iPods at a Glance

Your iPod at a Glance

With so many iPods in so many different flavours recognising what you have attached to your belt or have hanging from your arm needs more than a quick glance at the logo.

This is where our handy iPod guide comes into its own.

You can tell which iPod model you have by checking:

• If it has a scroll wheel, a touch wheel, or a Click Wheel.
• The size of its hard drive.
• If it has a colour or monochrome screen.
• The dock connector.

You can also sound like an iPod expert thanks to our at-a-glance guide below.

Model

iPod shuffle (Second Generation) (1 GB)

Fifth Generation iPod (Late 2006) (30 GB or 80 GB)

iPod nano (Second Generation) (2 GB, 4 GB, or 8 GB)

iPod nano (1 GB)

Fifth Generation iPod (also known as iPod with video) (60 GB)

Fifth Generation iPod (also known as iPod with video) (30 GB)

iPod nano (4 GB)

iPod nano (2 GB)

iPod with colour display (60 GB)

iPod with colour display (20 GB)

iPod photo (30 GB)
(also known as iPod with colour display)

iPod mini (4 GB Second Generation)

iPod mini (6 GB Second Generation)

iPod shuffle (512 MB)

iPod shuffle (1 GB)

iPod photo (40 GB)
(also known as iPod with colour display)

iPod photo (60 GB)
(also known as iPod with colour display)

iPod (20 GB Click Wheel)

iPod (40 GB Click Wheel)

iPod mini

iPod (20 GB dock connector)

iPod (40 GB dock connector)

iPod (10 GB dock connector)

iPod (15 GB dock connector)

iPod (30 GB dock connector)

iPod (10 GB touch wheel)

iPod (20 GB touch wheel)

iPod (10 GB scroll wheel)

iPod (5 GB scroll wheel)

Year - Month

2006-09

2006-09

2006-09

2006-02

2005-10

2005-10

2005-09

2005-09

2005-06

2005-06

2005-02

2005-02

2005-02

2005-01

2005-01

2004-10

2004-10

2004-07

2004-07

2004-01

2003-09

2003-09

2003-04

2003-04

2003-04

2002-07

2002-07

2002-03

2001-10

Scrolling

n/a

Click Wheel

Click Wheel

Click Wheel

Click Wheel

Click Wheel

Click Wheel

Click Wheel

Click Wheel

Click Wheel

Click Wheel

Click Wheel

Click Wheel

n/a

n/a

Click Wheel

Click Wheel

Click Wheel

Click Wheel

Click Wheel

touch wheel

touch wheel

touch wheel

touch wheel

touch wheel

touch wheel

touch wheel

scroll wheel

scroll wheel

Drive size

1 GB

30 GB or 80 GB

2 GB, 4 GB, or 8 GB

1 GB

60 GB

30 GB

4 GB

2 GB

60 GB

20 GB

30 GB

4 GB

6 GB

512 MB

1 GB

40 GB

60 GB

20 GB

40 GB

4 GB

20 GB

40 GB

10 GB

15 GB

30 GB

10 GB

20 GB

10 GB

5 GB

Software

1.0

1.2

1.0.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2

1.2.1

1.2.1

1.2.1

1.4.1

1.4.1

1.1.4

1.1.4

1.2.1

1.2.1

3.1.1

3.1.1

1.4.1

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.3

2.3

1.5

1.5

1.5

1.5

Tip: How to tell iPod's hard drive size

To determine your iPod's hard drive size:
Select Main Menu > Settings > About.
On some models, the hard drive size is engraved on the metal case near the bottom.