Apple iPod 20GB (Gen 2)

This is the best MP3 player on the market! In fact its the best portable audio player on the market, with it's huge built in memory, touch pannel selection buttons, backlit screen, playable games, rechargable built in battery, firewire and USB 2.0 compatibility, calandar function, alarm clock, contacts and more!

The Ipods are expensive, but you get what you pay for - a durable music player than is compact and light, which will last you a lifetime!

When will you need to get a music player with bigger storage capacity?

When my friend bought one, I thought he'd wasted a lot of money just for a music player. That was until I'd seen and used it, and you can guess what my next purchase was!

Fantastic stylish design with touch panel selection buttons.

This particular version comes with most of the added extras, each costing a lot of money when bought seperately.

Extensive range of options.

BAcklit screen, perfect for selecting songs in the dark.

8 Hour battery life.

Ipod Mini is also available.

There is so much functionality in such a small device!

The screen is a little faint without the backlight on, but keeping this on drains battery life quicker.

A colour screen would have been very nice (although black and white is fine)

Out of all the other MP3 players on the marker, this is by far the best one! The Ipod models are all the same, except for their capacity.

If you have a lot of music, and are always travelling and want something to occupy youself, then this is a must buy! If you want a cool gadget, then this is also a must buy!

Like Neil has said below, the Ipod mini's which are available are more expensive, hold much less songs and don't have the great touch panel feature.

The standard Ipod's are mini enough for me anyway!

The Apple iPod is a portable jukebox that is a bit bigger than a credit card in length and width.

It comes with the iTunes software you need to install on your PC or Mac to be able to use it which allows you to quickly choose which songs to upload to your iPod and it is incredibly easy to create playlists. It also allows you to easily edit the met tags of your mp3 files which will ensure your iPod's browse function will correctly place everything where it should be.

The browse function is very extensive, allowing you to search by Artist, Albums, All songs, Genres and composers. So it preety much auto creates all the play lists you will want though on top of all that you can make your own.

The 20GB version also comes with a protective case, wired control (which you can connect between the headphones and iPod itself), Docking station, firewire to docking station cable, mains adapter, and instruction booklets.

This version of the iPod (unlike the iPod mini) employs an incredible touch senstive control system, there are no actual buttons but a really intuitive, touch sensitive system which enhances the iPods usability infinately!

Extra features:

Games, including parachute, bricks, solitaire, and music quiz (which uses the music in your iPod to create a ''guess the song'' quiz!).

Contacts, you can transfer your contacts over from microsoft outlook or similar programs.

Sleep Timer, you can set the ipod to turn of in 15, 30, 60, 90 or 120 minutes which will preserve your battery after you fall asleep!

Alarm clock, you can choose a playlist that will start playing at any chosen time.

Calendar, you can transfer over calendar appointments from your PC/Mac.

Notes, you can transfer notes over from your PC or Mac.

Loads of settings and customisable main menu.

High defintion screen with backlight.

The fact that there are two many features to list here, all of which are very useful,

Great sound quality,

Easy to use software,

Wealth of options in terms of playlisting,

Touch senstive controls are incredible,

Very very very stylish.

Can plug into an auxiliary input of any Stereo/CD player turning it into an actual jukebox!

Shuffle and repeat options.

Everything I mentioned in the introduction!

Bizarrely there is no stop button, but there is a pause which effectively does the same thing so this is not really a weakness.

Battery life, at 8 hours, could be a little longer but not an issue unless you often take long road trips or flights.

If you have loads of cds you want to listen to on the move get this now, whether its a large CD collection or an MP3 collection, this is the only way to go, this or any of the other iPods that is. There is no difference between this model or the 10mb, 15mb 30mb or 40mb models apart from their capacity (and price). Be careful that the iPod mini is a slightly different product, its physically smaller, no touch sensitive controls, and much less capacity.