Detailed Apple iPod Photo 30GB MP3 Player Description & Review

Apple: iPod Photo 30GB £289.00inc. VAT  &  Delivery

This player has been superceded by the new video ipod black 30GB and the new video ipod white 30GB

Are Apple finally catching-up with the likes of Archos and iRiver with this 30GB photo capable offering? Yes!

The 30GB iPod photo and the 60GB iPod photo are essentially the same jukebox with different capacities. You can see a full description and review of the 30GB and 60GB iPod photo models here.

This page is specifically for the iPod 30GB photo version.

30GB is an unusual - though not unheard of - capacity. Traditionally the capacities of the HD models go: 20GB 40GB 80GB. The only other major manufacturer (at the time of writing) that does use a 30GB and 60GB jukebox model are Creative Labs.

However, using a greater capacity is a smart marketing ploy by Apple. It means that when you compare players of 20GB capacity that have slightly better features to one that costs approximately the same, has 30GB of storage and has the name iPod, it makes the iPod look pretty good. You could almost use the phrase 'value for money'! (Since the prices came down at least).

30GB gets you a standard 500 or so hours of MP3 music encoded at 128Kbps. You can get slightly more AAC if you use a more rigorous compression rate (down to 98Kbps, for example). That 'slightly more per track' translates to an extra hundred hours or so overall!

30GB also means serious amounts of photos can be stored. Approximately 12,000 jpegs worth of images would fill this baby. The best use, though, you would have to say is a combination of photos and images.

iPod 30GB photo is a good photo-jukebox that offers good features and good value. If you don't believe us have a look at how this model performs in a FIGHT!, or if you want to order yours just click below.