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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #561 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Apple
• Model: MB376ZO/A
• Released on: 2008-02-11
• Dimensions: .26 pounds

Manufacturer's Description

Now there's even more to touch

Great new applications come to an already amazing iPod

Mail

iPod touch is the first iPod with Mail. And it’s the best email you’ve ever seen on a handheld device. This mail application lets you view rich HTML email with graphics and photos displayed inline, as well as PDF, Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel attachments.

Maps

Get directions and check traffic with Google Maps. Even find yourself, wherever you are. Using some local Wi-Fi networks (if Wi-Fi is turned on), iPod touch finds your approximate location and gives directions from there. Mark specific locations, find the best route between them and search for points of interest along the way. With a hybrid map and satellite view, you can see major street names on top of satellite images. Drop a pin to mark a location and find nearby points of interest.

Widgets

Widgets are small, incredibly handy applications you can use every day. Three of the most useful widgets now live front and centre on your Home screen.

Weather - Get a five-day weather forecast, including highs and lows, for cities around the world. Save your favourite locations so you can check the weather any time.

Notes - Take notes, make a to-do list, or jot down a reminder using the easy-to-use touch keypad. Then save or email them.

Stocks - Check your stocks and track the market over one day, one week, one month, three months, six months, one year or two years.

 

Multi-touch

iPod touch features the same revolutionary interface as iPhone. Built to take full advantage of the large 3.5-inch display, the multi-touch interface lets you control everything using only your fingers. So you can glide through albums with Cover Flow, flick through photos and enlarge them with a pinch, or zoom in and out on a section of a web page. And iPod touch features a touchscreen QWERTY keyboard perfect for browsing the web in Safari, searching for videos on YouTube, finding music on the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store, entering calendar events, or adding new contacts.

Ambient Light Sensor

The iPod touch display has an ambient light sensor that automatically adjusts brightness to suit the ambient light in your surroundings. The result? A better experience for you and battery-saving efficiency for iPod touch.

 

Accelerometer

An accelerometer detects when you rotate iPod touch from portrait to landscape, then automatically changes the contents of the display, so you immediately see the entire width of a web page, your music in Cover Flow, or a photo in its proper aspect ratio.

Touchscreen iPod

Music

If a picture says a thousand words, think of what all the album art in your collection might say. With Cover Flow on iPodtouch, you can flick through your music to find the album you want to hear. And when you do, a quick tap of the cover flips it over to display a track list. Another tap starts the music.

 

Video

The 3.5-inch display gives you video like nothing you’ve seen before on a portable device. Watch your favorite movie. Catch up on television shows, anywhere. Enjoy video podcasts. Play music videos. All using multi-touch technology that lets you bring up onscreen controls and go widescreen (or back to full screen) with a tap.

Photos

iPod touch holds up to 20,000 photos you sync via iTunes. Flick to scroll through thumbnails. Tap to view full screen. Rotate for landscape format. Or perform some sleight of hand by opening two fingers to zoom in. You can even play slideshows, complete with music and transitions. Set any photo as your wallpaper to personalize your iPod touch...with a touch.

Wi-Fi Web Browser

Safari

With Apple’s Safari browser built in, iPod touch is the only iPod that gives you wireless access to the web, everywhere you go. See websites the way they were designed to be seen. Sync your bookmarks or add a few as you go. Search the web using the touchscreen keyboard. Zoom in and out by tapping the multi-touch display.

YouTube

Got a bit of a YouTube addiction? iPod touch feeds it from anywhere with a special YouTube player built right in. Watch featured videos, check out the most viewed, search for something specific, then bookmark your favorites for future reference. It’s all the fun of YouTube — pocket-size.

iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store

With iPod touch, you can discover new music anywhere. Built-in wireless capability gives you access to the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store, where you can buy songs with a tap. Browse New Releases, What’s Hot, and Just Added lists. Or find exactly what you’re looking for with a quick search. Tap a song to preview it or tap Buy to purchase it. From anywhere.

Box Contents

• iPod touch
• Earphones
• USB 2.0 cable
• Dock adapter
• Polishing cloth
• Stand
• Quick Start guide

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Customer Reviews

IPod Touch a considred view
Excellent bit of kit, I wouldn't be without it. Really good range on the wifi side, I've connected no probs at about 50 metres. Battery life not brilliant but OK. Only big dissapointment is the lack of stereo bluetooth, come to think of it there is no Bluetooth at all which is a major ommission, hence 4 stars.

Great device, as long as you conform.
On the plus side, the ipod touch is a triumph in its design and operation. Although their markets are not the same, by comparison Sony's PSP (a similar device in some ways) feels old and clunky. I only mention this because when I bought my PSP, relatively recently, I was unable to imagine how anything could appear more futuristic. The itouch battery life isn't great if you're browsing the web, but then again I have never used any Wi-Fi device with a battery life over a few hours for constant browsing.

So, I would be giving a 5 star review if it weren't for Apple's infuriating policies on software.

First and foremost, I paid close to £300 for this thing, so I don't expect to also have to shell out a fiver every time there's a software update! It really is most heinous (and greedy) of them.

Secondly, there is no support (at time of writing) for Flash or Java. I must admit this has only proven a mild irritation in the many hours of web browsing I've racked up, but still it seems an odd omission.

Thirdly, Apple's policy on third party software is rather draconian. They say they're protecting you from malicious attack. I say they're censoring me. I'm an adult, I can make my own decisions about what software I buy and run and I can deal with the consequences. A disclaimer would suffice.

Lastly, the device is tied inextricably to itunes, which is a horrendous behemoth of a program. I can live with this for managing my MP3's, but I'd like to be able to use my ipod as a portable HDD, which is sadly impossible as it doesn't show up in 'My Computer'.

In conclusion, if you're happy playing Mr.Jobs' way, go ahead and buy one of these. But if you want to do anything he didn't prescribe, don't be surprised when he takes his ball home.

rip-off on software update
Apple iPod touch 32GBGood, but I bought it last week and it still came with version 1.5 of the software. Apple wants another £5.99 to update to version 2. I am disappointed that it did not come with the latest software (or at least that Apple offered the update for free). They already got a lot of my money and now they want more!