Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com Product Description--Posted September 9, 2008:Now you can take it with you. All of it. Available in a 120 GB model that holds up to 30,000 songs, 150 hours of video, 25,000 photos, or any combination, the new iPod classic fills your pocket with sight and sound. Available in quintessential silver or striking new black, iPod classic catches your eye with its sleek, all-metal enclosure composed of anodized aluminum and polished stainless steel. The new Genius Playlist feature creates an on-the-fly playlist of tracks in your library that go great with the song you're listening to. And Cover Flow lets you flip through your music by album artwork. Discovering new music, movies, TV shows, games, audiobooks, and podcasts is easy on the iTunes Store. Even rent a movie from iTunes and watch it on the go. To get everything into your pocket, just connect iPod classic to your Mac or PC, and iTunes transfers your music and more in one seamless sync.
 With the new iPod classic, you can take it with you...all of it. Click to enlarge. |
 Up to 30,000 songs, 150 hours of video, 25,000 photos, or any combination to fill your pocket with sight and sound. Click to enlarge. |
 120 GB at under a half an inch deep. Click to enlarge. |
 Available in quintessential silver or striking new black. Click to enlarge. |
Space Available, and Lots of It
Meet a Musical Genius
Say you're listening to a song you really like and want to hear other tracks that go great with it. With a few clicks, the new Genius feature finds the songs in your library that go great together and makes a playlist for you. You can listen to the playlist right away, save it for later, or even refresh it and give it another go. Count on Genius to create a mix you wouldn't have thought of yourself.
Hold Everything
iPod classic gives you 120 GB of storage capacity, good for up to 30,000 songs, 150 hours of video, 25,000 photos, or any combination. And you get up to 36 hours of battery life, so you can keep on rocking for a long, long time.*
Leave No Tune Behind
With 120 GB of space, iPod classic means you can always have your entire music and movie library with you. Carry it from the living room to a party in the backyard. Or take it on a cross-country road trip and never listen to the same song twice.
Click to Enjoy
Finding exactly what you want to watch or listen to is easy. Use the Click Wheel to browse by album art with Cover Flow or navigate your songs and videos by playlist, artist, album, genre, and more. You also can search for specific titles and artists. Want to mix things up? Click Shuffle Songs for a different experience every time.
Watch Movies and TV Shows
The vivid 2.5-inch display makes video come alive. Purchase or rent movies, buy TV shows, and download video podcasts from the iTunes Store, then sync them to your iPod classic to watch anywhere, anytime.
Play iPod Games
Put hours of fun at your fingertips. iPod classic comes with three games--Vortex, iQuiz, and Klondike--and you can purchase games, such as Monopoly, from the iTunes Store. All iPod games are designed specifically for the iPod interface.
Share Your Photos
iPod classic uses iTunes to sync the photos you have in iPhoto on a Mac or Adobe Photoshop Elements and Adobe Photoshop Album on a PC. View photo slideshows complete with music and transitions on iPod classic, or play them on a TV using an optional Apple component or composite AV cable.
Reduced Environmental Impact
iPod classic embodies Apple's continuing environmental progress. It is designed with the following features to reduce environmental impact:
- Arsenic-free glass
- Brominated flame retardant-free
- Mercury-free
- PVC-free
- Highly recyclable aluminum and stainless steel enclosure
- Recycled and bio-based packaging materials
What's in the Box
Apple iPod classic 120 GB (Black), earphones, USB 2.0 cable, dock adapter, quick start guide
Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review
Buggiest piece of junk I've ever had, November 28, 2009
By
T. DuffyThis thing is the buggiest piece of electronic junk I've ever owned or used. Almost every time I sync it it gets stuck at the end and there's no way to turn it off, much less to remove the battery - a very stupid design from a company that prides itself to an embarrassing extent on design. I have to let the battery run out overnight, then dock it for a while, then after a while it's usable again (so far).
It also not infrequently skips from the middle of a piece to the next, and often just stops and displays a bizarre screen which seems to be saying, "I'm dying." Sometimes it stops for no reason and displays a more innocuous screen, but it's the same refusal to function. I've put a lot of time into cataloguing and organizing my classical music in iTunes and I'm afraid that, even if I can get it fixed, I'll have to spend a lot more time rebuilding a music library on a highly unreliable piece of junk. I'm seriously considering seeing how high I can throw it and enjoying the spectacle when it hits the pavement.
Difficult, November 27, 2009
By
Michelle Thompson (Fl, USA)
I don't know if this is a shared problem or just with this IPod. I had to try many times to load my library from Lime wire to iTunes even though I had the specific directions. Then it took me forever to get the IPod to load my music. When it did it started loading the entire library instead of the playlist. Again I followed the directions to the letter. It didn't help that the apple site was almost completely down for three days. I cancelled the download and it absolutely refused to download the playlist. I needed the music ASAP so I attempted to download the entire playlist again and it wouldn't do it. I attempted it at least five times before contacting Apple. The service rep maddeningly took me through the same simple five steps. Twice. He then informed me that the IPod was not compatible with my music library. Apple promotes itself as being compatible with shared p2p music. On a hunch I deleted the entire library, reloaded it and the IPod accepted it. There is always the possibility it was a problem with ITunes. Definitely look up other reviews on it to be sure. And as always, if it doesn't work. Delete it and start from the beginning.
~Michelle T.
Second One for My Family, November 24, 2009
By
W. Howsley (Plano, TX)
I've owned a 30G iPod Classic for about two years and enjoyed it from the first day that I received it as a gift. My wife had tried a competing brand of MP3 player but found it ungainly to use, both in adding new selections and because of poor capacity. I bought the 120G Classic for her as a birthday present and I don't believe that she will exceed the capacity of this little marvel. Oh, by the way, I'm 73 years old and my wife is 70. As far as the machine is concerned, the sound is excellent and the ease of adding selections and overall use is exceptional. Kudos to Mr. Jobs and his team.
Excellent!, November 23, 2009
By
Rafael Alves Santos (Porto, Portugal)
Great item. Easy to use. Great quality.
I also use it to see some videos about one of my jobs as soccer coach while i'm waiting to go practice.
holy cow, that's a lot of memory!, November 23, 2009
By
austinguy (texas)
upgraded from the itty bitty 2GB nano to this 120GB beast with the intention of putting my entire music collection on it and selling my CDs for some extra cash. well... i've put every CD i own, some i've borrowed, a few movies, and the several hundred songs i've downloaded over the years. and let me tell ya... i will not be running out of room on this ipod anytime soon. 120GB is an INSANE amount of space!!! this may very well be my last ipod purchase. not because i'm dissatisfied in any way... but because i don't see myself ever needing additional memory in the near future! seriously, if you've got similar plans of making your entire music collection portable, i would definitely recommend investing in this piece of hardware. it's like having a cineplex and record store in your pocket. rock on!
