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Icon
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Model
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Year-Month introduced
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Scrolling device
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Drive size
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iPod Generation
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Fifth
Generation iPod (also known as iPod with video)
(60 GB) U2 SE
|
2006-06
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Click Wheel
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30 GB
|
5th
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Fifth
Generation iPod (also known as iPod with video)
(60 GB)
|
2005-10
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Click Wheel
|
60 GB
|
5th
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|
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Fifth
Generation iPod (also known as iPod with video)
(30 GB)
|
2005-10
|
Click Wheel
|
30 GB
|
5th
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|
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iPod
nano (1 GB)
|
2006-02
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Click Wheel
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1 GB
|
Nano
|
|
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iPod
nano (4 GB)
|
2005-09
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Click Wheel
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4 GB
|
Nano
|
|
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iPod
nano (2 GB)
|
2005-09
|
Click Wheel
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2 GB
|
Nano
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iPod
with color display (60 GB)
|
2005-06
|
Click Wheel
|
60 GB
|
2nd Gen
Photo
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|
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iPod
with color display (20 GB)
|
2005-06
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Click Wheel
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20 GB
|
2nd Gen
Photo
|
|
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iPod
photo (30 GB)
(also known as iPod with color display)
|
2005-02
|
Click Wheel
|
30 GB
|
1st Gen
Photo
|
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iPod
mini (4 GB Second Generation)
|
2005-02
|
Click Wheel
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4 GB
|
2nd Gen Mini
|
|
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iPod
mini (6 GB Second Generation)
|
2005-02
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Click Wheel
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6 GB
|
2nd Gen Mini
|
|
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iPod
shuffle (512 MB)
|
2005-01
|
n/a
|
512 MB
|
Shuffle
|
|
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iPod
shuffle (1 GB)
|
2005-01
|
n/a
|
1 GB
|
Shuffle
|
|
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iPod
photo (40 GB)
(also known as iPod with color display)
|
2004-10
|
Click Wheel
|
40 GB
|
1st Gen
Photo
|
|
|
iPod
photo (60 GB)
(also known as iPod with color display)
|
2004-10
|
Click Wheel
|
60 GB
|
1st Gen
Photo
|
|
|
iPod
(20 GB Click Wheel)
|
2004-07
|
Click Wheel
|
20 GB
|
4th Gen
|
|
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iPod
(40 GB Click Wheel)
|
2004-07
|
Click Wheel
|
40 GB
|
4th Gen
|
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iPod
mini
|
2004-01
|
Click Wheel
|
4 GB
|
1st Gen Mini
|
|
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iPod
(20 GB dock connector)
|
2003-09
|
touch wheel
|
20 GB
|
3rd Gen
|
|
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iPod
(40 GB dock connector)
|
2003-09
|
touch wheel
|
40 GB
|
3rd Gen
|
|
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iPod
(10 GB dock connector)
|
2003-04
|
touch wheel
|
10 GB
|
3rd Gen
|
|
|
iPod
(15 GB dock connector)
|
2003-04
|
touch wheel
|
15 GB
|
3rd Gen
|
|
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iPod
(30 GB dock connector)
|
2003-04
|
touch wheel
|
30 GB
|
3rd Gen
|
|
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iPod
(10 GB touch wheel)
|
2002-07
|
touch wheel
|
10 GB
|
2nd Gen
|
|
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iPod
(20 GB touch wheel)
|
2002-07
|
touch wheel
|
20 GB
|
2nd Gen
|
|
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iPod
(10 GB scroll wheel)
|
2002-03
|
scroll wheel
|
10 GB
|
1st Gen
|
|
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iPod
(5 GB scroll wheel)
|
2001-10
|
scroll wheel
|
5 GB
|
1st Gen
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How to tell which model you have
Several external features can help you
identify your iPod.
Fifth Generation iPod (also known as iPod with
video)
The Fifth Generation iPod is a a hard drive-based iPod
featuring a large, widescreen color display, a Click Wheel, and
the capability of displaying photos and videos. Like iPod nano, it
uses USB for syncing and comes in white and black.
iPod nano
iPod nano is smaller than iPod mini and has a color screen and
a Click Wheel but has flash memory instead of a hard drive. Song
and photo syncing only occurs over USB 2 (not FireWire). iPod nano
comes in white and black.
iPod mini
iPod mini is distinguished from other models by:
iPod with color display
iPod and iPod photo are now one and the same, with every white
iPod boasting a full-color display. They continue to have the same
controls as iPod (Click Wheel) but now all models have a color
display like iPod photo - ideal for viewing album artwork and
playing slideshows.
iPod (Click Wheel)
iPod (Click Wheel) models have a Click Wheel like the iPod mini,
but are larger and the hold switch is on the top-right side. iPod
(Click Wheel) models have a monochrome display.
iPod Special Edition U2 (4th Gen)
The iPod Special Edition U2 is an iPod (Click Wheel) with a 20 GB
hard drive. The differences are external and include: Black
plastic exterior, red Click Wheel, signatures of the U2 band
members engraved on the back, and "iPod Special Edition
U2" engraved on the back. In June 2005 a new version of the
iPod Special Edition U2 was introduced that is an iPod with color
display with the same distinctive red and black exterior as
before.
iPod photo (also known as iPod with color
display)
iPod photo models are functionally and visually identical to the
iPod with color display (see above photo).
iPod shuffle
iPod shuffle is smaller than iPod mini and has no display. There
are LED lights on the front and back. The capacity of the drive is
engraved on the front USB connector.
iPod (dock connector -- 3rd Gen)
iPod (dock connector) models have a dock connector as
illustrated here.
Newer iPod models like iPod (Click Wheel) and iPod mini also
have a dock connector, but the iPod (dock connector) has a touch
wheel instead of a Click Wheel and the four control buttons are
above the touch wheel.
iPod (touch wheel -- 2nd Gen)
All iPod (touch wheel) models have a FireWire port cover.
Scroll wheel models don't, and dock connector models don't have a
FireWire port. The iPod (touch wheel) model controls look similar
to the iPod (scroll wheel) but the touch wheel itself does not
turn. The top of an iPod (touch wheel) model is shown here:
1. FireWire port
cover
2. FireWire port
3. Headphones port
4. Hold switch
iPod (scroll wheel -- 1st Gen)
iPod (scroll wheel) models have a scroll wheel that physically
turns. The controls (Play, Menu, Next, Previous) appear in a
circle around the wheel.
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