Typical price: £269
What is it: Touchscreen MP3 player with Wi-Fi, Web and video
What we think: The slimmest and most beautiful iPod ever, but ideally we'd like more memory for video
Average user rating
8.2
excellent
Average user rating from 6 users
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Apple iPod touch user reviews
February 2, 2009
Posted by: VOXTER
"Don't believe the hype"
What I like:
Overall product design, Functions, WiFi
What I don't like:
No Bluetooth, Sound Quality, iTunes, Pricy
Review:
Well, I'd like to keep this review as short as possible thereby I'll jz get it going
I've been using several MP3-Players from Samsung, Cowon, iRiver or Sony and among these, Apple offers the most edge-cutting design and functionality. Basically there is nothing you can't actually change. Furthermore, WiFi-supports is pretty effective but that's about it.
The iPod does not support bluetooth, which is really a pity for users who value wirelss devices. Further iTunes is without questions, a good tool, but it still causes too many problems. And to get to the core of problems: Sound-Quality.
From my point of view, Apple were able to sell a lot of their devices due to its exclusive features, and not because of its quality as a MP3 Player. Of course, those are the features people ask for, but we have to keep in mind, isn't a MP3-Players main purpose to play music in the highest possible definition?
Apple iPod Touch fails to do so, by A. providing below-average sound quality and B. not supporting HQ audio codecs such as FLAC, AAC or OGG.
Thereby my final word is: The iPod Touch is a fine deal for those who are looking for an overall device, but who really do not care about the specific qualities such as audio quality et.al.. For people who are looking for an outstanding audio envoirment grab one of the Samsung or Sony Devices.
Let's just take the P3 from Samsung as an example:
Design: Apple
Functionality: "Even" (It comes out to WiFi vs. Bluetooth but I say BT bcz WiFi is useless without a hotspot)
Audio-Quality: Samsung (DNSE3.0)
Video-Quality: Samsung (HD
Supported Formats: Samsung (FLAC, OGG. AAC)
Score: 3:1 Samsung YP-P3
I don't want to get into each and every detail, but Sony and Cowon S9 are as good as the YP-P3. Anyhow thats it.
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