7.7 out of 10

Apple iPod touch

 

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Best Price: $199

  • User Score (3676)
    8.8 8.8 from 3676 reviewers
  • Expert Score (76)
    8.5 8.5 from 76 reviewers
  • Design (309)
    8.1 8.1 from 309 reviewers
  • Value for money (320)
    7.0 7.0 from 320 reviewers
  • Features (420)
    8.0 8.0 from 420 reviewers
  • Ease of use (416)
    8.2 8.2 from 416 reviewers
  • Performance (26)
    6.9 6.9 from 26 reviewers
  • Sound quality (664)
    7.8 7.8 from 664 reviewers
  • Sound (2)
    7.3 7.3 from 2 reviewers
  • Durability (110)
    7.6 7.6 from 110 reviewers
  • Reliability (208)
    7.9 7.9 from 208 reviewers
  • Overall quality (343)
    8.0 8.0 from 343 reviewers
  • Battery performance (6)
    7.6 7.6 from 6 reviewers
  • Display (15)
    6.9 6.9 from 15 reviewers
  • Weight (4)
    8.8 8.8 from 4 reviewers
  • Audio & image quality (45)
    8.4 8.4 from 45 reviewers
  • Ergonomics (11)
    8.3 8.3 from 11 reviewers
  • Speed performance (188)
    7.5 7.5 from 188 reviewers
  • Equipment (50)
    7.9 7.9 from 50 reviewers
  • Portability (5)
    7.7 7.7 from 5 reviewers
  • Connectivity (3)
    3.8 3.8 from 3 reviewers
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  • Score Distribution

Experts:
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7-8
(29)
5-6
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3-4
(2)
1-2
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Users:
9-10
(2447)
7-8
(913)
5-6
(190)
3-4
(96)
1-2
(106)

  • Expert Reviews

  1. ZDNet

    ZDNet
    7.5/10
    24 October 2007

    If the Touch is the player that you want, that you really, really want, you've probably got one already. Fence-sitters should stay there until next year when third-party apps or version 2.0 comes out. Read more

    • Well just look at it. It's gorgeous, Pretty interface, Best sounding iPod ever, Bright, clear and crisp widescreen, Cover Flow
    • Expensive and poor value, Can't be operated blind like previous iPods, Fingerprints everywhere, and scratches on the back, Third-party apps locked out until Feb 2008, ...

  2. AppleSource

    AppleSource
    7.5/10
    28 June 2008

    Our heart is immediately drawn to the Touch's aesthetic qualities -- sleek design: check; robust feel: check; eye-popping interface: check -- yet our head says that AU$419 for an 8GB player or AU$549 for the 16GB is too much. Combine this with the flaws in the implementation and the unfulfilled potential of its OS X foundations, means we can only recommend it to those who are besotted by its looks and interface -- and we suspect they've already bought theirs. Read more

    • Expensive and poor value, Can't be operated blind like previous iPods, Fingerprints everywhere, and scratches on the back, Third-party apps locked out until Feb 2008, ...
    • Well just look at it. It's gorgeous, Pretty interface, Best sounding iPod ever, Bright, clear and crisp widescreen, Cover Flow

  3. Gizmodo

    Gizmodo
    24 June 2008

    When looking at the iPod touch , you have a choice: you can either see it as an evolutionary leap for iPod, or a slight downgrade from iPhone. You gain a thinner shell, up to 16GB of storage, but lose a bunch of apps, the phone, and some other surprising things. In our opinion, it’s both the leap and the downgrade, and therein lies the rub. Read more

  4. CHOICE

    CHOICE
    8.0/10
    7 December 2007

    The iPod Touch looks so much like an iPhone that comparisons are inevitable, but that’s not really comparing Apples with Apples — it’s designed to be a touch screen iPod media player, not a touch phone. Read more

  5. The Age

    29 September 2008

    These changes don’t make it a must-have upgrade for 1G iPod touch owners, though, especially as all the software improvements are available as a firmware upgrade. The 2G iPod touch runs version 2.1 of the operating system out of the box, and in addition to the App Store that was introduced in version 2 (more on that later), it includes the Nike+ iPod application for tracking workouts (compatible with the optional Nike+ iPod sensor) and Genius Playlists, which is an... Read more

  • User Reviews

  1. Apple iPod Touch

    CNET
    Reviewer: CNET
    9 September 2008

    Amazing because you can Surf without worrying about pop-ups since it does not span more processes in background like Windows ! The best invention of the decade ! I can;t live without it! Read more

  • WikiFreak Description

Apple iPod Touch

Apple iPod touch is a Flash-based media player (audio, video and stills) comes with a 3.5-inch wide-screen display with scratch-proof glass screen colour LCD screen at 480 X 320 pixels, measuring at 110 x 61.8 x 8 mm (H x W x D) and weighing 120 grams. Comes in 8GB, 16GB, or 32GB flash drive. The built in rechargeable Lithium Ion battery last 22 hours playing audio or 5 hours of video playback. About 3 hours (1.5-hour fast charge to 80% capacity). Has a touch screen for navigatio…

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Apple iPod Touch

Apple iPod touch is a Flash-based media player (audio, video and stills) comes with a 3.5-inch wide-screen display with scratch-proof glass screen colour LCD screen at 480 X 320 pixels, measuring at 110 x 61.8 x 8 mm (H x W x D) and weighing 120 grams. Comes in 8GB, 16GB, or 32GB flash drive. The built in rechargeable Lithium Ion battery last 22 hours playing audio or 5 hours of video playback. About 3 hours (1.5-hour fast charge to 80% capacity). Has a touch screen for navigation.

Features

Apple iPod touch comes plays AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV audio formats. Also has video playback and supports the following formats, H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640x480 pixels at 30 fps and a Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48 kHz, and stereo audio. Ability to playback m4v, mp4, and mov file formats. Holds up to 1,750, 3,500, or 7,000 songs in 128-Kbps AAC format or 10,000, 20,000, or 25,000 iPod-viewable photos or 10 hours, 20 hours, or 40 hours of video. Software functionality includes Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) and maps location based service and has Dictionary support for English, UK English, French, French Canadian, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, and Dutch. Also Syncs iPod-viewable photos in JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, PSD (Mac only), and PNG formats.

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