What a digital music player should be Smaller than ever (just 0.62 inches thick), the iPod fits comfortably in the palm of your hand and slips easily into your pocket and your life. At 5.6 ounces, it weighs less than two Compact Discs, and even many cell phones. And yet the iPod gives you a huge 15GB, 20GB or 40GB hard drive big enough to hold 10,000 songs. Do the math: that s four weeks of music played continuously, 24/7 or one new song a day for the next 27 years.