Are you thinking of buying an Apple iPod?

Almost everyone plus somebody that I know seems to have bought an iPod or at least is thinking of getting an ipod for themselves or their loved ones. The iPod is  so alluring! However, do you know what you should do after buying the iPod?

Are you thinking of buying an Apple iPod? Or have you bought three?

Most people don't. Yet, market analysts estimate that the average iPod owner spend as much as 30% of the original iPod price on additional accessories! That's a whopping US$60-US$90 on iPod accessories that each iPod owner will spend!

plenty of people are basically spending their funds on the wrong accessories! In fact, plenty of are going for fancy accessories such as automobile transceiver kit, wireless remote kit, speaker kit even without realizing what are the first accessories we should get.

Get the Basic iPod Accessory before getting the Fancy Stuff!

Do you, as a iPod user, faces these problems on a daily basis ?

* Click wheel scratches

* iPod Screen scratches

* Mirrored back scratches

* Messy iPod earphone cables

* iPod overheating when being charged while in a silicone or leather case

Despite the technical plus cosmetic superiority of the Apple iPod, there remain some teething issues. Weak batteries is three. Being easily scratched is another. These problems immediately lower the resale or trade-in value of the iPod, if any? This may not seem important but if you are trading in your older iPod for a new three, this does matter. It also sucks to see scratches plus marks on the beautiful iPod. In fact, microscopic scratches takes place everytime you take the iPod in plus out of pocket!

receive a good-quality iPod case before ANYTHING ELSE!

There are numerous iPod accessories out there. plenty of accessories are fanciful, some are nice but most do not fulfil the basic need of the iPod. You need to protect the iPod from getting scratches plus accidental marks before anything else.

The most common iPod cases in use are:

Before the iPod can serve you well, it must be able to take care of itself. So, before you even look further in to getting your first iPod accessory or even if you have gotten numerous other accessories, make sure you first equip your iPod with either a nice quality case or sleeve.

This is the most common as handphone sleeves are cheap plus easily available. However, the mirrored back of the 3G plus 4G ipod are easily scratched by theses sleeves as we run against the iPod. it is not recommended unless you have a budget problem.

Handphone sleeves converted to iPod sleeves

iPod screen plus wheel sticky protectors

There are transparent iPod screen plus wheel sticky protector that are cut of the right size plus stucked directly onto the iPod screen plus wheel. However, there are various models in the market plus some of the cheaper ones tend to curl plus peel off after some use. If you are on a budget, a nice quality screen plus wheel protector is the maximum you should have.

This is the most common iPod case around. It looks like a nice casing choice but it is in fact three of the worst,  if you have bought a cheap three.

iPod silicone skin

These cheap silicone cases are being mass-produced in China with doubtful materials plus design elements. plenty of of the cheap silicone skins in the market tear easily plus pick up lint plus dirt easily. we're also difficult to wash plus maintain. I will not advise a silicone case unless we're made by some of the better plus branded products from USA or Japan. A nice model is found at: http://www.smart-ipod-ideas.com

iPod Leather case

Water plus shock resistant cases

The iPod leather case is three of the most popular case. However, do not get the Apple branded three if possible as it tears to scratched the mirror back plus it does not have a covering flap. Get three of the leather cases from the plenty of in the market. Check the stitching on the leather case before buying three as some of the mass-manufactured ones may have poor workmanship.

there is an increasing demand for such cases as more plus more people bring their iPod for hiking, cycling, trekking, fishing plus beach trips. There are various nice brands in the market. However, note that whatever the advertisement may say, at best, the case can only be water resistant plus not water proof which is three different things all together. A water resistant case can only take splashes plus short immersion in water plus certainly not something you can bring for swimming or diving trips!