An iPod for those who do not want to choose With a storage capacity of 80 or 160 GB iPod classic is designed for those who want to take away everything, everywhere. Pierre Fontaine, the 10/09/2007 at 13:55

It is almost gone unnoticed. Just it has been granted a look and a few minutes. The iPod has become the classic iPod since the arrival of the iPod touch, star of the new Apple portable. Nevertheless, the Cupertino company has not forgotten at its big annual update.

By surreptitiously slipping, the 80 GB disk fitted to the top model of the previous generation replaces the 30 gigabyte bottom of the pyramid and is replaced himself with a new 160 GB iPod No less.

Size and weight

• 80GB model
• Height: 4.1 inches (103.5 mm)
• Width: 2.4 inches (61.8 mm)
• Depth: 0.41 inch (10.5 mm)
• Weight: 4.9 ounces (140 grams)
• 160GB model
• Height: 4.1 inches (103.5 mm)
• Width: 2.4 inches (61.8 mm)
• Depth: 0.53 inch (13.5 mm)
• Weight: 5.7 ounces (162 grams)

Capacity

• 80GB or 160GB hard drive
• Holds up to 20,000 or 40,000 songs in 128-Kbps AAC format
• Holds up to 25,000 iPod-viewable photos
• Holds up to 100 hours or up to 200 hours of video
• Stores data via USB hard drive

Display

• 2.5-inch (diagonal) color LCD with LED backlight
• 320-by-240-pixel resolution at 163 pixels per inch

Audio

• Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
• Audio formats supported: AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4), Apple Lossless, WAV, and AIFF

Video

• H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; H.264 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 3.0 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats

Mac system requirements

• Mac computer with USB 2.0 port
• Mac OS X v10.4.9 or later
• iTunes 7.6 or later

Windows system requirements

• PC with USB 2.0 port
• Windows Vista or Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 2 or later
• iTunes 7.6 or later

Languages

• Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, and Turkish
• Additional language support for display of song, album, and artist information: Bulgarian, Croatian, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, and Ukrainian

A huge storage capacity, which should make life easier for those who do not know or do not make a selection in their music library. With such a record, it is easy to imagine can store files other than video and MP3/AAC.
Externally the new iPod classic adopt the edges a little more rounded and an anodized aluminum hull. Their appearance is similar to that of the new iPod nano.

Either way, internally, they receive a new navigation interface, with a division of the screen into two parts, and function Cover Flow. The latter allows the user to browse through its library collection by the album.
In addition, prices have been revised downwards. Thus, the 80 GB model is sold 259 euros (compared to 301 euros for the old model 30 GB) and the model 160 GB reached 359 euros (compared to 407 euros for the old model 80 GB). Affordable for a combined managed a priori between a top-flight player and an ultra portable hard drive.