Product Description

Includes: earbud headphones, AC adapter, & USB 2.0 cable. Apple 30GB iPod Photo - The iPod Photo combines the amazing digital audio features you've come to love, with new photo options that make your multimedia experience that much better! Enjoy thousands of photos on the new 2 inch, 220x176-pixel resolution display; that features backlighting and the new, clear, Myriad typeface. Play slideshows made in iPhoto, Adobe Photoshop Album 2.0, or Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0. You can even output audio at the same time for a more enjoyable presentation! When outputing to a TV, the iPod Photo automatically optimizes your photos for 4 - 3 and 16 - 9 televisions Up to 15 hours of battery life (for audio only) Up to 17 minutes of skip protection Create & save multiple on-the-go playlists Adjust audiobooks read speed Synch and charge the iPod Photo through a (optional) FireWire or (included) USB 2.0 cable Alarm Clock/Sleep Timer Organizer Functions - Contacts, Calendar, & To-Do Lists Ports - dock connector, remote connector, stereo headphone jack, composite video & audio through headphone jack, FireWire 400 & USB 2.0 Audio Support - AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 (32 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Apple Lossless, WAV, AIFF, & Audible Photo Support - JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, & PNG Unit Dimensions - 4.1 x 2.4 x 0.63' Unit Weight - 6.4 oz.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5859 in Consumer Electronics
• Color: White
• Brand: Apple
• Model: M9829LL/A
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 6.00" h x 6.80" w x 4.70" l, 1.00 pounds

Features

• 30 GB model holds up to 7,500 songs; supports AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 (32 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible, AIFF, Apple Lossless and WAV
• Holds 25,000 photos and displays them on a 2-inch diagonal 65,536-color LCD screen with LED backlight
• Up to 15 hours battery life when fully charged (which typically takes 5 hours); fast-charge in as little as 3 hours
• Compatible with Mac OS X v10.2.8 or v10.3.4 or later; or Windows 2000 with SP4 and XP with SP2; FireWire and USB 2.0 interface for fastest digital transfer available
• Comes with earbud headphones, AC adapter, and USB 2.0 cable

From the Manufacturer
Remember the 64-color pack of crayons? Meet the 65,536-color pack. Everything looks better in color. With iPod photo, everything sounds better, too. Carry an entire library of music—thousands of songs and full-color album cover art—or tens of thousands of photos in your pocket.¹ The original iPod changed the way you listen to music by putting thousands of songs in your pocket. Now iPod photo changes the way you see your music, with a crisp color screen.

Picture Your Music
Browse your playlists via vivid menus, thumb through album and audiobook cover art on the go, even play games and view your calendars in color. Of course, iPod photo also lets you carry memories along with your music. Upload photos from your Mac or PC and view them in color, anywhere, complete with built-in backlighting. Your personal, portable entertainment library, iPod photo looks as good as it sounds.

Take Your Photos for a Spin
Like its famous siblings, iPod photo features the touch-sensitive Apple Click Wheel that's the envy of the industry. Use it to navigate your music and photos in 65,536 colors. Easier to read than ever, the iPod photo's display boasts 220-by-176-pixel resolution. Spin the wheel to Music and scroll effortlessly through dozens of playlists, hundreds of albums, or thousand of songs.

Or highlight photos. iPod photo displays 25 full-color thumbnails at a time. And you can scroll through them the same way you scroll through song titles. Quickly. Just spin the wheel to see more. And when you see a photo you'd like displayed all by its lonesome, just click the center button and voilà. No one will have to say "cheese" as long as you have iPod photo around. Whether you're listening to tunes or checking out photos, you're sure to be all smiles.

Get Brownie Points for Sharing
If you'd like everyone else to smile right along with you, iPod photo makes it easy. Sure, you could let them take the Click Wheel for a spin themselves, but here's a way to get extra points for style. Use an optional AV cable to connect iPod photo to a projector or TV. You can mesmerize friends and family with a glorious multimedia experience, offering them a breathtaking slideshow accompanied by the music you already have on your iPod photo. Of course, you get to choose the songs, albums, or playlists. And talk about smart, iPod photo optimizes your photos to fit on a standard (4:3) or widescreen (16:9) TV.

Sync, Look, and Listen
iTunes lets you import your images directly into iPod photo from a folder on the hard drive of your Mac or PC. Spent time organizing your photos using iPhoto on a Mac or either Adobe Album 2.0 or Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 on a PC? iTunes rewards your diligence by importing the photo albums you've created in iPhoto or collections created in Album or Photoshop Elements. You'll be able to choose them from the Photos menu on iPod photo.

iPod photo also features even more robust Auto-Sync capabilities. Now, in addition to offering the industry's best music syncing, iTunes offers stellar photo syncing, as well. Update your photo collection by adding images or creating new albums, and the next time you connect iPod photo to your Mac or PC using the included USB 2.0 or optional FireWire cable, iTunes will automatically synchronize your photo collection. And did we mention that iTunes 4.7.1 also autosyncs album cover art? It's true. The cover art downloaded when you purchase music from the iTunes Music Store is transferred to iPod photo along with the music. So while iPod photo plays your tunes, you can enjoy the album art—in color, of course—on the Now Playing screen.

Enjoy Improved Battery Life
Whether you're on a transcontinental flight or an extra-long hike, if you plan to listen to music for hours and hours, iPod photo has you covered. Fully charged, it lets you enjoy up to 15 hours of continuous music; or up to 5 hours of continuous slideshows with music.² Use the included USB 2.0 cable, optional FireWire cable, or optional handy iPod photo Dock to quickly charge the batteries.

The Perfect Digital Camera Companion
Coming soon, new downloadable iPod photo software will offer multiple slideshow transitions and direct camera connectivity. Plus, Apple's iPod Camera Connector (sold separately) will let you connect a camera to iPod photo for quick import and viewing on the go.

Now you can take your entire music collection and all your memories everywhere you go. With iPod photo, easily relive all your favorite experiences and share them with family and friends. That, plus industry-leading ease of use and seamless integration with iTunes and the iTunes Music Store, make it a breeze to autosync your music and photos and makes sharing your memories as easy as finding the perfect song.

What's in the Box
iPod photo, earbud headphones, AC adapter, USB 2.0 cable, CD-ROM with iTunes for Mac and Windows, electronic documentation, and a getting started guide

¹Music capacity is based on 4 minutes per song and 128 Kbps AAC encoding; photo capacity is based on iPod-viewable photos transferred from iTunes. ²Rechargeable batteries have a limited number of charge cycles and may eventually need to be replaced. Battery life and number of charge cycles vary by use and settings. See www.apple.com/batteries for more information.

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Customer Reviews

WTF
This ipod sells for $249 brand new at sears why would you buy it here for $399?!?!?!?!?!?!?

3 Years and Counting -- No Problems
I've owned my ipod Photo 30 GB for three years now, and the only problem I've really had has been with the original ear buds wearing out. I found OEM replacements on EBay for cheap: they're good enough for me right now.

I am glad I purchased a neoprene case to protect the fragile little whizzer from the get go. I have dropped it a few times, and the case saved its life.

A Good Product Worth Considering if in the MP3 Player Market
Its true, the 4th generation 30 gig Apple Ipod is a very good product. Is it great? Well, maybe not. But its not that this 4G model does not have every thing that some body wants out of an MP3 player, including video, the ability to hold and show pictures (about 25,000 of them), music (7,500 songs) and a pretty good battery life when listening to music of at least 10-15 hours per charge. When writing a review of any Ipod I believe that you must mention Apple's Itunes software, which make is very easy to buy and download music to your Ipod, that is why it is the industry leader this in regard. Also, the body of the Ipod is very slim, the menu of the device is very easy to figure out even if you have never used one before. Within minutes of turning it on you will be able to understand how to download music, create play lists and arrange your music just the way that you want it. Whether you like the Apple Ipod or not as an electronic device you have to give Apple credit for the fact that it is very easy to use, all the way around.

So, what's wrong with the Ipod? Well, the fact that the battery life on this particular model is very limited when you are watching video on it, about two hours. Also, while the screen of the 4G Ipod is very crisp and clean, it is just hard to view. But then again, a small MP3 player like the Ipod is naturally going to have a small screen, there is really nothing you can do about that, it does though strain your eyes to view the screen for long periods of time. Also, the screen does scratch very, very, very easily. Any thing will do it and I think that it is real down side to this product, it should have made so that any body could be able to carry it in their pocket without worrying about whether the screen is going to scratch or not. That would resemble to me at least that it is a product that is made to last, instead of one that is made to last until next Ipod comes out so that maybe you have to buy another one. I would really recommend that you purchase a protective case for any Ipod that you buy because they all seem to scratch pretty easy.

Having been a fan of Apple products throughout the years I would say that this product is worth a four out of five. I wish that all Ipod came with a home docking station instead of just the USB cable to charge and download music. I think they sell those docks for 20 bucks, but they make them for only 5 in China and it would great if they included that in the package. The sound quality of the Ipod is very good, and it should be for a couple of hundred bucks but if Apple doesn't make some changes to the 6G Ipod which is probably due out right before Christmas 2006 I believe that other players could offer some resistance to Apple's market share. This includes adding wi-fi, maybe a built in satellite radio function, perhaps different colors for the Ipod, touch face design, maybe a wide screen, it has to be some thing to set the Ipod a part from every other MP3 player out there. All coupled with at least 20 hour battery life with music and 10 hour battery life with video, I think that is one thing that every body can agree on.