Apple released the iTouch big brother of the iPod Nano Gadgetissime tested.

ITouch = New balladeur connectable in wi-fi at the iTunes online store.

I am therefore delivered this beautiful day of October 2007. On October 5, more accurately! It sounds at the door in the middle of the arpès evening. I expect around 10 the same month. What a great surprise! I received an invoice by mail that morning.

Time to serious things.

Firstly, the unpacking of the IPod Touch: careful not to drop it. After removing the protective film around the box, we need to open it gently. Indeed iPod is on the top and is not hung. A great gesture and pan on the floor! Not good!The first step is to turn on the beast! It calls forth a connection to a PC or a Mac. I therefore connects having turned my MacBook Apple. What a surprise when the latter asks me lots of updated! I will therefore a good time for me patience use the Ipod. E neffet it took undertake a major upgrade of Mac OS X used to power the drive. Reassure you everything is clear and there is no reason that you do not get!

Once the update done, launch iTunes. Here iPod touch “filled” with the contents of your iTunes library. It handles at the same time.

When everything is finished, disconnect the iPod correctly. Turn it on top of the camera. Magic !!!!!!!! It illuminates. And it is here that you discover that the beautiful object arrived own is already covered with your finger! Big disappointment. With accessories you right in the box with earphones (the same as other ranges iPod), a cache for the usb and a kind of white craft that I never understood the interest. In short … The screen is thus soiled also quickly that the stern.

And let’s go! Vosu press on the icon at the bottom left (left !!!!) and the interface poru listen to the music starts. Everything is simple. And actually when you have a list of titles on the screen, as you switch the iPod touch, then appear the kits that you move with the index of a movement from left to right and vice versa. It seems that the sleeves are connected to a élastic when moving. The effect is terrible! Success! You tap a pocket. It turns to display a list of music you have bought into this album. And the music starts. You adjust the sound with the index .

Size and weight

• Height: 4.3 inches (110 mm)
• Width: 2.4 inches (61.8 mm)
• Depth: 0.31 inch (8 mm)
• Weight: 4.2 ounces (120 grams)

In the box

• iPod touch
• Earphones
• USB 2.0 cable
• Dock adapter
• Polishing cloth
• Stand
• Quick Start guide

Capacity

• 8GB, 16GB, or 32GB flash drive
• Holds up to 1,750, 3,500, or 7,000 songs in 128-Kbps AAC format
• Holds up to 10,000, 20,000, or 25,000 iPod-viewable photos
• Holds up to 10 hours, 20 hours, or 40 hours of video

Display

• 3.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen Multi-Touch display
• 480-by-320-pixel resolution at 163 pixels per inch

Audio

• Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
• Audio formats supported: AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV

Video

• H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; H.264 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 3.0 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats

Wireless

• Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)
• Maps location based service

Windows system requirements

• PC with USB 2.0 port
• Windows Vista or Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 2 or later
• iTunes 7.6 or later

Languages

• English, French, German, Japanese, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Russian, and Polish
• International keyboard support for English, UK English, French, French Canadian, German, Japanese, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Polish, and Portuguese
• Dictionary support for English, UK English, French, French Canadian, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, and Dutch

Power and battery

• Built-in rechargeable lithium ion battery
• Music playback time: Up to 22 hours when fully charged
• Video playback time: Up to 5 hours when fully charged
• Charging via USB to computer system or power adapter (sold separately)

Safari: once you have set the parameters and authorized wireless iPod on your network, then you can surf. And it works well! Indeed you can zoom in to read the articles, see pictures … It is rather quick for a device if “lean”! It will not replace your computers reassure them! ;-)Some false manip are to be expected, but everything is very simple. You can even add “Bookmarks.” Useful!

ITunes, go buy music. Magic! You connect with your login and password and get to the store iTunes iPod special touch. Use the search engine, or a walk through the lines. You can listen to excerpts, see bags, brief do what you are doing on your computer normally. And since the buy ipod that once connected to the PC or Mac will be in charge of updating your version of itunes with the songs you have purchased! It really is a useful gadget.

You have a calculator, a calendar, a book of contact and a clock.You can also see videos and photos. I do not see too much interest. Ditto for YouTube that I have not yet tried, as you had to connect to the Internet via a computer. Develop it.

I forgot to say that we see the button at the bottom of the iPod touch serves to return to the main menu.

This is the man to make a gift for Christmas!