Hands down, the iPod series have represented the absolute best in digital music players. While the unbelievably easy-to-use interface and seemless desktop integration have been Apple hallmarks since the dawn of time, even Windows users can enjoy this legendary legacy of hardware-software integration. Add to that the iTunes music store, with its massive catalog of over 500,000 songs to chose from (and I think I've already personally bought most of these!), then there's little else left to debate. Sure, there are competing online music vendors out there, but Apple's iTunes Music Store has got it perfect.

But I can't say all that much negative about the iPod Mini. It's light. It's tiny enough to slip into a pocket. It's sleek. It's beautiful. (It gets noticed a lot more than I do!) The sound is awesome. Whether mp3, aiff, wav, or aac (the mp4 format that blows the doors off older formats in terms of quality packed into a small amount of memory), the sound coming out of this baby is, in a word, luscious.



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