If you’re like most people who own one of Apple’s beautiful iPods, you’re probably in love with it. But you also want to be sure you get the most out of your investment and enjoy every one of its incredible features. And that includes the ability to watch all your favorite movies.

Apple’s latest iPods are built primarily for playing music, but don’t forget they come fully equipped with superb multimedia features. So if you thought they were just for listening to music, think again. You can also view photo albums, play games, and watch movies, and more. And the performance is superb due to advanced technology that uses Mp4 encoding.

Mp4, also known as MPEG-4, is the global multimedia standard defined by the Moving Picture Experts Group that delivers professional-quality audio and video streams over a wide range of bandwidths. Mp4 enables DVD-quality video to be delivered at lower data rates and smaller file sizes, and that’s very important on smaller devices with limited storage capacity.

Your iPod is already able to play Mp4 files. Transferring movie files to your iPod is easy. First, download the files you want from the Internet to your PC. Second, ensure they are in mp4 format. If you need to convert them you can use software such as Aom MP4 Converter. Third, add the mp4 files into your iTunes library. iTunes is the software that is provided with your iPod. Finally, connect your iPod to your PC and follow the onscreen instructions to transfer the files.

This is a beautiful device and it would be a shame to use it only for one purpose and to miss out on all its other uses. So I guess now you’ll be watching movies, listening to music and playing games, all day long. Who’s going to get any work done? Well, not me, I’m kind of busy right now.

Neil Wallace is an avid multimedia enthusiast and the editor of Mp4 Magazine. For movies, music and multimedia reources, visit http://www.Mp4Magazine.com

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To save $100 a month, you need to spend $3.25 a day less than you do now. Does
that sound so terrible?

With a little bit of ingenuity, you can pull it off without having to live like a recluse
hermit. And, once you are in the groove, you can use that $100 a month $1200 a
year to fund your exotic vacation habit, pay off those student loans, start a
business or sock away for your early retirement. Here are a few more tips to get you
on track for your savings goals.

1. Go vegetarian. If you can cut meat out of just three meals a week, you can shave
between $15 and $25 off your grocery bill. If you do that for an entire month,
you’ve already saved yourself $60 to $100.

2. Never buy new. eBay, Half.com, and the Amazon marketplace are your friends. If
you just have to have it and can’t resist, take the time to look around for the best
deal, or have the willpower to wait for the sale. Check out your local freecycling Web
community or Craigslist and see if you can get what you need for free.

3. Don’t hit the pop machine or the vending machine at work. Those 50 cent sodas
and 65 cent candy bars add inches round the middle and break the bank. Drink
water with lunch or stock your desk drawer with healthier, cheaper snacks you
picked up during your regular grocery stop.

4. Pay your bills online, and save the 37 cent stamp. If your bank charges you for
online services, get on the phone and haggle. Sometimes, they’ll lower the fees if
you threaten to move your accounts to a competing bank.

5. If you have credit card, student loan or mortgage debt, pay weekly or biweekly
instead of once a month. It’ll save you serious dough on interest charges, which
accrue before your due date, and will help you pay off your balance faster.

6. Use energy at off peak hours. If you call your electric company, they can let you
know if your area offers lower rates during off hours, usually in the evening or late
at night. Running the dishwasher or your washer/dryer during off hours can cost
you 40 % less.

7. Don’t overbuy at the grocery store. Are you the proud owner of a drawer full of
wilted lettuce and broccoli? Time to stay on top of exactly what is in your
refrigerator and make sure you eat it before it goes bad.

8. Give yourself a cash allowance and stick to it! Give yourself half of what you
usually spend every week on eating out, entertainment, movies, video rentals, etc.
and vow to spend not one penny more. Use cash only, not credit or debit cards, so
that you actually have to peel those 5, 10 and 20 dollar bills off the wad when you
hit the check out. It’s a bigger eye opener than just signing the slip when you hand
over your card. It’s bound to make you realize how much you are spending on
frivolous things.
When you run out of allowance, don’t spend another dime. Over time, you’ll relearn
what you knew when you were 8 years old saving up for something makes it
much sweeter when you finally get it.

9. Refuse to pay for parking. In most towns, you can save yourself the cost of a lot
or a meter by taking 10 extra minutes to drive around looking for a free spot. You’ll
probably have to walk a few extra blocks, but the savings really adds up.

10. Evaluate your cell phone. Are you getting stuck with extra fees? Are you
constantly using more minutes than you planned? Either send an email instead of
calling to reduce your minutes or get on the phone and haggle for a more affordable
plan.

11. Ditch the cable television. A lot of people think of cable television as a
necessity,rather than a luxury. But with monthly plans hitting you for $30 to $100 it
may be time to either switch to a basic, cheaper plan or dump it all together and
brave the networks like your parents did in the 1970s. If you think you can’t live
without TV, start slow turn it off for a week. You’re bound to find you have a lot
more time to do all those little projects like learning to knit and writing the great
American novel you have been putting off for months.

12. Revaluate fee services. Look at all of the things you have signed up to pay for
every month satellite radio, Tivo, Netflix, Internet fax and decide whether or
not you really use them enough to get your money’s worth. If there is an alternative
that costs more upfront but is cheaper in the long run, go for it and cancel your
service.

13. Get that stylish new haircut at the local beauty school. Forget $50 or more for
a cut, color or style. Head to the local beauty school where you can get it for half
price or less.

Denise Trowbridge is an award-winning journalist residing in Ohio. Her work has
appeared in newspapers and magazines across the United States, as well as on her
site http://www.DeniseTrowbridge.com.
Denise is also the editor of the women’s Web magazine,
http://www.PussycatMagazine.com.

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Free movie tickets are among the most popular freebies on the market. Studios and advertisement agencies free movie tickets as enticements for increasing sales and profits.

Movie Studios often offer free movie tickets or a free screening of their new movies. The premise is that it will build up word of mouth hype around the movie and attract droves of more theatergoers to watch the movie. For example, when the movie Erin Brockovich was to be released in Bangalore, India, free tickets were distributed to women on a first come- first serve basis to organize an all woman screening on the first day.

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