MP3s

MP3 is a compressed audio-specific format, but I’m just going to refer to it as songs you can put on portable players. The first MP3 player I ever got was about March of 2007. I didn’t know what I was missing! Before then if I wanted to listen to music while I was out and about I had to carry a bunch of CDs with me. It was awkward. But the 30 gigabyte iPod I now have allows me to bring 100 CDs worth of songs with me wherever I go. I don’t have to worry about it skipping, I can find any song almost insantly, the battery life is longer, and it lights up so it’s easy to read. From what I know I can even put pictures and videos on it. That’d be cool! Maybe one day I’ll put Twister on it!
There are a few good places online that you can find MP3s. Among these sites are Rhapsody, Napster, and iTunes. At each of these sites you can find songs by artist, track, or album. You can also download songs you like. Sometimes you can download songs for free, but other times you have to pay. I know that you can also find movies to download at iTunes.
When I got my iPod I got out my CDs one by one. I copied them to my computer. Once I had them on iTunes I hooked up my iPod and started transfering them. This process took about 2 days. I have more than one and a half thousand songs on my iPod now, and it only takes up about 5 gigabytes. That’s only 1 sixth of my availibe memory.
The iPod I have is slick and shiny, but I have it in a nice case that protects it. My brother had an iPod long before I ever did and told me that they can malfunction. Mine never has. Of course my brother hasn’t been as careful with his as I have with mine. Hopefully it will last for years. It cost me about $300.00 at Best Buy. I think they’ve gone down in price since then. But it was definitely worth it, and is the best portable audio player I’ve ever had. I’ve really enjoyed it!