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 So much more than music November 3, 2009
Ray Sturgess (Wilts England)
218 out of 225 found this review helpful
After giving my MP3 player to my daughter found I missed not having a way of playing portable music. My son having an I Pod I went for the 8GB version, am so impressed cant believe what a fantastic piece of tech this is. The wifi conductivity is very useful allowing access to E Mails, News, Traffic info and lots more, the number of useful available apps is amazing, many free. So much more than a music player, great for games too. And the price of the 8GB version an absolute bargain.
A Fun Little Toy For Grown Ups November 14, 2009
Mark Baker (Santa Clarita, CA United States)
73 out of 75 found this review helpful
I wasn't really in the market for an iPod Touch, but I was given this one. Man, I absolutely love it! I've had it for a couple months now, and I can't imagine going back to life without one.
Basically, this is the non-phone version of the iPhone, which means it can do anything they can do. You can check e-mail (I have three accounts set up in it). You can search maps. You can play lots of fun games. You can download apps. You can surf the web on Safari, Apple's browser.
Of course, the catch with all of these things is that you must to connected to wireless internet to do them. You'd be surprised at just how many networks there are out there you can join. Most require a password, but many businesses offer it these days. True, it isn't a substitute for a real computer, but it is dang close.
Oh yeah, it also plays music and movies. I haven't used it for a movie, but I have found that it is nice for music on the go. Granted, my only other portable music device is an iPod Shuffle, so the ability and choose songs as I am listening to them seems lovely.
Here again, however, it would be nice if it came with a case or armband. As it is, all you can do is stick in your pocket if you want to carry it around.
Yes, it is expensive. But it would be completely worth it to me. After playing with it for a couple of months, I don't want to give it up at all.
BEST AND MOST USEFUL GADGET I OWN November 9, 2009
Crafty Marie (Cambs)
58 out of 60 found this review helpful
I was looking for a small device which would let me play music, audiobooks, surf the Internet and email. After reading lots of reviews, I narrowed it down to Archos 5 120GB Internet Media Tablet WiFi 5",High Resolution Touch Screen 800x480 pixels,convenient leg stand. and the Ipod Touch.
In the end the fantastic price of the ipod Touch won me over and I'm glad it did.
There are always going to be people who argue, it doesn't do this, it doesn't do that. But what it does do is an incredible amount of functions and does them all very well. At the apple app store you will find many free and low-priced apps which are great - including games. I certainly recommend you get the free battery magic app which shows you in detail how much battery life you have left and how many hours of audio, www or games that translates into.
Had no problems hooking up to our wireless broadband to get on the Internet. Surfing the Internet is very easy and you can quickly zoom in and out of pages with a finger pinching movement over the screen. You can open multiple windows which you can't on some small devices. Typing on the screen (say if you're on a forum) is much easier than you'd think and fast. I've written quite lengthy posts with it.
You can set up multiple email accounts to download your messages onto your ipod - very easy to do. There is a calendar where you can set up birthdays and events. The clock function is brilliant, it also has a timer alarm and I've used it several times to remind me when to remove puddings from the oven.
Music-wise brilliant (if you use your own headphones and not the supplied ones!) although I mostly use it for audiobooks. It remembers where I last listened up to and resumes from there.
If you download a free app called Stanza, you can read ebooks on the device. You might think reading off a small screen is too hard but it is very comfortable and stanza lets you adjust text size to suit. Great for whiling away the time if you're stuck waiting for something.
All-in-all this is the best gadget I own - no it doesn't take photos or video but I'm glad about that because if it did it would a have to be a lot bigger and b would cost a lot more. Great item :)
excellent November 22, 2009
R. Andrews
75 out of 78 found this review helpful
Was a little worried that the 8GB would be too small, but the memory is more than enough for a huge amount of music and films. Not sure why anyone would ever need the larger memory. Fabulous product.
Absolutely brilliant value for money February 2, 2010
Jonathan Ball (Sheffield, UK)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Other reviews have given a detailed and largely accurate asessment of the iPod touch 8GB. I've tried pretty much every brand of MP3 and media player over the last 7 years or so and if you want an amazing media player at a very decent price, get this ahead of anything else. It's well built, feature packed and the user interface really is a joy to use.
If, however, you are going to be a very heavy user and have a large media collection, it's well worth splashing out for the 32GB version. I have played with one at length - it's a bit better at handling 3D games and it's definitely a bit faster at loading apps. I still went for the 8GB (really a 7GB) as it's more than enough for my needs and the web browsing/playing media experience is identical.
My only criticism is that Apple have inexplicably decided to be tight and only bundle the standard (rubbish) iPod headphones, instead of the ones with a mic included with the 32GB and 64GB versions. Add a few quid to the price and include the earphones I need to record voice memos please!
As for reliability, only time will tell but it has been faultless in the few weeks of use I've given it. A couple of my friends have the 1st Generation iPod touch and they're still going strong. Battery life is excellent with wifi off, too!
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