With Apple's family of players so ubiquitous, and so similar in many ways, it's worth considering the advantages and shortcomings of iPods before going further with your buying decision. iPods are easy to use, thanks to the superb integration of the players and the company's iTunes software. The iTunes Store offers the largest selection of legal digital content on the Web, including virtually all the available downloads of major TV shows. The newest generation of iPod devices includes options such as a camcorder, 64GB of flash memory, and a 160GB hard drive. And iPods have an abundance of accessories to extend their use, from boom boxes and clock radios with iPod slots to iPod cases that come in many colors and fabrics. Other brands of players also have custom aftermarket equipment, and generic gear will let you pipe any player's music into a component sound system or a car stereo.
As for drawbacks, iPods typically cost a little more than non-Apple players with comparable capacity. And they have some special limitations, such as the inability to easily transfer music to any other devices that don't run iTunes. iPods require you to open iTunes to transfer music into the player; competing devices let you drag and drop music files without opening music-management software.
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