Apple iPod Touch 16GB MP3 Player

iPhone minus the Phone

By Vin  Nov 14, 2007 | 31 out of 39 found this Apple iPod Touch 16GB review helpful

Pros: Has an awesome screen, good features like utube, and safari

Cons: Back gets so easily fingerprinted that it is really anoying, also the battery life

Well I dont have a lot to say (just kidding). Just that the product as a whole is excellent. I have been looking at a lot of reviews for the iPod touch such as on ARS Technica, Cnet, etc. and I have to say, why in the world are they giving this a 7.5...-8/10 It just doesnt make sense. Clearly just because the iPod doesnt offer firewire or calendar on screen support doesnt mean that you should just completely bash the product as a whole. These and some shadowing effects. I will now proceed to state why those looking at these top reviewing sites whould be forewarned by an overly nitpicky group of reviewers. First of all i have to say that I use those cites so much and usually they are pretty much right but seriously Firewire. C'mon guys give me a break, this is the era of technological revolution and Firewire is like the Stone Age. USB 2.0 is so much more efficient and widespread that it is obvious why they took out firewire capabilities. (looking out for the company's best interests per se). And when it comes to the calendar, I am just a bit annoyed. APPLE CAN MAKE A SOFTWARE UPDATE/PATCH FOR THE TOUCH TO ADD THIS CAPABILITY. Just because you can't change your schedule right then and there doesnt mean that the whole product is a mediocre B! WITH A SIMPLE PATCH it can be added. Finally only a person with superhuman eyes or with alot of free time on their hands would even care about potential shadows appearing/lack dots whatever. We will be viewing this in the sun sometimes and as a result for all those who have taken physics you know what I am talking about! The dots will come. You can minimize them but anything over an equilibrium is just foolish. In conclusion, i think the iPod is a fine little product with so much versatility. Im not going to go hating on the product because it doesnt come with a charger, etc. I am here to review the product and I can not find a single thing horribly wrong so far other than the fingerprints but that is so minor. If you have a lot of music or just are a "gadgetophile" (I made that up =) buy this u wont regret it. And finally, the battery life can be prolonged by turning it off(yes you can and should do this to prevent excessive drain) because it is a Li+ battery, there wil be limited amount of charges. All in all, a pretty sweet product and worth the money! Thanks for reading and I hope that it clarifies or aids you in your search for "that Mp3 player"! Read more Less

Enough is enough

By Jason  Nov 28, 2008 | 34 out of 52 found this Apple iPod Touch 16GB review helpful

Pros: Great looking.

Cons: None

I do not have one of these right now but will soon. However, I keep reading the reviews from other owners and I'm sick of hearing them complain about the IPOD TOUCH because it does not have a phone or camera built in to it. IT'S AN MP3 player.... If you want a phone buy the IPhone and stop complaining that it doesn't have these features. Stop making the cons into something it's not. IT'S NOT A PHONE AND WASN'T INTENDED TO BE A PHONE. Stop complaining and just enjoy your MP3 PLAYER. Be happy that you can even afford one due to this economy ~ ENOUGH IS ENOUGH Read more Less

omg this is an awsome ipod!

By Jessica C  Mar 2, 2008 | 23 out of 31 found this Apple iPod Touch 16GB review helpful

Pros: big screen, wi-fi, weather, stocks, maps, touch capability, its just awsome ok?!!!

Cons: gets smudges and scratches easily. the bater for wi-fi is little too

this ipod can do almost everything! wi-fi is easy unlike the psp. just quit reading these reviews and just buy one! (try to get the 32 gig)

Best Toy Ever

By Ron  Feb 20, 2008 | 23 out of 31 found this Apple iPod Touch 16GB review helpful

Pros: Everything

Cons: Finding free WIFI

I am computer literate but not a techie and I have no desire to have a cell phone as they impress me as the world's most intrusive devices. However, as a constant traveler, I like being in touch without hauling a computer around. Voila! The perfe...ct device. I have access, movies and music for long flights, and look like part of the 21st century without the annoyance of a phone. If only more places provided a wireless network! Big hotels seem to be the greediest now but that will likely change over time. For me, it is the prefect device. Read more Less

By kyran  Mar 16, 2009 | 4 out of 4 found this Apple iPod Touch 16GB review helpful

Pros: Everything

Cons: Camera

It's awesome except there are no cameras to take pictures with.
Also it's just like a laptop only smaller.

Good Bang for the Buck

By DreddheadedPoet  Sep 19, 2007 | 13 out of 23 found this Apple iPod Touch 16GB review helpful

Pros: Great responsive touch screen, small profile

Cons: Video quality could be much better, more accessories need to become available ASAP

Well Apple pulled another fast one on consumers. They initially announced that the new iPods wouldn't be available until the end of the month....well they lied...at least here in MD/DC/VA they did. So how is it? Well for one...it's... SKIIIIINNY...almost 1/2 the size width wise of the ipod video so it fits pretty well into your pocket. It comes in a nice package which this time around does NOT include an iTunes installation disk. I guess Steve Jobs figues that most people who are getting this are already either iPod saavy and have iTunes or PC saavy and know how to find and download iTunes. I think that small thing right there may be a wrong move regardless if you have millions already using your previous iPod incarnations...never assume that new customers are saavy enough to get things working. That being said...how well does it work? VERY well....the touch screen really gives a feeling of going thru your collection and you can use it either in the regular mode or for better results, turn it on its side to thumb thru your music. If you are familiar with iPods, you will have no trouble using this one. The video on here is pretty cool but this is where it loses cool points. The problem on here is altho the resolution is pretty cool w/o noticable loss of framerates, in dark scenes, they look pretty dark and almost to the point that some scenes reflect back looking like a photo negative. The short term solution is to try to adjust the brightness screen to compensate and hopefully Apple may come up with a fix for that The Wifi? Pretty darned cool...one of the biggest features they held over from the iPhone will be a big draw for a lot of people and will set the bar up high for the next PMPs coming out. This is not a watered down browser, it's a full working version of Safari. You can even migrate bookmarks from your IE or Safari for usage. There is much one can do. And since iPod has introduced the ability to pinch and stretch screens, it makes it somewhat fun to navigate. Sometimes a page may load and clutters some of the objects up on the screen but otherwise, this is one the best ways to surf w/o having to resort to a laptop. I tried the YouTube function and it ran with no problems. The only other smalll complaint I have right now is for everything it has, it still looks like a delicate product, like it's one good drop away from being broken. I have a few thousand songs and a ton of video on mine and thankfully it's backed up but think of how pissed one would be to get one of these and it breaks within a few days because of an accidental drop. Altho Apple has released these already, they still haven't released any accessories to adequately protect these devices from a good drop, so if you have one, be careful.... Also, if you are a bit anal like me and want to keep up the gloss on it, t would hurt to buy a plastic screen protector, because altho the surface doesn't look like it will scratch easily, because of all the constant touching, the protector and a good cleaner will go a long way to keeping up this investment. My last wish for this would have been if Apple had added on an FM Tuner. That was one of the big ups that Microsoft's Zune had. A built in FM Tuner would really sell this but, with all the FM add ons they have for iPods now, my guess is that Apple didn't want thier 3rd party folks to lose money on that either. To sum it all up, if you want something cutting edge, I would say that this a great device, 16 GB is a start, I wish there was more but hey, it's a flash device so what can you do? Some are asking are you afraid of getting burned like early iPhone adapters did? All I can do is hope that I don't but I think these will move because altho they got them in early, many places are selling out as soon as they get them; even some of the store workers don't have any relying on us for feedback.On a scale of 1 to 5 I give it 4. Read more Less

Very good product

By Aaron  Mar 16, 2009 | 4 out of 5 found this Apple iPod Touch 16GB review helpful

Pros: small portable, interactive, good sound, youtube, safari, itunes, the app store, i could go on and on

Cons: battery life, slow streaming speads

If you are going to spend the money this is a very good buy, i loved it!! It is interactive, and provides good storage capacity. Over all a 5 star all the way.

IPT rocks and surfs

By Bud  Nov 22, 2007 | 4 out of 6 found this Apple iPod Touch 16GB review helpful

Pros: Great interface, feels good, music and web access

Cons: Battery takes a beating when wirelss used. No Mail app

Works well as a mobile internet device and MP3 player.

The best ipod I have owned

By beng  Jul 29, 2009 | 2 out of 3 found this Apple iPod Touch 16GB review helpful

Pros: Everything!!! (Except Battery life)

Cons: battery life

the battery life ownly lasts about 2.5 hours when youre on the internet, but when youre listening to music and the screen on sleep I can get like 21 hours.