Oct 19th 2007 07:24 pm iPod Touch: What Do the Reviews Say?
Steve Jobs created a lot of buzz on 5th September at the “Beat Goes On Conference”. But these days, Steve Jobs can create media frenzy even if he decides to comment on an ant! However, the buzz was not without substance. While a certain section of the population was upset with the $200 price cut on the iPhone, the thing that created a lot of interest in the majority of the population was the announcement of launching the iPod Touch.
Initial reviews of the Touch are definitely encouraging. So what are people really excited about? It is mainly the fact that it is the iPhone minus the phone, and most of the features are the same. Thus it has become an ideal toy for all those who can’t buy the Phone for any one of the countless reasons.
The Touch has many salient features that are ‘first’ for any iPod. These include the touch screen, a large 3.5” display, Wi-Fi capability etc. The large 3.5” touch screen display is exactly the same as the iPhone, and it features Cover Flow, which was launched with the iPhone, and has now become a standard feature in all the new iPods, except the Shuffle which doesn’t have a screen. The Wi-Fi capability does prove to be very useful, as the guys at Apple have taken care to integrate three most powerful programs that make mobile internet browsing a pleasant experience. These are- the powerful Safari browser that lets you view the web pages just as you would view them on your PC or Mac; a built-in You Tube player; and the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store that lets you wirelessly buy music online. Apart from this, with their tie up with Starbucks coffee, you can also buy songs playing in the coffee shop, and many others over their free Wi-Fi network.
The only complaint seems to be the limited memory storage, 8GB, and 16GB, especially when compared to the Classic, which reaches 10 times the memory of the Touch. This is mainly due to the limitations of the flash based players as compared to the hard drive based ones. However, the storage capacity is expected to increase over the next few months.