New Apple iPod touch 16GB
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New Apple iPod touch 16GB
Touch comes to iPod.Music Videos Photos and websites in 8GB and16GB models.
Customer Review: Truly Amazing!
“Wow!” was the first thought that entered my head as I unwrapped my new toy - even the packaging is fantastic!
This really is a marvellous piece of kit, *doffs hat to Steve Jobs for another amazing innovative product*
Okay so it’s only 16GB and, as with all methods of storage, you don’t get exactly what it says on the tin due to system files and the like. That said, and despite what others have droned on about, this is as good as it gets for publicly available flash drive technology at the moment.
Obviously there’ll be storage improvements further down the line, perhaps even switching to the hard drive technology that’s in the previous iPods and the Classic. However, I did read a review that the cover flow function on the classic absolutely kills the battery so it could be a case of waiting until the flash drive technology improves, which it undoubtedly will.
Anyway storage aside I can’t find any fault with this little gem. The touch screen is incredibly responsive which, after using the Sony DSC-T50, is quite remarkable. The pop up keyboard for internet surfing and WiFi configuration is a bit fiddly so you wouldn’t want to use it for writing large emails but that’s a very minor thing imo.
Cover flow is seamless which is probably, in part, due to the flash drive. YouTube and Safari apps are a nice touch - I can’t see myself using it as a web browser that much, but watching YouTube videos I certainly will. Contacts and calendar all look very pretty. Only quibble here is that, if you’re using the Vista contacts and calendar apps, the contacts will sync (including photos!) but the calendar isn’t recognised at the moment - still, that’s easily fixed with a software upgrade. Outlook users (on any platform) won’t have any issue with this. Video playback is absolutely fantastic. It also handles videos that are in playlists better than my previous iPod - previously I would get pauses every 50 or so seconds, but on the Touch it’s just like a normal track!
So to summarise, it’s a great piece of kit that not only looks the business but works as good as it looks.
Finally, I should also give props to Amazon - cheaper than retail even including the next day 1pm express delivery.
Customer Review: very cool ipod
ok first of all lets get the only negative out of the way, 16gb doesn’t seem a lot compared to the previous video ipods, however i am happy to live with this,
flash memory is more robust and gives much longer battery life, I would rather have this than a large power hungry hard drive, so there!
I have put 50 music cd’s (320kbit mp3) 30 music videos and a whole load of video and audio podcasts and I have used about 10gb so far, so plenty of elbow room for me there
now to the ipod itself, WOW!, this has to be the coolest gadget on the planet, web surfing is easier than I expected, the virtual keyboard is surprisingly easy to use and a pretty good experience, along with the youtube access, great fun
picture quality is great, coverflow looks fantastic on this unit,
the whole touch concept works a treat, this product exceeded my expectations in all respects, it does exactly what it says on the tin, it just works (damn you Apple, how do you do it?) highly recommended
