iPODS BECOME HOLIDAY GIFT WORTH LISTENING TO
By STEPHANIE WHALEN

Everyone’s seen the iPod commercials -- silhouettes of music lovers jumping, whipping their hair around, pounding fists in the air, stomping to songs like U2’s "Vertigo." But for those less technologically inclined, the iPod may sound more like a new blockbuster science fiction movie than a Christmas gift.

Apple, the computer company manufacturing the iPod, advertises it as a "musical dream come true" with storage capacities enabling consumers to "slip up to 10,000 songs" in their pocket, and play them 12 hours on a single battery charge.

Like the Walkman and the portable radio, the iPod lets consumers enjoy their favorite tunes where they please - in a car, a park, on the treadmill, around the house and in the office.

But what makes them so special?

A Best Buy store associate on Baltimore Pike said simply, "iPods are the easiest to use and sound the best."

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