Features
The iPod touch draws 99 per cent of its features from the iPhone. While iPhone
owners have zero incentive for buying the touch, the rest of us now have a way
to get our hands on many of the iPhone's features without a costly O2 contract.
The bad news is that the iPod touch does away with more than just the iPhone's phone capabilities -- it also gives up POP/IMAP email, built-in speakers, microphone, camera, Bluetooth and a handful of widget applications such as stock monitoring and weather forecasting.
Remaining features such as a Safari Web browser, YouTube video portal, photo viewer, music player, video player and iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store still place the iPod touch on the cutting edge for portable video players, however. In fact, at the time of this writing, the only product that can even compete with the iPod touch's combination of a Wi-Fi-enabled Web browser, wireless music store, widescreen video playback, photo viewer and audio player is the Archos 605 WiFi.
One of the few notable features that put the iPod touch ahead of the iPhone is the ability to output video and photos to a television using an optional Apple AV cable, Universal Dock or qualifying third-party video accessory.
Another advantage the iPod touch offers over the iPhone is the ability to manually manage music and video content in lieu of setting up automatic content syncing rules within iTunes. We are a little disappointed that the iPod touch is the only iPod that does not support a generic USB storage mode but we doubt many users will be upset by this.
Audio format support is unchanged from previous iPods. The touch supports standard and purchased AAC, as well as MP3, Audible, WAV, AIFF and Apple Lossless. Video format support is likewise unaltered from the H.264/MP4 files playable on 5G iPods, as well as the third-generation iPod nano and the iPod classic. The touch supports video resolutions up to 640x480 pixels at 30 frames per second.
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VOXTER 2 February 2009
Good: Overall product design, Functions, WiFi
Bad: No Bluetooth, Sound Quality, iTunes, Pricy
Comment: 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.
bom194 6 December 2008
Good: style shape, applications (best to update to 2.0), wieght, games , everything about basicly
Bad: no speakers, no nike thing mabob, still dont buy the 2nd gen
Comment: this is better than the 2nd en ill tel you why it can jailbreak and you can custimize it to the max the wallpaper,slider,aplplications, ect
BEST IPOD EVER. IF YOU BUY ONE THING IN YOUR LIFE BUY THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Adam Talmondt 19 April 2008
Good: WI-FI and touchscreen
Bad: Fingerprints everywhere
Comment: Brilliant ipod, best one yet. WI-FI is truely amazing, easy interface, touchscreen is suprisingly responsive and easy to use. I feel that it would be hard to take everywhere as an ipod though because of the price and if it gets a major scratch on it I will not be too happy.
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