A Must Read if you're in the Market for an iPod...

In my quest to supply everyone with a review of an iPod, I went and bought the new 30GB video iPod (the things I do for my friends!) and have been using it for the last month or so.

I bought an iPod in order to have all my music in one place at the touch of a button, to be able to buy and listen to just one song off the internet without having to make mixed CD's, and also for the portability factor.
Features
Videos: To date I've only bought videos from iTunes to watch on my iPod ( you can also rip your own from DVD's you own, but you have to buy extra software and even with a fast computer it still takes about 2 hrs).
Overall I have been very happy with the video feature. Each video (I invested in Desperate Housewives from iTunes) file is about the size of 3 songs, not to bad for a 45 min video. I did get tired of looking at the small screen after watching about 4-5 hours and so I went and bought a AV Cable for $20 to hook up to my TV. The resolution on my 19" TV is ok but not wonderful.
Music: The best feature.. I can listen to any song I want to without changing CD's and have playlists without burning special CD's.
Photos: Can store pictures and view them
Calendar: Synchs up with an Outlook Calendar. I use this function a lot.
Contacts: Can import contacts from Outlook.
File Storage: Has the ability to store files and then once connected to another computer to download them.

Performance
Battery Life: For listening to songs is about 10 hours and for videos about 2 hours.
Storage: The specs say that the 30GB will hold up to 7,500 songs. I have about 800 on mine and 34 videos and still have about 20GB of storage left.
Charge Time: Charges exceptionally fast. From all the way dead to charged in about 2-3 hours.

The only thing I've been disappointed in is the fact that there are so many accessories to buy to use with an iPod it's hard to choose how to spend your money. There's the docking station at home so you can listen to music in your house without using a computer (~$179 for a nice one), a car adapter to use it in your car (another $40-$70), and camera attachments just to name a few.

Well, I hope this helped if you are thinking about buying one...