![]() ![]() ![]() iPod Photo Release Date: Storage: 30, 40, & 60 GB Battery Life: 15 hours Notable Features: First color screen, slideshow photo viewing The fifth round of iPod models brought more improvements and another new brand. The 4th Gen iPod also boasted improved battery life, adding four hours over that of the previous model. The four playback buttons were removed in favor of a larger version of the Mini's click wheel. iPod 4th Gen Release Date: Storage: 20 & 40 GB Battery Life: 12 hours Notable Features: Abandoned buttons for iPod Mini's click wheel, Supported both FireWire and USB Half a year after the debut of the iPod Mini, Apple introduced a new iPod that took advantage of some of the Mini's improvements. Instead of the standard white iPod, the mini came in various metallic hues. The Mini was also the first model to offer consumers color choices. This setup became known as the click wheel, and it would be used by most iPod models to come. ![]() The four playback buttons were removed and placed beneath the scroll wheel itself. The Mini revised the standard iPod control scheme again. The Mini didn't offer a flash drive, however, but a Microdrive hard drive that offered a compromise between physical size and storage space. Consumers had wondered if Apple might release a smaller, flash-based iPod to compete with rivals like iRiver and Creative. IPod Mini 1st Gen Release Date: Storage: 4 GB Battery Life: 8 hours Notable Features: Mini hard drive, first model to have alternate colors Following on the heels of this iPod revision was an entirely new model called the iPod Mini. ![]()
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