We take a look at the iPod Touch

Published by Charl Norman on Sep 17th, 2007, 2 Comments

Recently Apple introduced the iPod Touch. It’s essentially an iPhone without the phone gizmos, and without the speakers and built-in microphone. $299 buys you an 8GB sytem, complete with all the iPhone-like touchy goodness you’ve come to know and want. $399 buys you a 16 GB model with which is still relatively small storage for a media player.

The iTouch includes built-in WiFi so you can use Safari and YouTube on-the-go as well as make purchases from the iTunes Store. (the iPhone will offer the same ability later this month). Its main button bar offers direct access to Music (great icon), Videos (ugly icon) and Photos (same old icon), as well as the new iTunes WiFi store.

The specifications as listed on Apple’s website are:

* Screen material: glass
* Screen size: 8.9 cm (3.5 in)
* Screen resolution: 480×320 pixels at 163 ppi
* Input method: Multi-touch screen interface
* Operating System: OS X
* Storage: 8 or 16 GB Flash memory
* Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g)
* Built-in rechargeable, non-removable battery with up to 5 hours of video playback, and up to 22 hours of audio playback
* Size: 110×61.8×8 mm (4.3×2.4×0.31 in)
* Weight: 120 g (4.2 oz)

The iPod touch has a lower amount of storage space, compared to the lower-priced flagship iPod classic, due to flash memory limitations.

More photos and video clip after the jump

Unboxing photos courtesy Engaget

http://eishcoza.blogspot.com Eishman

As I said @ Eish!! I can’t wait to get my grubby paws on one of these (although I guess I will have to give them a wash first).
Breann Zubke

Lots of of bloggers not really happy with the new iPad.There was just too much hoopla over it and lots of people got disapointed.Quite frankly, I can actually see lots of the cool potential uses of this gadget. Third-party apps for making tunes, games, newspapers and magazines and books, all sorts of neat stuff, but IMHO they just didn’t really sell it properly (excluding the books). It looks rather not finished

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