iPod Touch: Up Close and Personal

I got my hands on the new iPod Touch yesterday. And despite some minor shortcomings, the device lives up to its hype. Check the details and shots after the jump.

iPod Touch Review

Two of the most attractive features of the iPod Touch for me are the wide screen video player (something you can hook up inside your car in lieu of those NextBase players) and the full featured Safari browser (which allows you to surf and comfortably read blogs via wifi without opening up your laptop or desktop computer).

iPod Touch

For a hands-on review of the iPod Touch, check out my post over at PTB — “Hands-on Review: iPod Touch”

Read my previous review of the 3rd Gen iPod Nano here.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

https://www.yugatech.com

25 Comments

Dusty says:

18 years ago

Thanks for the review. I’ve been debating for weeks now if I should s(h)ell out and buy this ;) One more step closer to yes =)

However being a developer, I might wait till 3rd party apps are available again.
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Dusty says:

18 years ago

W00t!

Jailbreak is coming soon …
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/10/08/announcing-a-preliminary-iphone-1-1-1-jailbreak/
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McBilly says:

18 years ago

That is awesome Yuga. Thanks for the review. Too bad the price there is not the same here in Cebu.

I browsed our SM City here for some iPhones and they costs a whopping 40k. To add injury to pain, that price is for the 8GB iPhone.

What a big difference!
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Mobius says:

18 years ago

@McBilly I think you’ve mistaken the iPod touch with an iPhone. iPhones do cost at that rate..
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hip2b2 says:

18 years ago

Hey, can a borrow it and try my iPhone apps?
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Dusty says:

18 years ago

@hip2b2

the ipod touch can’t install 3rd party apps yet. the new firmware have disabled them.

A new jailbreak is in the works but it seems all the apps have to be recompiled.
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marhgil says:

18 years ago

wow! wala bang paraffle dito? hehehe. cool gadget, sana, magkaroon ako this december. :D
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McBilly says:

18 years ago

@Mobius Oh. Sorry for the confusion. Your right! hehe. Ang nipis! super ganda. :mrgreen:
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ernesto says:

18 years ago

Wow love it and how much is it???
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chinesemafia says:

18 years ago

Can you compose e-mail on this thing? I assume you could access gmail/yahoo mail via wifi.
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