With its physical similarity to the iPhone, the new iPod Touch creates an expectation of iPhone versatility in clients while lacking iPhone features,eg camera and Bluetooth. Nor does it compare to normal iPods – offering only ten percent of the capacity of the iPod Classic. Despite offering web access through a special version of Safari, e-mail is conspicuously absent.

Having said this, one of the main benefits of the iPod Touch is Apple’s revolutionary new multi-touch control panel. The device features only two controls, the sleep / power switch and a Home button. All of the features are accessed via 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 hint of your finger, or push the Home button to come back to the key screen. Touch an input box to open a touch sensitive keyboard. Touch to select items in a list. Touch a slide control to adjust a value.

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

When viewing photographs on your iPod Touch, you can flick thru them using coverflow. A photograph that was taken in landscape mode can be viewed full screen just 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 first 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 watch in full screen mode on the 3.5 ” screen that’s got a resolution of 480-by-320, with 163 pixels per in.. Pictures and videos display fantastically on this screen in clear, sharp pictures.

The versatility of the iPod touch is certain to electrify your friends the 1st time you demonstrate it to them. You should expect gasps of surprise from people who have never seen it before.

The iPod Touch features a couple of applications including the Safari web browser, YouTube, a calendar, a contact list, a clock, a calculator and more.

There are such a lot of things you can store on your iPod Touch too – including, music, videos, photos & podcasts. You can even download content 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 charges or login duty.

Is the iPod Touch for you? Well, if you already own an iPhone there is not any need to buy an iPod Touch as the iPhone includes all the same features and plenty more. Nonetheless if you want plenty of the features of the iPhone without having your music disrupted by the ringing of your phone or without that pesky 2 year contract with ATT then the iPod Touch is definitely the way to go!

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

Julia Andersson is an Australian mother of three including two kids. Julia is also a student with ProsperLearning where she recently completed learning ecommerce and search site optimization methods. She runs an electronics sweepstakes website at cheap ipod touch .

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