But if you're buying an iPod for yourself, there are plenty of things to recommend the fourth-generation iPod Touch. Its features, design, and performance were enough to earn it our Editors' Choice Award two years in a row, and the latest updates included with iOS 6 only help to refine an already excellent product. Apple's iPod Touch maintains all of the core features that have made the iPod great over the years, such as music playback, photos, video, podcasts, audiobooks, and games.
Many of the new marquee features found in the iPhone 5 and fourth-generation iPad 4 are also here, including iMessages, iCloud support, an HD camcorder, and FaceTime video calls. And while this iPod Touch model is lagging slightly behind the iPad, iPhone, and fifth-gen iPod Touch in terms of its technology slower processor, no GPS, no 3G capability , it offers the least expensive entry point into Apple's iOS ecosystem, bringing with it a world of entertainment that is unmatched at this price.
Design The design of the iPod Touch hasn't changed since The good news is that in all that time, no one has been complaining. The back of the Touch has a camera lens in the upper-left corner, along with a pinhole microphone. The camera placement is nearly identical to that of the iPhone 4 's camera, though the cameras themselves differ. The camera used on this Touch is strictly designed for video recording, but it can be made to capture still frames, whereas the iPhone's camera pulls equal weight as both a photo camera 5-megapixel sensor, LED flash, HDR support and an HD camcorder.
The iPod's front-facing camera is placed above the screen and behind the glass, where the speaker would normally be found on a mobile phone. The Touch does have an integrated speaker, located behind a tiny grille on the bottom edge of the device, along with a standard dock connection and a 3. The rest is just as you'd expect. There's a Home button below the capacitive touch screen, which still measures 3. Hardware features Compared with the bigger, faster, pricier fifth-generation iPod Touch, the fourth-generation model is a year behind when it comes to specs.
You get the A4 processor that originally debuted in the iPhone 4, and a 3. You still can't make cell phone calls on the Touch, surf over a 3G connection, or receive a GPS signal, but the gap between the Touch and the iPhone is surprisingly small. The camera on the back supports HD video recording up to p at 30 frames per second.
The resulting video file is h. You can sync your recordings back to your computer using the included USB cable, or send the results directly from the Touch using e-mail, or upload them to YouTube. We also have to give points to the Touch for being able to embed roughly estimated geotag information in your photos and videos, provided you keep the Wi-Fi antenna on.
The front-facing camera is convenient for self-portraits and video calling, but in VGA resolution x pixels it can't compete with the HD camera on the back. There's a toggle button on the touch screen for seamless switching between the two cameras. Both cameras are capable of taking still shots as well, but the results don't hold up to those of the iPhone 4's 5-megapixel camera with LED flash.
Essentially, these photos are simply video stills, which equate to a xpixel resolution using the camera on the back, or x pixels using the self-portrait cam. You get the same tap-to-focus capabilities found on the iPhone 4, but the shots won't make your digital camera jealous. Overall, the iPod Touch works well as a pocket camcorder, though we still prefer a dedicated pocket camcorder when it comes to video quality, audio quality, and plug-and-play flexibility.
That said, you can't browse the Web, download apps, or e-mail your friends from a Flip, so keep that in mind. Gaming Gaming is a big part of the iPod Touch's appeal, due in part to the improved display, additional three-axis gyro sensor, and A4 processor performance boost that arrived in The breadth of the games available through the integrated App Store is exhaustive. Beyond the expected selection of fun, addictive casual games, such as Angry Birds, Scrabble, and Plants vs.
It's worth noting that many of the more intense games take a big toll on the iPod's battery life. In our initial, casual testing, a new game like Mirror's Edge drained the battery to 20 percent in an hour or so of play. If gaming is going to be your primary use for an iPod Touch, it's probably worth investing in an external backup battery pack. Music and video True to the iPod's legacy as a media playback device, the iPod Touch delivers just about every music and video experience you can think of.
Putting aside third-party apps, such as Pandora Radio, Rhapsody music subscriptions, and Netflix video streaming, the core music and video playback capabilities are impressive in their own right. Using Apple's free iTunes software on your computer, you can sync your music collection, podcasts, audiobooks, music videos, movies, TV shows, and free educational lectures and videos from iTunes U. If you're looking to download new music or videos, there's a direct link to the iTunes storefront within the Music app now, as well as on the home screen of the iPod Touch, offering everything from albums and podcasts to TV shows and movie rentals.
The same storefront can be found inside the iTunes software on your computer though the app version is much faster to load , and any purchases made either on the device or using the software all ultimately sync up back to your computer. The iPod's price and small size make it an ideal vessel for Apple's iTunes video rental service indispensable for traveling with kids. Rented TV shows have a built-in expiration of 48 hours, once a show playback has started, or 30 days total, even if the show is never played.
By comparison, rented movies have a stricter rental window of 24 hours once playback is initiated, or 30 days if unwatched. As far as music and video services beyond iTunes are concerned, the iPod Touch is more flexible than iPods past.
If you have a collection filled with unprotected WMA music files, Apple's iTunes software can take care of transcoding them into a compatible format. That said, if your protected WMA files are the result of a PC-only music subscription service, such as Rhapsody or Napster, it is now possible to stream and sometimes store these files using compatible apps.
The same situation is more or less true for video compatibility. A handful of popular unprotected video types, such as H. And some video services, such as YouTube and Netflix, can be used to stream content by way of apps or the included Safari Web browser.
FaceTime is a feature that has made its way over from the iPhone that allows you to place or receive free, real-time video calls over Wi-Fi. FaceTime calls on the iPod Touch perform just as well as they do on the iPhone, but the mechanics are a little different.
Because iPods don't have phone numbers attached to them, iPod Touch users need to set up their account on the device and associate it with an e-mail address. Apps help us do so many extraordinary things that we can sometimes lose track of how much we use them. Screen Time helps give you a better understanding of the time you and your kids spend using apps, visiting websites, and on your devices overall.
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