The gift of music is always a great gift, and there are few gifts that will make your man sing a tune like an Apple iPod. The days of clunky portable audio players are over with the advent of the iPod, with its small, sleek design - and yet generous file capacity - allowing for musical nirvana without all of the cumbersome accessories.  Whether used for music, videos, or other forms of media, the iPod is the gift to get for your man with a taste for the latest and greatest technology. There are a variety of Apple iPods for you to consider for him for that special occasion; the fruit of your labor searching for that great gift ends right here with the iPod.

Apple launched the iPod in 2001, and it has taken over as one of the most desired portable media players. Users can download music, videos, and more to their iPods.  For music lovers, iPods can be loaded with songs from existing CD collections, and even from Apple's iTunes store, where users can buy individual songs (generally about $0.99 per song), or even entire CD play lists. A sleek user interface, highlighted by a "click wheel" and display screen on many iPod models (iPod and iPod nano), allows users to find appropriate songs, videos, and more with relative ease. The breadth of your man's musical interests will dictate the type of iPod you purchase: look for the fifth generation iPod for the most capacity (30GB - 80GB of storage), the slightly smaller but still powerful iPod nano, which can hold up to 2,000 songs, or the iPod shuffle for those with smaller musical libraries, which, with 1 GB of capacity, can still hold up to 200 - 250 songs (please note the iPod shuffle does not utilize the "click wheel" and display screen; instead, it is supported by Play/Pause and Reverse/Forward buttons).  A variety of colors also can be selected to fit your man's visual needs.

No matter which version of the iPod you choose, this fabulous technology from Apple Inc. will make a stupendous gift for a guy looking to take a lot of music (and more) on the go without the burden of a large CD collection. Grab him an iPod today, and it - and you - will be the apple of his eye for a long time to come.