Apple iPod Touch is a member of the iPod Portable media player family. iPod Touch is a high-end member of the iPod family with its major distinguishing feature being the addition of a touchscreen. This is where it gets its name. Apple iPod Touch also boasts of a larger display, Wi-Fi capability, email, built-in browser, mobile gaming, and maps location based service (not GPS). Apple iPod Touch is very similar to the iPhone in fact it will be safe to think of iPod Touch as iPhone without camera, GSM, or 3G HSDPA.
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Apple iPod Touch comes with 3.5-inch widescreen multi-touch display with an impressive 480 x 320 pixel resolution. Display quality is good offering 163 pixels per inch. iPod Touch offer a multi-touch graphical user interface, eliminating the clickwheel available in other members of the iPod line.
Apple iPod Touch offer three storage capacities. Latest iPod Touch come in three models iPod Touch 16GB, iPod Touch 32GB, and iPod Touch 64GB. The difference in models is in their storage capacities. With 160GB media storage capacity only Apple iPod Classic rivals iPod Touch in terms of storage capacity. Older iPod Touch had a 8GB model.
However, for comparison sake, iPod Classic come with a 2.5-inch display and lacks Wi-Fi, touchscreen, and maps. However, if media storage is your priority, you will favour Classic over Touch. Of course, iPod Classic is also cheaper, which can also be an incentive.
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Apple iPod Touch, like other members of the iPod line is an excellent media player that makes it easy to browse your media. You can search/explore your music according to categories like playlist, artist, album, and so on. iPod Touch has a Genius feature that can automatically search your library for songs that go great together and create a Genius playlist for you.
Apple iPod Touch supports audio formats like mp3, Audible, WAV, AIFF, Apple lossless, and AAC. There are software applications available for converting other audio formats to mp3. You can play music for up to 36 hours on full charge. iPod Touch supports mpeg4 and H.264 video and offer 6 hours video playback on full charge. You can also view pictures in jpeg, gif, png, bpm, and so on.
You can buy/download music, video, TV shows at iTunes store through your computer. This is done via USB. You have to load the iTunes application on your computer before this can be possible. However, iPod Touch adds an iTunes Wi-Fi music store enabling you download media wirelessly without any need for a computer. The App store is also accessible wirelessly.
The multi-touch screen makes iPod Touch great with games. New games on the iPod platform seeks to utilize the multitouch capability of iPod to create exciting games with new possibilities.
Connection to your iPod Touch is through a dock connector. You can connect USB as well as component and composite audio and video via the dock connector. iPod touch also provides a 3.5mm output audio jack.
Apple iPod Touch can be charged via USB. You can charge via your computer USB port. You can also buy a power USB adapter, which enables you charge your iPod directly from mains power and eliminates the need for a computer when charging your iPod Touch.
You can read Kindle books on your Apple iPod Touch. All you need is to download a free Kindle for iPhone application at the Amazon website. If you own a Kindle e-book reader, you will appreciate this possibility. As introduced in Kindle 2, you can use Whispersync to switch back and forth between your iPod Touch or iPhone and Kindle e-book reader.
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More features & specification of Apple iPod Touch:
- Operating System: iOS
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
- Apple Safari web browser
- built-in audio speaker
- Games
- View pictures
- iTunes 8 or later
- YouTube
- Google maps
- 3.5mm audio jack
- Computer requirement Windows: Vista or XP (SP2 or later)
- Computer requirement Mac: OS X 10.4.10
- 19 languages supported
- 34 international keyboards supported
- 21 dictionaries supported
- fast charge time: 2 hours (charge to 80% capacity)
- full charge time: 4 hours
Price of iPod Touch depends on storage capacity.
- Apple iPod Touch 8GB: 43,500 Naira
- Apple iPod Touch 32GB: 68,900 Naira
- Apple iPod Touch 64 GB: N89,250
For price comparison, this is the prices of other members of the iPod family:
- Apple iPod Nano 2GB: N25,000
- Apple iPod Nano 8GB: N35,000
- Apple iPod Nano 16GB: N40,000
- Apple iPod Classic 160GB: from N53,600
Note that prices can change without being reflected on this page.
For current prices, reviews, specifications and features of Apple iPod, visit Jumia. You can also buy Apple iPod Touch at the store.
The following is currently included in your iPod Touch box:
- iPod Touch
- earphones
- USB 2.0 cable
- dock adapter
- polishing cloth
- Quick Start Guide
Accessories for your iPod Touch:
- USB power adapter
- Universal dock with remote
- Apple composite AV cable
- Apple component AV cable
- in-ear headphone with mic and remote
- iPod radio remote
