When it is about MP3 player then it is Apple's iPod! This was a truth that couldn't be denied for about 4 years until competitors made their appearance! Portable audio market has come with many new models of MP3 player aiming to set iPod back and even push it out of market. We will call them rivals.

Over the past few years giants such as Sony and Microsoft where fighting for a segment of market lagging behind Apple when it came to digital MP3 players. Some believe that the situation has changed and Apple has to be concerned about its rivals.

One of the most appreciated iPod's features is its compact size! But lately it became an issue, and you can still meet people divided into two opposing camps – those who consider the size the greatest advantage and those who find it the greatest iPod disadvantage.

The small shape makes iPod portable, but its portability leads to damages such as wrecks of the hard drive. Considering that iPod holds thousands of mp3 files you can lose, it won't be a pleasant moment!

There are several facts and specs you should know about iPod in order to figure out whether it is for you or not. Here are some 'raw facts' to generalize your knowledge about iPod:

1. Apple has first released iPod on October 23, 2001.
2. iPod is one of the best selling Mp3 /Mp4 players on the market.

The ease of use, a wide array of downloadable content (iTunes) and original design have made iPod a standard for gadget lovers. Apple faces competition on the MP3 player market, Microsoft being its main rival. The latter hunts for greater market share building alliances with third-party companies (Creative and SanDisk).

The 'white player' is to be replaced by the Zune which paradoxically is in white as well. This portable media player features most of the iPod's functions, adding the possibility to wirelessly share music with others.

Let's say you have got music on your iPod that you don't have on your PC. It could be a situation when you accidentally formated your hard drive, or maybe you deleted some music without backup. You probably don't have the the original source of the music, but you have it on your iPod. What to do to transfer it?

It is better to take care of the matter right away before you lose the music from your iPod as well. The fact is iTunes (program provided by Apple to manage iPod) can manage automatic synchronization of your PC and iPod libraries. It means it can delete all unknown songs in case one of the library misses them. This is the default option when you install iTunes, but you can easily turn it off.

The cell phone market is hung up on high-end technologies. The leading companies engage in competition with the final aim to create unique products with various functions.

Modern cell phones support lots of functions and features, but real life shows that most of people use their cell phones mainly for making calls and sending SMS and rarely MMS (message services). The fact is that most of the offered functions and services are quite expensive. This includes browsing the Web, downloading ringtones, uploading pictures, adding third-party applications or getting media. Besides, high-end cell phones are not quite easy to operate and are less financially attractive.

IPod is a brand of portable media players. It was designed and marketed by Apple; they launched it on October 23, 2001. Since then a lot of versions and derivate models of iPod have been introduced. Today we have the possibility to choose one of the numerous models as there are five generations of iPods.