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(Review) - The device that generated the most press and the most media hype in the last few months has been Apple’s iPod. It’s not because it’s the most successful player in the market (though that worked to Apple’s advantage), but mainly because the rumors have abounded for months regarding the video iPod.

The curiosity was piqued further when Steve Jobs made the statement that nobody had done a portable video player right ‘yet’. Sure enough, Apple launched the 5th generation iPod a few weeks ago, and now that we finally have our hands on one, here’s our take on the device.

The iPod we got is the black and shiny 30GB version, which, quite honestly, looks incredibly better than the 60GB edition. Since it’s slimmer, the black exterior of the device comes out nicely, thereby making it look ultra chic and slick.

Frankly, there’s nothing spectacularly brilliant about the video iPod except for the fact that it’s now shipping with 30GB of storage and does video. With that said, there are a couple of features that have been integrated to add value to the video iPod, but before we get into that, let’s take a look at Apple’s packaging, which is by far one the best we’ve seen from any manufacturer.

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