For those who watched Apple's ipod keynote announcement a while ago will notice that Steve Jobs said they have created the best ipod ever. The iPhone which has a small ipod icon below the home screen. Well, he's right. iPhone was the best ipod they've created. But is that gonna hold true come this end September? For those that have watched the latest September Apple's special even keynote again, saw a series of new ipods announced. These includes revamped ipod nano, ipod "phat" which now called ipod classic (features a whooping 160 Gig storage) and also ipod touch.
Descriptions: So, what is ipod touch exactly? Well, from the appearance... it looks 85 - 90% similiar to an iphone. I think it is safe to say that for those who lived outside of America and whishes to own the 'best ipod ever'.. this is the closest thing to it yet. It features the multi touch screen that made iphone so famous, it has Safari browser built in, it has youtube and also the new iTune wifi music store which allows you to purchase song off the wifi from Starbucks (America only at the moment). How cool is that? the only trade off is that it's storage might not be that much compared to ipod classic because it uses flash memory instead of those hard disc like ipod classic does. Battery life is 22 hours for music and 5 hours for video... not too shabby either.
Price for 8gig is USD299 and 16gig will go for USD399. Oh, forgot to mention... Steve cuts iPhone (8gig) version from USD599 to USD399 to prepare them for this holiday season.
Release date in US is 28th September 2007. Mark your calendar and check your wallet.
Pros: Gotta love the multi touch gorgeous display, safari is a nice add on, thinner than iPhone, finally.... touchable cover flow (ipod nano and ipod classic features this as well, but navigation to be done with traditional scroll wheel).
Cons: Pricey, finger print magnet for its screen, Wifi music store not available outside of America yet.
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