Apple iPod Video 60 GB Black MA147LL/A (5th Generation) OLD MODEL

Sometimes You Just Want More
Okay, so you're thinking of buying an iPod. You've seen the iPod Touch and you've been blown away. Who wouldn't be? It's a great little gizmo. You can do a lot with it, surf the web, play Tetris, learn Japanese, do e-mail, play music and so much more, but if you're like me and have more music than you can shake a stick and you want to carry it with you wherever you go, then the iPod Touch just might not cut the mustard, storage wise.

If it's just music or videos you want an iPod for. Or if you have an iPhone and you need a second device to carry around your music, then I'd heartedly recommend a 5th Gen iPod. Read on and see why.

I was cruising Amazon, checking out small hard drives, as I wanted to carry all my music around with me. I somehow wound up the page for the Apricorn Bio Hard Drive, a beautiful little beauty, to be sure, but I don't really need to protect my music from prying eyes, or ears for that matter. However, I clicked on over to their website and I found something much better than an external drive. I found their upgrade kit for the 5th Generation iPods and I knew it was exactly what I was looking for.

If you've got either the 5th Generation 30GB, the 60GB or the 80GB you are in luck, because not only do you have one great machine, but you can make it outstanding. Apple's current iPod Classic carries 160GB of storage, with the upgrade from Apricorn you can turn your 5th Gen 30GB iPod into a 120GB beauty and Apricorn throws in a new 580mAH battery with the hard drive along with all the direction and the tools you'll need to do the job yourself. Yeah, you don't have to send your machine to Apple to replace that battery. It's not that hard.

But what if you've got a 5th Gen 60 or 80GB iPod. Well for over half a C note less than what a new iPod Classic costs, you can upgrade the iPod you have with 240GB of storage, yeah, 240 gigs, that's a lot of music. And you get a new battery with this upgrade, too. So, how hard is the upgrade to do. It took me twenty minutes, it's easier than you'd think. Once finished, hook the iPod up to you're computer and let iTunes do it's magic and you're good to go.

The 5th Gen iPod is a solid music player even without upgrading. It's easy enough to sink it with iTunes and change the music on it. I wouldn't hesitate recommending it to anyone, but if you want more, well you can have it.

Not bad
I bought the 60GB refurbished. It took a long time to get to my place ( i think i ordered from digimedia?) and the tracking information was non-existant until the item was delivered. I got the Ipod and it only had a small scratch on the screen and a few small ones on the back, but no big deal. I have had a few problems with it freezing and refusing to charge and I don't know if that is a common problem with all ipods or if its just because i bought a used one. I don't know. Was 175 dollars refurb. Just an FYI, the apple store online sells the 80 gig refurbs for 169 and do not charge shipping. The just don't always have them in stock. Buy refurbished from apple directly and you get the manufacturer warranty.

great purchase
this used ipod was a great replacement (seeing that my older one got stolen) and was priced reasonably!

I can't rate my item because I haven't recived yet.I believe is the mail service fault but I need to wait .
I think the seller accomplished and sent the item in time, however I haven't received yet.The mail service (federal postal service) will proceed with an investigation. Hopefully this mess will be clarify.The only thing I wanted is the item. Please give some time, the same time I'm giving you and the postal service.Thank you......WBorges

What can I say It's an IPod
Been using it for a year now and never had any problems, battery life is excellent, but i think i bought too much of a capacity have used only 27GB max ;)...

My best buy so far!