF,AAC/M4A, MP3, and Apple Lossless audio formats.
Replacement batteries was available because the capacity of batteries decreases over time.If people decide to send their iPod back o Apple for replacement batteries, they have to pay a lot of money because the charge is very expensive. But there is another solution- they can find on the internet many manuals for battery replacement and a lot of outlets selling compatible Lithium-ion batteries. Many of them are of higher capacity than the originals.
The iPod Mini can run iPodLinux or Rockbox firmware. It allows music to be played directly on the iPod and it is not necessary to use iTunes any more . There can be replaced the 4 or 6 GB Microdrive with a higher one with capacity 8, 16, and even 32 GB cards. The fact that the capacity has increased was an advantage and a reason why battery life also increased.
Everybody knows that iPod is considered to be one of the best portable audio players.
The first generation has an intelligent design. You can hold and listen 1000 songs from it because Its hard drive holds about 74 hours' worth of music . For $250, the iPod Mini (in multiple colors) can be yours!
It has an excellent playlist features, a very good sound; organizes contact, smooth syncing.It also includes games.The bad thing is that there is no FM radio or recording capabilities. Its volume is smaller than players which use Hitachi's 4GB 1-inch hard drive. At 3.6 ounces you barely feel it in the pocket. You can add Belkin Voice recorder and flash adapter. From the main menu you can access playback features.You can browse by artists, album, playlist,composer, genre, song.You can really create a new playlist even if you don't have a computer; all that you need is On The Go function.
You can rate a song on a scale of 1 to 5 while it is playing because of a playlist function.Library syncing is the smartest ever and iTunes starts up and automatically syncs your music collection when you plug in the Mini.
If you use iTunes, you can also create MP3 and AAC files from your CDs. The iPod Mini handles AAC files like MP3 files,.There is a difference : AAC sounds much better even for the same bit rate. You can now purchase it from the iTunes Music Store.
It also has an alarm clock which can be your favorite song. You can choose a song through a home stereo and be ready to start the day with it.It includes three games: Parachute, Solitaire and Brick. You can test your knowledge about music with Music Quiz.There is also a contacts list and a calendar which dub with Outlook.You can connect your iPod to your computer and play tunes from its hard drive or you can read text memos from a special area.
You can copy MP3 files from the mini to a computer's hard drive in Windows and share music between multiple computers. You have an impressive sound quality because the electronics responsible for sound reproduction from mini are identical to those from iPod . Because of a 32 MB flash buffer, mini has an antiskip protection of 25 minutes.There was an experiment which proves that it is no skipping during testing.
Attractive, nice and very small, iPod Mini overreach everybody: youth, athletic people, business men, high flown ladies. It is a cool and useful gadget . It is one of the most important inventions from Apple.