Apple iPods Part 2: iPod Classic Gets Bigger, But Thinner

Sounding like a Coke flavour, Apple has refreshed its iPod ‘Classic’ player by swapping out some smaller drives with some bigger ones, leaving consumers with a choice of an 80GB or, a whopping 160GB model. Like the new iPod Touch, it also comes with the new interface Cover Flow feature, which lets you browse music by album cover – although, not with your finger on the display like the Touch.

It also sports a new, all-metal chassis and with 160GB of storage under the hood, Apple says it will cope with 40,000 songs – the first generation iPod could tackle a 1,000 and I remember when I thought that was a lot too.

In usage terms, Apple promises up to 40 hours of music playback and seven hours of video playback on the 160GB model and up to 30 hours of music playback and five hours of video playback on the 80GB model.

Both models are shipping now and cost £159 for the 80GB player and £229 for the 160GB one.