Traditionally, computers have a port to transfer video of their screen, and separate ports, such as USB (Universal Serial Bus), FireWire, and PCI Express (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express), among others that are less well known.

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Included in the wide array of impressive features is a high-speed FireWire port (Apple says the iPod can transfer a full CD in ten seconds), a five-gigabyte hard drive and an advanced rechargeable battery that Apple claims will last ten hours on an hour's charge.

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Because these devices are powered by USB 3.0 controllers, users will be able to transfer bandwidth-intensive content such as photos, music and video to and from their USB 3.0 built-in port laptops and PCs at record speed, even up to 10 times faster than the transfer speed of current USB 2.0 devices.

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