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Apple iPod Touch

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Pros
Includes a Web browser and Wi-Fi
Beautiful design, easy to operate
Cons
Expensive
Dark videos can be difficult to see

$254.50 - $389.00
From 3 Merchants

Pricing: Very Expensive: $499 (9/9/2008)
Performance: Very Good: 82
Features: Fair: 69
Design: Superior: 94

Find out how these four scores, and their relative weights, combine to produce the PC World Rating.

Pricing

Very Expensive: $499

Performance

Very Good: 82

PC World Tests
Maximum Usable Output Level, Average (dBV)	-2.3
Total Harmonic Distortion and Noise, Average (%)	0.06
Signal-to-Noise Ratio, Average (dB)	76
Crosstalk, Average (dB)	-64
Frequency Response Deviation, Average (dB)	3.3

Features

Fair: 69

Capacity
Built-in Capacity	32GB
SD card	No
mini SD	No
micro SD	No
Memory Stick Micro	No
Compact Flash	No
Smart Media	No
xD Picture Card	No
Memory Stick	No

Battery
Replaceable Battery	No
Hours of Play (Per vendor)	22

Screen
Screen Size (inches)	3.5
Screen Resolution	480 by 320
ScreenType	Color

Size
Dimensions (inches)	4.3 by 2.4 by 0.3
Weight (oz.)	4.2

Connections
Line Out	No
Firewire	No
Headphone output	Yes
Microphone input	No
USB	Yes
Video Output	No
USB Host Adapter	No

Audio Formats
AAC	Yes
AIFF	Yes
Apple Lossless	Yes
ASF	No
Audible	Yes
MP3	Yes
WAV	Yes
WMA	No
WMA Lossless	No
Equalizer Settings	22
Voice Recording	Voice Recorder:No

Radio
FM tuner	No
FM Recording	No

Online Music Compatibility
Itunes	Yes
Rhapsody	No
Napster	No
Sony	No
Yahoo	No

Online Subscription Compatibility
Plays For Sure	No

Video Formats
Video Support	Video:Yes
H 264	Yes
MPEG4	Yes

Photo Formats
Photo Support	Photo:Yes
JPG	Yes
BMP	Yes
PNG	Yes
GIF	Yes

Hardware List
USB cable	Yes

Other
Included Software	Safari Web browser, iTunes

Warranty & Support
Labor Warranty (years)	90-day
Parts Warranty (years)	One
Weekday Support (hours)	12
Saturday Support (hours)	12
Sunday Support (hours)	12
Toll-Free Support	Yes

Reliability & Service
Summary of results for all of brand's products in this category	Not surprisingly, iPod users gave Apple high marks for making the product easy to use. The iPod's simple, elegant, and intuitive design may color the overall good feeling users have about the reliability of the devices.

Reliability of brand's products in this category
Reports of product arriving with problems	Average
Reports of products with any significant problems	Average
Reports of problems that render a product unusable	Average
Buyers' rating of product's	Better than Average
Overall satisfaction with reliability of brand's products in category	Better than Average

Design

Superior: 94

Apple iPod Touch Flash-Based MP3 Player Review

by Eric Dahl

- The Touch is certainly an amazing piece of technology. Mobile Safari is the best portable Web browser around, Cover Flow works great on a device with limited storage capacity, and the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store is extremely slick for a first-generation product.

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User Reviews for Apple iPod Touch

Reviewed by: tennisplaya

Duration of ownership: 6 Months

Strengths: WiFi and internet, touch screen, small and very protable, it is just awesome

Weaknesses: not iphone (barely)

Overall Evaluation: The ipod touch is an great tool for portable internet, music, video, and games. though it does not come with many programs, it is easy to jailbreak and once this is done you can have access to anything you want including the iphone apps for free. i highly suggest jailbreaking it though because doing this turns an expensive ipod into a very useful pda. you can even make phone calls with it :)
Reviewed by: eyeoftiger

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: Screen sizeUser interfaceCapacity

Weaknesses: Not a 3G iPhone :)

Overall Evaluation: I love my iPod Touch. It's super easy to get some movies on it and the screen is big enough so you can really enjoy what you are watching.The user interface is really great and intuitive. The combination with iTunes makes everything simple.I definitely recommend this iPod to anyone who wants the best media/mp3 player.