“iPods have been evolving quickly in their short existence on this Earth. The iPhone and the iPod touch, however, seem to be several leaps ahead of the excellent iPod nano or, for that matter, any other player on the market. At $300 and $400 for 8 and 16 GB, respectively, these are not cheap devices, especially considering the storage limitations. Still, factor in the slick interface, elegant Web browser, the beautiful glass display, the seamless integration of the WiFi music store, and the iPod touch is worth the price. No portable media player has ever done this much so easily, or looked so good doing it,” Tim Gideon reports for PC Magazine.
Gideon reports, “Bottom line: With an excellent interface and elegant design, the iPod touch is simply the best portable media player ever made.”
Full extensive review (Editor’s Choice, 5 out of 5 stars) here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Corinne” for the heads up.]
By the way, reviews like this are why Steve Jobs could afford to overshadow the new iPods with his aggressive iPhone price cuts and subsequent media machinations. The iPods are fully capable of selling themselves.
I wish all that “black space” would get filled with more application buttons.
I wonder if he got a demo unit… I doubt it. But its different from when the iPhone was introduced everyone was slamming it and now since the iPhone people are looking at an off shoot and are like well this is nice. Blah, most reviewers are hacks
ken1w,
Oh, it will be. It’s just a matter of time.
storage will come in time, quick time….. they will probably be at 64gb/128gb by this time next year all in the same form factor
magic word = started
the touch is just getting “started”
Speaking of missing application buttons, Apple must be testing some really cool games for the iPod Touch and the iPhone. Games designed for these models would probably sell better than iPhone ringtones.
God damn it… Thanks. I just bought one. I’ve been on the fence.. and out of impulse (or lack of impulse control).. went right to the online applestore and bought one.
My wife’s gonna be really pissed.
And Derin… if you want.. if you come in town.. I might let you look at it.. for a fee.
Meanwhile back in Redmond, MS engineers are scrambling to produce a knock-off with a massive, multi-million dollar holiday rollout.
The Zune Tush.
Now with tan lines.
I’d love to see what Ballmer’s reaction is to the iPhone and iPod touch.
He’s been pretty quiet lately. Anyone know why?
@ No Squirt For You
> Meanwhile back in Redmond…
All MS has to do is buy Palm. A re-badged Zune Treo, with it’s hundred buttons, would make the perfect antithesis of the iPhone and touch.
The Minneapolis Tribune and an ad for zune’s in yesterdays addition. They now have different colors; and no brown zune! All for only $199.00. They’ve really lowered the price for the same piece of crap.
@ken1w
If they threw some blue LEDs in the case for ambient lighting… and added a few stickers and short cut keys on the massive keyboard.. winblows users would feel right at home.
“All MS has to do is buy Palm.”
Yikes. A brown Palm that squirts?
It better come with a supply of hand sanitizers.
A PAYG unlocked 8G iPhone for normal trips, with your old iPod Classic added for long trips seems the best combination.
The lack of camera, speakers, microphone, email, diary input, Google maps, note-taking and bluetooth eliminates the use of the iPod Touché for WiFi VoIP and home office functions. There is more missing that just the phone, voicemail and SMS.
A more feature-full iPod Touché or a 16G iPhone would be nice updates for January MacWorld 2008.
Nonsense. The present Zune is light years ahead of Apple’s recently announced vapor iPod Touch in user friendliness, quality and, most of all, stylish design.
Hey MAC lemmings, stop drinking the Kool-Aid. These things aren’t shipping yet and probably never will. The marvelous Zune is real and shipping today. And it squirts. In brown. Losers.
Welcome to the Social.™
I’d like to see the black space at the top of the Touch and the iPhone removed, even if it means making them slightly thicker. They are just a little too long for pocketability and handling.
lol @ no squirt
i’ve been debating between getting one of these or a macbook… i’m probably gonna get the macbook but maybe i can get the ipod for xmas… =)
ah, it’s a good time to be an apple user.
What would be awesome is if you could connection one iPod to another to access the content. I have an 80GB 5.5G iPod and an 8GB iPhone. Would be cool to have the iPod loaded with movies and my entire music library for when I go on long trips, and be able to connect to the iPhone to watch/browse on my iPhone.
Anyone else think this would be a killer feature that would help Apple sell more iPod Classics?
Andy C.
I like it. Even better, if you could also charge/run your iPhone on your iPod’s battery for extra talk time.
I bought the Palm Treo as soon as it came to market and I still use it today. It was at the time the best integrated all in one.
I wonder how many others there are like me that have finished with Palm since Apple joined the fray?
@Zune Tang: go away unfunny, silly, trivialising ZT. You compromise our sanity where you never had any… and anyway, Microsoft needs you elsewhere, ‘cos you aren’t delivering value to them by being on MDN.
I’m sorry, but that reviewer must be a closet Apple Fanboy. Why did he give it 5 stars!!! It’s only worth at least 4.5. Simply because when the Zune 2 comes out it will be 5 Stars and this reviewer will feel silly when he is forced to give Zune 2 only 5 when it should be 6 stars or more. He should have waited a few more days before he posted that review. Then that RDF would have worn off and the iPod Touch would probably have received a more deserved 3.5. Thats being generous.
Clearly, PC Magazine has been taken over by Mac FanBois, right? That’s the only way all the Apple haters over at Endgadget and CNET could deal with a review like this…
@Macaday –
I’ve also been a loyal Treo user for years, but the day after the iPhone price drop, I happily dumped my Treo 600. I was waiting for the 2G iPhone, but with a 33% price cut, and endles “out of memory” errors on my Treo when looking at simple web pages, the time had come. Got my refurb yesterday, and can’t wait to step up…
Here we go again.
Sep 13, 07 – 11:19 am = Not me.
I wish they would redesign the earphones that come with these products. It’s based on the notion of one size fits all. These earbuds are too large for my ears and they don’t stay in. Why can’t they design a more flexible earbud??
@ Zune Wang:
You’re done here man.
Accept that fact and move on.
Making fun of M$ is not only not fun any more, you’re simply not funny any more.
So, please, move on now.
You had your run, and well, your 15 minutes is up squirt-boy.