iPod Touch – Full Review and Report

The long-awaited iPod Touch review is finally here! So what’s the verdict on this device? What’s new? What does it have to offer? All of that will be found in this review. So let’s begin…

What’s new?

The Full Touch Screen
The Look
Cover Flow
Hard Drive Size
Sound Quality
WiFi Capability
Built-in iTunes Music Store
Playlist Creating and Editing Ability

So now that we’ve listed all these really cool and awesome new features, let’s talk about them!

First off, the most obvious change, the full touch screen. The touch screen is very nice, eye-catching, easy to use, space between buttons is just right, and to be honest, it’s just flat out awesome. The sensitivity is just right as well; one thing I was concerned about was whether it would be too sensitive or not sensitive enough. Well, let me say, Apple got it just right. While I did manage to click next by mistake while listening to a song, that was most likely my fingers fault.

Moving on, “The Look” – Apple finally steered away from the iconic iPod design for this particular model. While it would be impossible or just not very practical to stay with the iconic iPod design that has been with the iPod since the first generation of them, the Touch is different in appearance, however, it is still very very good-looking.

Cover Flow – Which was introduced with the iPhone, was hoped to be, and successfully was, integrated with the next generation of iPods. The Cover Flow on the iPod Touch seems flawless; the speed is just right, it’s smooth, and easy to maneuver through the albums. This is perhaps my second or third favorite feature.

Hard Drive size – definitely a bit of a bummer, especially with the full touch screen – which makes for great video watching. However, with that said, 16GB is not too bad, if you can be a bit selective with what you put on your iPod. I’m a music lover and an audiophile so I do rip my mp3′s in the highest quality VBR bitrate. However, I currently have 497 songs (not even close to my collection of 5000 or so) and 13 videos on it, and have used almost exactly 4GB of space. I thought space would be an issue, however, I’m finding out if you’re just a bit more selective with what you put on your iPod, it’s doable even with a big collection of music.

Sound quality – Another thing that I was looking forward to (improvement wise) and was not let down. The sound quality improved and it’s definitely noticeable with a good pair of headphones. I’m using my Koss Porta Pro’s and I do hear a difference between the Video and the Touch. I was not surprised by this as the sound quality did also improve in the Video from previous generations.

WiFi capability – This is an awesome feature, definitely ties in the second or third favorite feature category. I love that you can go to YouTube, surf the web, etc. Also, the built in YouTube Player is a huge plus. With the amount of great content on YouTube it really allows you to enjoy it via the YouTube Player on the iPod Touch.

Built-In iTunes Music Store – A no-brainer, especially with the WiFi capabilities. I have yet to buy something from the store using the iPod Touch, but I’m assuming it’s just as easy and simple to use as the regular iTunes Music Store from me just looking through the catalog on my iPod.

Playlist creating and editing ability – This is perhaps my favorite feature of all. Finally, Apple got it. The iPod Touch allows you to create and edit playlists directly on the device. You can easily manipulate them by moving, adding, or removing songs. This is excellent, now we don’t have to rely on iTunes to manage our playlists. I hated having to redo an entire playlists just for one new song. This feature, makes my life so much easier.

Do you have an iPod Touch or a new iPod? Do you like/love it? Leave a comment, tell me your favorite feature(s).

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I just got my iPod touch today, haven’t had much of a chance to play around with it yet. I’m currently downloading the update. It seems pretty sweet so far, though!
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Hope to get one soon. Thanks for posting the review!
Angie

I’m new at all this it’s my first iPod, I plugged it in to my laptop it starting syncing automatically..now I want to delete all the songs from the iPod, and start all over Please let me now how to do that…thanks sooo much
http://www.besttechie.net/ Jeff

Hi Angie,
First of all, in order to stop the auto-syncing, it’s a very simple fix. Plug the iPod in, click where it would say Angie’s iPod for example, then near the bottom it will say something like “manually manage music” tick that box. Once you’ve ticked that box, it will (or at least should) stop auto-syncing.
In terms of deleting the current music on your iPod so you can start over that’s pretty easy as well. Under where it says Angie’s iPod, click Music, if for some reason you don’t see “Music” click the arrow next to where it says Angie’s iPod and you should see it now. Once you have clicked the Music button, you should see all the music on your iPod and from there just select all of the songs by clicking one song and then on your keyboard, hit Ctrl + A (at the same time). By doing that, you should have highlighted all the songs. Now right click, on one of the songs and click delete. That will remove all the songs from your iPod and you will now be able to start fresh. Hope that helps!
Nadia

Hi Jeff,
You said you can create and edit playlists directly on the iPod touch. While I do see the ability to edit playlists, I don’t see where you can create them? Could you please help me out?
thanks so much!
Kaiser Gayser

…I also listen my ipod via Porta Pro, must say any SONY or COWON sounds much richer and more balanced.
Just try it!
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Can you comment non the battery life. It seems that the battery runs down very quickly
Jey N.

I still can’t figure out how to edit playlists on my iPod.
And yes, the battery runs out really quickly. But I found that turning the brightness down and turning WiFi off makes a huge difference.
Asphix

I don’t see ANYWHERE in the iPod how I can edit, create playlists, or add songs to a playlist (only “on the go” playlist I can). It is very frustrating!
cmcman

Hey fan boi, I think you jumped the gun on the creating and editing playlists. There is no option on the iPod touch that I can find that will allow you create a new playlist “directly on the device”. Apple finally gets it! uh huh. Can you kindly point out where the rest of us can get it then :o)
http://www.besttechie.net/ Jeff

Perhaps, I did not clearly state the playlist feature. So I’ll try again, essentially, you can easily edit the playlists directly on the iPod – add/edit/swap songs. However, it does have to be the On-The-Go playlist – which I found out after the fact. With that said, it would seem that Apple would/should be able to implement the feature for other playlists as well, perhaps in the future.
jonasfan

i absolutely love my ipod touch!!! i just got it for christmas and it is so cool!! it has so many great features like the speakers and the wi-fi capability!! the internet on it is so cool and many different stores and places have wi-fi in them if u dont have it!! the email is also very helpful because u dont have to get on a computer to check it!! and it is just a really great thing to have!! ipod touches are the best!!
Anna

I love my I-Pod Touch 2G which I have had for about 3 weeks now. One thing that I really hate switching from the Classic IPod to this one is adding songs to the On-The-Go playlist. I wanted to add a song from my library. It’s a bit of an oddball song and I didn’t know the artist or album name. I didn’t have it on another playlist. Well to add it from Songs you have scroll through the entire list manually! Hello, I have over 2000 songs on this IPod and the one I want happens to start with the letter Y!!! When you go to the regular Songs section to choose a song, or when you go to Artists from within On-The-Go, it gives you the alphabet index on the side so you can skip by letter…but not for adding from the song list! Ugh!
Otherwise I adore it! :o)
Mike

Can someone tell me why my bookmarked you tube videos on my ipod touch “cannot be played”….one by one my videos won't play…
Louise P

I love mine im on my second, if i put songs into a playlist, can i untick them from the main music list?
Reisan

Hey,
I love my ipod touch .. I am not much of an Apple person as a rule, but they have won me over with this lovely little device. Though I am having a bit if a unique issue. I have just added all my albums to my itunes library, and there are a few double ups of songs. When I go to create a playlist, it will select ALL of that song .. which in one case is 4 copies. It will not allow me to unselect just three or just have once copy of the song selected .. hence it is either MANY copies of the one song in a playlist .. or no copies .. Anyone had a similar issue? Or maybe heard how to rectify this? I’m really starting to get sick of Taylor Swift’s love song :P
christine

okay i just got a another new ipod touch i wanted to sync my songz and apps over, i did but now all of my songz are light gray and will not allow me to acess them…i tryed to sync my songz from my library, but i dont now how 2 iz there any one who can help me…..