Ipod Touch: the Musictouch

The iPod touch from Apple Inc. is a portable media player that assures excellent musical entertainment. Designed and marketed by Apple Inc., it is a top-of-the-line model in the Apple iPod family. This model media player from Apple was unveiled to the public on September 5, 2007 as part of an event dubbed “The Beat Goes On”. The iPod touch comes with a flash memory of 8 or 16 GB. It also has Wi-Fi and includes Safari, the web browser of Apple. The iPod touch is the first generation of the iPod line to include wireless access to the iTunes Store. This product from Apple Inc. also has the capability to detect the current and last 10 songs playing in a Starbucks café within the vicinity of the iPod, and offers the user the opportunity to download the tracks in the iTunes music store.

The new Apple portable media player has a multi-touch interface which is exactly like that of the iPhone. Exactly like the iPhone, the iPod touch has a physical home button that is separate from the touch screen. The home screen includes a list of buttons corresponding to the available applications: Music, Videos, Photos, iTunes on the bottom button row. It also has Safari, You Tube, Calendar, Contacts, Clock, Calculator, and Settings at the top. This model from Apple Inc. comes preloaded with 28 wallpaper photos, some of which are figures from the iPod advertisements.

The official requirements for the iPod touch model portable media player includes a computer running either are Mac OS X 10.4.10 or later Microsoft Windows XP with SP2 or Microsoft Windows Vista (32 bit versions only). This model from Apple Inc. is equipped with Wi Fi 802.1b/g, and, like the iPhone, includes the Safari browser and a viewing client for YouTube. The device’s Wi-Fi capabilities can also be used to purchase music from the iTunes Store.