The iPod the world was waiting for is finally available. Apple’s iPod Touch is a show-stealer with its sleek look and “wider screen”. Yes, it is inappropriate to call the 3.5-inch screen of iPod Touch merely wide! The iPod Touch is here to stay. It is equipped with a beautiful multi-touch glass display. The tracks can be easily navigated with Cover Flow and the web browser is definitely better than what other players have. But what takes the cake is the Wi-Fi version of the iTunes Music Store that enables you to buy songs on the go. What more, if you have Wi-Fi access, you can download tracks anywhere!
Apparently, Apple has also announced a deal with the popular coffee house Starbucks in which touch owners to purchase songs they hear in Starbucks stores via Wi-Fi. The iPod Touch weighs around 4.2 ounces, which makes it lighter than the Apple iPhone. The crystal clear wide screen has an image resolution of 480 x 320 pixels, 163 pixels / inch. This sleek portable player has only one button on its surface, similar to that in iPhone. The rear panel of the phone is very shiny since it is made of stainless steel and the Wi-Fi antenna is placed on the upper left-hand corner of the rear panel. The bottom panel of the iPod Touch has 30-pin iPod connection and the headphone jack. When held vertically, the sleep switch is located on the top left edge of the player. The player is also equipped with a built-in accelerometer that makes it possible to view all the changes made when the player is held horizontally. You can navigate through the various music files, videos and photo albums with the
flawless Cover Flow feature. This feature places all the existing records alphabetically in a horizontal display, using album art. All you need to do is just drag along your finger on whichever application you need to operate. You just need to click on the central cover to flip over the thumbnail image and that reveals a track-list. Then, you can click on the track or list you want to listen to. The sound quality is at par with excellence. Get a good pair of ear-phones and you can have the listening experience of a lifetime!
flawless Cover Flow feature. This feature places all the existing records alphabetically in a horizontal display, using album art. All you need to do is just drag along your finger on whichever application you need to operate. You just need to click on the central cover to flip over the thumbnail image and that reveals a track-list. Then, you can click on the track or list you want to listen to. The sound quality is at par with excellence. Get a good pair of ear-phones and you can have the listening experience of a lifetime!The screen is almost fully covered up when the tracks start to play in the “Now Playing” feature. It is almost like the player has come alive with the songs. Another very useful, rather hassle-free feature is that you don’t have go about ejecting your iPod after it has finished downloading or uploading from your computer. You just need to unplug it, that’s it. A scoring feature of the iPod is the “double click” that enables the music controls appear on the screen no matter what mode you are operating - YouTube, Safari, etc.
This can be done by simply pressing only the button on the surface of the player. This function works even if the player is locked or the screen has timed out, which means you can very easily skip a song you don’t want to listen or increase the volume of a favorite track, instantly. The player supports MP3 files of all bit rates (including VBR), AAC (both Apple's DRM tracks and iTunes Plus), Apple Lossless, Audible, AIFF, and WAV files. The video files that can be played are H.264 and MPEG-4. Images in the format of JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIF, PSD (for Macs only), and PNG can be viewed. The iPod Touch is surely recommended to all those who have been thinking to get an iPod. Go, get the “Touch” now!



