With its physical likeness to the iPhone, the new iPod Touch creates an expectancy of iPhone flexibility in consumers while lacking iPhone features, for example camera and Bluetooth. Neither does it compare to normal iPods – offering only 10% of the capacity of the iPod Classic. Despite offering web access via a special version of Safari, email is conspicuously absent.

Having claimed this, one of the primary advantages of the iPod Touch is Apple’s revolutionary new multi-touch control panel. The device features just two 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 touch of your finger, or push the Home button to come back to the key screen. Touch an input box to open a touch delicate keyboard. Touch to choose items in a list. Touch a slide control to adjust a value .

Sort your music thru genus, artist, playlist or album and flick through them using the iPod Touch coverflow feature

When viewing photos 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 want to zoom in on and slowly draw your fingers apart. To come back to the original view simply tap the screen.

To view video on your iPod Touch, simply touch the video button at the base of the home screen and choose the video you want to watch. Then turn the screen horizontally to observe in full screen mode on the 3.5 ” screen that’s got a resolution of 480-by-320, with 163 pixels per inch. Pictures and videos display beautifully on this screen in clear, sharpened images.

The flexibility of the iPod touch is certain to impress your friends the 1st time you demonstrate it to them. You can expect gasps of surprise from those who have never seen it before.

The iPod Touch features several 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, photos & podcasts. You can even download content directly 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 is not any need to get an iPod Touch as the iPhone includes all the same features plus plenty more. But if you want many of the features of the iPhone without having your music disrupted by the ringing of your phone or without that pesky two year contract with ATT then the iPod Touch is surely the way to go!

The iPod Touch will cost you US$299 for the 8GB model, or US$399 for the 16GB version.

Julia Andersson is an Australian ma of three including 2 kids. Julia is also a student with ProsperLearning where she latterly finished learning ecommerce and search engine optimization strategies. She runs an electronics sweepstakes site at refurbished ipod touch .

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