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June 23, 2010 by Admin
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*** Ipod 8Gb Touch User User Reviews…

iPod 8GB touch – Awesome Portable Device

The 3rd gen iPod 8GB touch was a nice upgrade for me after owning the 1st gen ipod touch 16gb. Overall the touch is a lot faster. I noticed a huge difference when using graphic intensive apps like google earth or games like need for speed. I was disapppointed there were no real changes to the 3rd gen iPod 8GB touch from the 2nd gen. I was atleast hoping for an increase in battery life. It looks like from all the numbers online and from apples webstie the 3rd gen iPod 8GB touch has lost about 6 hours in audio playing time. The 2nd gen had a 36 hour music playtime and the 3rd gen has a 30 hour music play time.

Im guessing this maybe due to the fast processor and gaming chip with maybe draining the battery faster. The 3rd gen iPod 8GB touch comes with the voice control feature which is found on the other new ipods like the nano, shuffle and iphone 3gs. This feature cannot be added with the current 3.1 update to a 2nd gen ipod touch, it is built into the hardware. The voice feature is nice to have but isnt exactly that intutive. Unlike other voice features in other devices like cell phones where the phone will adapt and learn according to your voice, the ipod touch has no learning feature. It either understands what your saying or it doesnt (in which case you have to repeat yoursel unitl it does).

The 3rd gen also comes with the iphones mic/remote headset which is a nice added feature. Easy to change the volume or track and use the mic for apps like skype or shazam. Probably the main feature I really like about the 3rd gen is the speaker which I didnt have on my first gen. Mind you its not really that loud but great for casual listening like podcasts, gaming and itunes store preveiws for songs. I really like the fact that I can now use my iPod 8GB touch for making phone calls via voip.

Theres a quite a few apps available for this like: fring, skype, icall, etc. The quality is pretty good considering its voip. The touch also has other great features like the nike transmiiter, bluetooth, copy and paste (finally). The one thing I wish the touch had and also the iphone is the multitasking ability. Maybe some day apple will finally allow this. I find it so ancient coming from my blackberry bold which can run many apps at one time. It becomes annoying some times when you just want check the weather or email and your running another app.

The only app that can run in the background is music. But only music from the iPod itself not any app playing music like last.fm or flycast. Overall I love the touch especially since I tried the iPod classic and didnt like the click wheel at all. I have also purchsed the griffin navigate remote which allows me to change tracks, volume, playlists and listen to fm radio and have screen to see what song is playing. The 3rd gen iPod 8GB touch is a nice upgrade for me coming from my old 1st gen ipod touch.

If you have a 2nd gen ipod touch I don’t really see a need to get the 3rd gen. Unless you have run out of memory and need a 64gb or will be doing a lot of gaming on it. At this point there arent any games that can use the new touchs gaming speed yet. Other features of the 3rd gen can be upgraded on its own, like the mic/remote headset and the 3.1 update. So the only real features your missing are the voice control and the faster processor/gaming chip.

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