Touch comes to iPod. The Apple iPod touch boasts the multi-touch interface - the revolutionary technology that made iPhone a hit is now on one amazing iPod. Its gorgeous 3.5-inch... more
This review already contains more than 120 words. As a Ciao member you could earn up to £5 with this review.
Apple iPod Touch 16GB
With web apps the power of the Internet meets the brilliance ofmulti-touch. And ... more
suddenly iPod touch can do that much more. Flick through lists of news articles on Digg. Play games likeSudoku and Bejeweled with the touch of a finger. View movie ti...
Apple iPod touch, 16GB
The iPod touch now feels even better in your hand thanks to its incredibly thin, contoured ... more
enclosure made of polished stainless steel. The 3.5-inch widescreen display is perfect for watching movies and playing games. A new built-in speaker allows you t...
APPLE iPod touch 16 GB
Apple?s new iPod touch packs more features into a sleeker design and feels even better in ... more
your hand! The iPod touch has a revolutionary touch interface and has been designed to let you control everything using your fingertips. The iPod touch responds t...
each Genius feature finds the songs in your library that go great together and makes a Genius playlist for you Accelerometer - detects when you rotate it from portra...
iPod Touch (16GB) (16GB)
Touch comes to iPod! Music downloads straight from iTunes. Shop the iTunes Wi-Fi Music ... more
Store from anywhere with Wi-Fi.1 Browse or search to find the music youre looking for, preview it, and buy it with just a tap. Brilliant 3.5-inch widescreen disp...
Apple iPod Touch 2G 16GB
Apple's latest 16GB iPod touch includes more features than ever before, housed in a sleek ... more
new design. The iPod touch features wireless internet and mail, quality movies and slideshows. The slideshow is complete with music and transitions to turn the iPod touch into a photographers friend as a portable album, with the help of advanced features like the supported 480/576p component TV out, when used with the separately available Universal Dock - perfect for presenting your slideshow or movies on the go.
(+) lightweight, easy to use, wifi connection, Nike + iPod function, variety of features (-) pricey, short battery life with apps and video, limited space for music lovers
A review by sghawken on Apple iPod touch 16 GB November 23rd, 2007
Author's product rating:
Sound Quality
Excellent
Ease of Use
Average
Look & Design
Excellent
Range of Features
Excellent
Value for Money
Excellent
Advantages:
Start of the art funky MP3 player with add ons
Disadvantages:
Cocky oversites on Apples part
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
Full review
For the best part of 5 years my MP3 player has been part of my mobile phone, for whatever reason (I can't explain it myself) I have felt the need to separate the two for some time; however I never really liked any MP3 player on the market. And let me just say I have never been that taken by Apple's Ipod, their domination of the globe bothered me; that being said when I saw the Ipod Touch I knew this was the MP3 player for me. Something about the Ipod touch just stuck in my mind, each MP3 player I looked at was compared to the Touch, and after a few months of deliberation I finally took the plunge.
The Ipod Touch looks a bit like a chunky version of LG's Prada phone; it has a nice big screen (for its size) and its functions except for the activation button at the bottom are all touch sensitive on the screen itself. Compared to the Prada phone the Touch is much more straightforward and easy to operate, controls are much more defined and accurate, even though the onscreen options are often much more small and fiddly by appearance.
The Touch is more than just a MP3 player; it boasts a nice range of other features. What sets the Touch aside from other touch sensitivity is the addition of wi-fi. The wi-fi connection allows you to gain access to the internet wherever you're in the range of a wireless connection (permissions granted obviously); this makes occasional surfing for the ordinary person on the street much more straight forward, for example I quite often take my laptop to work to read and rate on this website; but it's a clunky old affair dragging a laptop to and fro. Now I can access pretty much any website via the companies wi-fi service; whether its reading or to access my bank account. Dont let the small screen put you off, by putting your fingers on either side of the screen and dragging them away from the centre of the screen the website can zoom in size to probably larger than your home PC. The connections are pretty good; I find it far quicker than using my laptop with wi-fi both at home and at work. No website is out of your reach, regardless of content and configuration. Lots of mobile devices often don't allow you to achieve certain practises, for example using youtube; the Touch not only is ready for it, but embraces it providing near perfect streaming of video to the unit. Another feature nice addition is an integrated use for i-tunes, once you have an account set up you can download tracks and videos directly to your Ipod Touch. This takes a lot of hassle out of the process (and a lot of wire). You can even link directly and download webcasts (or mobicasts) to your unit, many websites offer both nowadays to listen to interviews, comedy shows etc. When surfing the net or using any of the above related facilities, the Touch has a sneaky weighted device that means no matter how you hold the unit you're always viewing content the right way round. Turn the unit on its head and the onscreen content moves too.
The Touch has a nice use of video allowing you to store video content on the phone, so whether it's the next episode of Lost or the latest movie, you can watch your favourite things on the move. Imagine those boring train journeys lifted by a high quality video of your choice, or waiting for something to happen. You can also store photos, though this is not something that really floats my boat, it seems a bit too much like hard work to me.
Other features of the Touch are a calculator, a world clock with alarm, and an address book. You can also of course use your e-mail facility to do other things like set diary events if of course your content provider allows it. You can even set your internet home page to have handy widgets, a prime site that uses widgets is google (Widgets are little add-ons that you can add t make your life easier post it notes, language translation tools, horoscopes, and news headlines).
Ok so that's the rundown, but what's the reality of using this new state of the art design.
The first issue is weight, while it's not a really heavy thing it weighs about the same as three mobile phones (providing you're not still carting a brick).
The screen is very sleek and clear, and easily scratched if you fail to protect it. Personally I feel that Apple should allow for this by putting a protector in the box, or even a case to sit the Touch in. I'm not being tightfisted here, but the reality is that to buy a case is not an easy thing; being a new product now shops in my town had a case to fit the product, and ordering can take up to a fortnight, which in reality means a bit of a longer weight before using your new toy.
There is no mains adapter, to charge your Ipod you need to connect it to a PC with the included USB connector, this is really annoying as those of you who remember the original Ipod scandal where the battery life was limited the reality was that due to USB charging the battery life never optimised. You need to purchase a mains adapter should you not with to charge via a computer. Think about the additional electricity you could be wasting too. On the plus side I get about 30 hours constant use from a single charge and a full battery after about an hour's charging, you can of course listen as you charge too.
And finally my biggest complaint, Apple assumes you have experience of Ipod products, and as a result provide you with no instruction guide. Yes there is a quick start fact sheet, but no detailed information. It took me some time to figure out how to expand the size of the screen, especially considering the quick start guide gives you duff information, it says tap the screen to enlarge, this simply is not the case. And even some weeks after purchasing I don't know how to delete tracks on the unit, or how to create my own playlist despite looking around for the answer. Apple also assume all users have internet access as you need to download the I-Tunes program in order to connect your Ipod to your PC.
The price tag is high, £199 for the 8GB version, or £269 for the 16GB version I purchased and while the technology is great familiar Ipod uses might be stuck by the restriction of storage most Ipod's have over 40GB of storage.
I do like my product, the sound is good and clear; volume being a good addition it plays about twice the volume of the MP3 player in my phone. But the earphones seem very flimsy, I'm always very cautious of how I handle them. The technology is great, but a Bluetooth connection could enhance the product either for use outside of wi-fi areas or transfer of data from your phone to your Ipod. It's by far the best MP3 player I have ever encountered, but Apples assumptions over the fact that they are the leading MP3 providers is really incredibly annoying, I believe many buyers might quickly get annoyed and sell the item on because of this very issue if they are new to either MP3 or Ipod.
I have to finish on a really positive note, because the Ipod Touch has become a really essential part of my day and I find myself in the situation where I feel I can't do without it, consider myself another brainwashed drone.
Advantages: Thousands of Apps after Jailbreak, Super Cool Design, High Quality hardware, Easy to Use, Intuitive Disadvantages: Poor Battery Life, Lack of Preinstalled Apple Apps, Easy scratching rear and easy fingerprinting glass
...Guides
3. USB wire
4. Apple standard Headphones
5. Small plastic stand
6. Dock Adaptor
Thats it: BE WARNED there is NO AC adaptor to plug into a wall socket.
SETUP
- Setup is easy, you plug your iPod into your computer and start iTunes (If not present you must download it) you then tranfer you music, videos and photos through that.
BE WARNED: If you dont have a music library in iTunes it can take some time to get right with all the Album ... ...at around one song per second and when completed you will have your library on your ipod which is pretty cool.
STANDARD APPS:
- The apps that come with the touch are good. No doubt about it... BUT
in order to use your ipod to its potential I strongly reccommed you JailBreak your iPod. Jailbreak is a term to describe opening your ipod up to 3rd party applications.
NOTE: you cannot break you ipod by jailbreaking it!
- The apps that come on the ...
Read review
Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful
Advantages: sexy, slim design; 3.5 inch beautiful, bright touch screen; sound/video quality; safari web browsing Disadvantages: pricey, looks fragile, no flash support, low memory capcity
...couple of times at the Apple store and I have to say, it's one of the coolest mp3 (or is it an mp4?) players ever. I finally got one around the last week of December at Best Buy and I'm completely happy with the Touch. It's simply magnificent. The only complaints I have about the item are kind of minuscule overall but would definitely make the iPod Touch better.
The iPod Touch features a beautiful 3.5 inch screen where you basically do all the navigating ... ...plastic. For the Touch, Apple decided to use the shiny mirror back they use for basically all iPods. I absolutely hate this back. It cries "FINGERPRINT AND SCRATCH ME" to me and I hate getting fingerprints and scratches on it (the Touch doesn't come with any sort of case and my Touch already has a few scratches on it...) Buy a case off of ebay (which I did) or something and protect it. Also the headphones that come with the Touch are not as good ...
Read review
Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful
Advantages: Design, weight, colour, widescreem wi-fi Disadvantages: Memory, headphones, touch can be a little frustrating
...personal opinion is the lame apple headphones. I would definately recommend upgrading to a decent pair to enable the ipod to blast out the music to it's full potential. Also I find the fact the ipod flips to an album cover almost as soon as a song has begun is slightly annoying, it needs a right side tap, and another flick just to skip to another song. The 16GB version doesnt come with a wall charger either, so should you take your fashionable little ... ...the headphones supplied, are although apple pretty, are weak, there was no charger, and the memory is half that of my previous ipod. I find it a little more effort to skip a track, and my recently played list is not what I have recently played!
But saying that its a gorgeous little device, very stylish, very clever with its wi-fi capabilities, and well worth the money. The fact that people will double take it, and mistake it for an iphone makes ...
Read review
Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful
Advantages: Music, Videos, Wi-Fi, the list goes on Disadvantages: Battery is a bit poor
...Google maps is an add on.
Finally, I must say that the iPod Touch is a brilliant piece of work and Apple have really outdone themselves on it. I used to be dead against the iPod Touch and the iPhone but now I'm all turned around on the subject. ...
Read review
Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful
Advantages: Not just music, but an app store full of thousands of apps, wifi, video, photo and more! Disadvantages: It is hard to think of a disadvantage but the main one would be that it can occasionally crash.
Intro: The Apple ipod touch 16GB model gives you enough storage to store tons of songs, videos, pictures and applications to keep you entertained for hours! This ipod also comes in a range of 8GB and 32GB but i am reviewing this specific one as i own this model. In this review i will speak about the many features and other things that have been included in this mp3 player that gives it such an amazing feel to it when being used. Specifications: ... ...downloaded for free from the Apple website or it can also be installed from the CD that comes with the ipod (make sure that the itunes that you have is version 8 or later). Your computer will have to either be running on Windows Vista ( 32-bit or 64-bit doesn't really matter) or Windows XP service pack 2. However if you own a Apple Mac then it will have to be running on Mac OS X 10.4.10 or anything later than that. Features: The ipod touch ...
Read review
Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful
Advantages: Almost all Disadvantages: It might put you off, read the review
...matter, any iPods, almost one hundred percent dependency on iTunes for synchronization of the music. It’s exactly this particular basic drawback that has put me right off from buying an iPod even if it’s the celebrated AppleiPodTouch16GB (2nd Generation).
I agree 200% that it’s the best available dedicated media player. Excellent looks, slick layout, great in fact unmatchable software options, even great audio quality, yet it has failed to impress me at an aspect which matters, at least to me, most. The frequency is very flat meaning thereby, it does not emphasize on any group of frequencies, add very little noise, cross talk is perfect but it’s out put power is low, which naturally gives massive problems with big headphones that could have lower ceiling on their maximum volume potential which is a disadvantage. I don’t know the reason...
Read review
Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful
Advantages: Amazing amount of applications, easy to use, good value for money. Disadvantages: If the touchscreen breaks this will be useless.
... AMAZING!
You would think that Apple wouldn't be able to surpass themselves. Think again!
On the 23rd of October 2001 Apple brought out the first generation iPod Classic. 7 years late they bring out this. Quite possible the best product on the face of the planet.
Apple have been around a long time now, they know what their customers want and they know how to please them too. This will certainly please 9/10 customers. With its sleak design, amazing range of features, ease of use and amazing sound and video quality this is sure to bring smiles all around.
Sound Quality 9/10
The sound on this thing is amazing, especially with the iPod headphones that come with it. This beats any of the previous iPod's, MP3/4 players on the market today by far.
Display Quality 10/10
Oh my gosh! Watching a film...
Read review
Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful
Advantages: Wi-fi, picture quality, audio Disadvantages: Scratches easily on back.
.... One downside of this is that if it gets too bright or if sunlight shines directly on it the screen becomes very hard to see, but since that happens with traditional screens anyway; it's not that big a deal. Audio quality through headphones is first-rate, and it comes with a pretty good integrated speaker, although I'm not sure when anyone would use that on a regular basis. The touch screen is a great way to navigate and is very responsive. It is also very resistant to fingerprints and scratching.
The iPod can display videos, pictures and music files very well and also supports Wi-Fi. It has an internet provider that is a iPod version of Mac's safari. It also has e-mail and messaging features. It also has games which make good occasional boredom breakers. However, since it's not principally a gaming device, they are more along the lines...
Read review
Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful
Touch comes to iPod. The Apple iPod touch boasts the multi-touch interface - the revolutionary technology that made iPhone a hit is now on one amazing iPod. Its gorgeous 3.5-inch widescreen display lets you touch your music in Cover Flow and watch video. Browse the web with Safari and watch YouTube videos on the first-ever Wi-Fi iPod.
Headphones
Headphones Type: Headphones - binaural - ear-bud
Connectivity Technology: Wired
Sound Output Mode: Stereo
Response Bandwidth: 20 - 20000 Hz
Impedance: 32 Ohm
Connections
Connector Type:
Docking station
Headphones ( mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm )
IEEE 802.11b/g (Wi-Fi)
System requirements
OS Required: Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2 or later, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition SP2 or later, Apple MacOS X 10.4.10
Software Requirements: iTunes 7.4 or later, iTunes 8 or later, iTunes 7.6 or later
Peripheral / Interface Devices: USB port (compatible with 2.0 specification)
17.12.2008
