The iPod touch is really in a class of its own

Anthony Caruana02 March 2008, 10:30 PM

There’s no device we can think of that offers the same combination of features.


The touch doesn’t use Windows Media Player preferring to connect to Apple’s iTunes software with the proprietary Apple cable.

The touch’s face has a single button that powers the device up and returns you to the home screen from any of the apps that are running. The gesture-driven interface is great. There are a few tricks to learn, like pinching when using the web browser or photo viewer to zoom in, it’s very intuitive.

Video playback is spectacular through the 3.5in screen that automatically toggles between portrait and landscape depending on the content being viewed or how you’re holding the device. Sound quality through the iconic white headphones was very good and we couldn’t discern any difference with our test gear.

Once you throw in the Wi-Fi and web browsing as well as syncing with your calendar and address book you’ll find that the touch is more than a media player. Our main complaint is that the 8 or 16GB of flash memory available is too little on a device at this price.


Post your comment



Comments

RSS feed Email alert

ningcaptor (New user):

if you were looking for an mp3 or mp4 player, look no further! don't even waste your money on a silly samsung or a dull zen. look to the vibrant, entertaining and always perfect ipod touch!

05 June 2008, 11:02 PM (1 year ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

Wazza (User):

I've never been a fan of any contraption that Apple bring out, but this is a neat little piece of kit. It's so simple to use and not too unreasonably priced either.

10 June 2008, 4:58 PM (1 year ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

Dan Warne (Administrator):

I love my iPod Touch. I had a first-gen iPhone and broke it, and thought, "ah well, I'll just wait till the 3G iPhone comes out" but within a couple of weeks I was fidgety and twitchy as I sat on public transport realising I had nothing to do except watch smelly people and school kids get on and off the bus. With the iPod Touch I can reclaim an hour and a half of my day that would otherwise be truly wasted to catch up with some TV that I would otherwise not have time to watch. Coupled with an ElGato EyeTV on my Mac that "tapes" shows I miss in prime time, I can watch em on the way to work, along with ABC TV podcasts of shows like the Gruen Transfer, 7:30 Report and Lateline. Plus the stuff I've ripped off DVD or BitTorrented and then converted for iPod watching using VisualHub. The whole system just works way better than any other device I've ever owned. Of course, I wish Apple made it as easy to rip DVDs as it is to rip CDs in iTunes (and for sure, the original success of the iPod was largely to do with how easy it was to rip CDs in iTunes) but this isn't exactly their fault considering the copy protection issues involved.

23 June 2008, 3:22 PM (1 year ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

McBanjo (User):

How'd you break your iPhone?

Through physical damage or bricking?

As far as I know, any bricked iPhone can be un-bricked.

04 July 2008, 12:43 PM (1 year ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

mentalman1369 (New user):

Best in its class and in a class of its own!

09 July 2008, 8:11 PM (1 year ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

divrejectednick (New user):

Right now, I'm deciding whether to get either an iPod Touch 16 GB 2nd Generation, iPod Nano 16 GB 4th Generation or a Zune 80.
The Zune isn't available in Aus.. The Touch is really expensive and the only downside is no radio and the Nano isn't that great for videos, so which should I get?

09 November 2008, 8:59 AM (1 year ago)report abuse Send to a friend reply

anonymous user Anonymous user


Tags