Apple iPod Touch

(Review) - Soon after Apple launched its iPhone, it send everyone buzzing about the iPhone-like iPod. A lot of people were impressed with the iPhone, but wished Apple released an iPhone without the call making option. Well, Apple probably anticipated that response from the community and months later, it announced a revolutionary new product, the iPod Touch. Not only is it a revolutionary product for Apple, but it's also the most advanced music player in the market today. Once again, Apple invades the market like a fierce competitor. If you have the iPhone and you are intimately familiar with the device, you won't find anything new with the iPod Touch. If anything, you might actually want to keep your iPhone just for the sake of a few more applications that the Touch doesn't have.

Again, sticking with tradition, we'll forward you to our iPhone review to get a better glimpse into the Touch, and as usual, we'll briefly touch on the changes with a final recommendation at the end. It's our way of avoiding repetition from one review to another, and boring you unnecessarily.

Apple iPhone Review

Like the iPhone, you get the same touch screen controls and the intuitive interface that gives you a tingling feeling when navigating through the Touch. It's great to zip through photos, music and video without pressing physical buttons. Also like the iPhone, the Touch is loaded with the YouTube viewer, Safari browser, iTunes Music Store with WiFi and video player. However, it does lose support for e-mail, built-in speakers, microphone, camera and Bluetooth options. While we could understand a lot of these missing options, e-mail and built-in speakers would have been great features to include. Maybe even the camera option, but hey, that might be asking for a little too much. And we understand our boundaries.

Then there are the two actual buttons on the iPod Touch that work well with their multi-purpose design. The "Home" key that brings you back to the main menu regardless of where you are in the interface, and the display lock that locks the touch screen interface to prevent you from accidentally hitting the controls work well. Also, the "Home" key also acts as basic control navigator, where if you press the key twice, you can access the volume controls, skip forward/backward and play/pause functionality. That was nice surprise. The 3.5mm headphones jack is also at a respectable position, and obviously works with all 3.5mm compatible earphones/headphones. The iPhone had problems with this.

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