With its physical likeness to the iPhone, the new iPod Touch creates an expectancy of iPhone versatility in clients while lacking iPhone features, such as camera and Bluetooth. Nor does it compare to normal iPods – offering only ten percent of the capacity of the iPod Classic. Despite offering web access through a special version of Safari, email is conspicuously absent.
Having asserted this, one of the primary advantages of the iPod Touch is Apple’s revolutionary new multi-touch user interface. The device features only 2 controls, the sleep / power switch and a Home button. All of the features are accessed through the multi-touch screen.
The multi-touch interface starts with a single touch on the power button to turn the device on and take you to its “Home ” screen. Select applications and settings with a hint of your finger, or push the Home button to return to the key screen. Touch an input box to open a touch delicate keyboard. Touch to select items in a list. Touch a slide control to adjust a value.
Sort your music via genre, artist, playlist or album and flick thru them using the iPod Touch coverflow feature
When viewing pictures on your iPod Touch, you can flick thru them using coverflow. A photo that was taken in landscape mode can be viewed full screen by turning your iPod horizontally. To zoom in on detail simply “pinch ” the section of the photo you would like to zoom in on and slowly draw your fingers apart. To return to the original view simply tap the screen.
To view video on your iPod Touch, simply touch the video button at the bottom of the home screen and select the video you would like to watch. Then turn the screen horizontally to look at in full screen mode on the 3.5 ” screen that has got a resolution of 480-by-320, with 163 pixels per in.. Pictures and videos display beautifully on this screen in clear, pointed images.
The versatility of the iPod touch is bound to inspire your friends the 1st time you demonstrate it to them. You can expect gasps of surprise from people who have never seen it before.
The iPod Touch features a couple of applications including the Safari web browser, YouTube, a calendar, a contact list, a clock, a calculator and more.
There are so many things you can store on your iPod Touch too – including, music, videos, photographs & podcasts. You may even download content straight from iTunes if you have a WI fi connection. Apple has even made an arrangement with Starbucks that allows you to access a WI fi connection in Starbucks stores without connection costs or login duty.
Is the iPod Touch for you? Well, if you already own an iPhone there’s no need to get an iPod Touch as the iPhone includes all the same features and plenty more. Nonetheless if you would like many of the features of the iPhone without having your music upset by the ringing of your telephone or without that pesky 2 year contract with ATT then the iPod Touch is surely the way to go!
The iPod Touch will cost US$299 for the 8GB model, or US$399 for the 16GB version.
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