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Out of the box the iPod comes with a Firewire-to-Dock
cable, but does not include the USB2-to-Dock cable even though it supports
USB2. However, Apple is selling this USB2 cable seperately, which
currently costs £15.00. The iPods come with v2.0 of the firmware
and this supports AAC which is MPEG-4 audio, On-the-Go playlists, the regular
game, Brick, along with two new ones being Solitaire and Parachute, and an Alarm
Clock that can play any playlist or beep.
To test the advantage of AAC I coded the 'Daredevil
OST Album' in MP3 and AAC at 160Kbps, and the AAC equivalent was 10MB smaller. Testing
of the Firewire performance was conducted on my 15-inch
Powerbook G4 and the results are as follows:
| Test File Size | # of Files |
Time Taken | Speed |
| 2918MB |
4 DivXs |
185s | 15.8MBps |
| 735MB |
1 DivX |
45s | 16.3MBps |
| 604MB |
99 files |
47s | 12.9MBps |
Average Speed: 15MBps (ATA-66 4200rpm HDD)
The earphone jack is of the basic 3.5mm phono
plug, and the included remote fits into the same socket. The hold
button helps to prevent accidental touches of the buttons, and is used to
cause a hard-reset.
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