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Download the Latest User Manual for the iPod Touch
To really get to grips with the iPod Touch, and learn how to get the full benefit of this amazing piece of kit, why not download the user's manual? To get reading, just click here for the Apple guide.
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Technical Details
- Personal music player with capacity for up to 1,750 songs or 10 hours video
- Watch the latest films or TV shows on large 3.5-inch, multi-touch operated screen
- Surf the web, send email, update your social networks and view maps over Wi-Fi
- Browse, buy and play over 75,000 games and original applications from the iTunes store
- Explore new Genius Mixes, Nike + synching and many other new features
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Product Description
Manufacturer's Description
See, hear, touch everything that entertains you on one really great iPod.iPod touch lets you enjoy everything you love about an iPod, and then some. Watch your movies and TV shows on a brilliant 3.5-inch display. Use the revolutionary Multi-Touch interface to flick through your music in Cover Flow. And anytime you’re itching for more entertainment, just tap iTunes to browse and buy on the fly.
Music With room for up to 14,000 songs and up to 30 hours of audio playback time, iPod touch gives you nonstop musical entertainment. And the new Genius Mixes feature adds even more ways for you to experience your music.
Genius Mixes Now the Genius feature is even more powerful. Introducing Genius Mixes. All you do is sync iPod touch to iTunes, and Genius automatically searches your library and finds songs that sound great together. Then creates up to 12 mixes you’ll love. These mixes are like channels programmed entirely with your music.
Genius Playlists Say you’re listening to a song on your iPod touch that you really like and want to hear other tracks that go great with it. Just tap the Genius icon. Genius automatically finds songs on your iPod touch that go great with your selected song and makes a Genius playlist for you.
Movies + TV Shows Your very own private screening awaits you on iPod touch. Watch the latest film release or an episode of your favorite sitcom anytime you want. Store up to 80 hours of video and get up to 6 hours of video playback time on the new iPod touch.
iTunes Part of what makes iPod touch so amazing is that iTunes is literally at your fingertips. A Wi-Fi connection and a quick tap are all it takes to get instant access to millions of songs and thousands of movies and TV shows. Not to mention applications, audiobooks, and free podcasts and iTunes U lectures. Preview and buy that album you’ve been wanting. Rent that film everyone raved about, or make it part of your collection. iTunes on iPod touch is your doorway to endless entertainment possibilities.
Surf the web, send email, and get directions from anywhere you are. Most of what you do online with a computer can easily be done on iPod touch. Built-in Wi-Fi means you can check your favorite blogs, write an email with a photo attached, or find out how to get to that new restaurant. When you think about it, iPod touch is a computer in your pocket. How handy is that?
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Wireless If you’re somewhere with a wireless network, iPod touch instantly recognizes it. If it’s free Wi-Fi, you’re good to go. Launch any one of your Wi-Fi-dependent apps, such as Safari or iTunes, and you’re on. Some wireless networks may require a password, but iPod touch has that covered, too. Just enter the password once, and iPod touch remembers it. So the next time you’re within range of that network, you’re connected automatically.
Mail Email on iPod touch looks and acts just like email on your computer. View your messages in rich HTML, including attachments. Mail recognizes file types such as .doc, .jpg, .mp3, and many others. And setting up Mail is easy because iPod touch automatically enters settings for popular accounts including Gmail, MobileMe, Yahoo!, AOL, and Microsoft Exchange.
Keyboard Typing on iPod touch is easy. That’s because it has an intelligent keyboard that predicts and suggests words as you type. Writing something lengthy? When you turn iPod touch on its side, the keyboard switches from portrait to landscape with larger keys and more room to type.
Safari Safari — an advanced web browser designed for Mac and PC computers — also comes on iPod touch. Just connect to a Wi-Fi network, and you can use Safari for nearly everything you do using a web browser on a computer. In fact, web pages look exactly the same on iPod touch as they do on your computer.
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Maps Know where you are and where you’re going with Maps on iPod touch. If you’re connected to a wireless network, you can find your location and get a list of turn-by-turn directions. Maps also finds points of interest from a keyword search. Say you and your friends have a craving for pizza. Tap Search, type in “pizza,” and Maps shows you restaurants nearby. Learn more about Maps on iPod touch
Social Networking iPod touch is the only iPod that helps you stay connected. So anytime you find yourself saying “I need to make that my Facebook status” or “This deserves a tweet,” pull out your iPod touch. Social networking apps such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and AIM are just a tap away.
Get your game on with friends across the room or across the globe. Games for iPod touch are made to take advantage of its built-in technologies such as the accelerometer, Multi-Touch, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth. The result is truly immersive gameplay — whether you’re playing alone or with others in multiplayer mode. And with an App Store that offers thousands of games ready to download and play, the fun of iPod touch never ends.
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App Store Make your iPod touch even more amazing with the App Store. All you need is a Wi-Fi connection. Browse over 75,000 games and apps, and buy whatever you like with just a tap.
A new feature of iPod touch makes finding cool new apps even easier. It’s Genius for apps, and it works just like Genius for your music. Tap the Genius icon and get recommendations for apps that you might like based on those you already downloaded.
Accelerometer The accelerometer inside iPod touch detects when you rotate iPod touch from portrait to landscape, then automatically changes what you see onscreen. But the beauty of the accelerometer comes into play when you’re actually in play. For instance, in racing games where your entire iPod becomes the steering wheel. Or balance games, such as Topple.
Multi-Touch What sets iPod touch apart from traditional handheld gaming devices is its revolutionary Multi-Touch interface. It means you’re not just playing a game, you’re interacting with the game. Turn your fingers into an expert skateboarder. Test your reflexes as you’re challenged to tap through the beats of a song. You can even transform iPod touch into a musical instrument such as a drum set or a guitar. It’s all thanks to the brilliance of Multi-Touch technology.
Over 75,000 applications. With thousands of games available on the App Store, your iPod touch is an arcade in your pocket. Choose from game types such as puzzle, strategy, role-playing, and more. In addition to games, you can shop for apps in categories such as music, entertainment, social networking, and a host of others. All of which make your iPod touch uniquely yours, and the best iPod you’ll ever own.
Box Contains
- iPod touch
- Earphones
- USB 2.0 cable
- Dock adapter
- Quick Start guide
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Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
295 of 301 people found the following review helpful
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I was looking for a small device which would let me play music, audiobooks, surf the Internet and email. After reading lots of reviews, I narrowed it down to Archos 5 120GB Internet Media Tablet WiFi 5",High Resolution Touch Screen 800x480 pixels,convenient leg stand. and the Ipod Touch.
In the end the fantastic price of the ipod Touch won me over and I'm glad it did.
There are always going to be people who argue, it doesn't do this, it doesn't do that. But what it does do is an incredible amount of functions and does them all very well. At the apple app store you will find many free and low-priced apps which are great - including games. I certainly recommend you get the free battery magic app which shows you in detail how much battery life you have left and how many hours of audio, www or games that translates into.
Had no problems hooking up to our wireless broadband to get on the Internet. Surfing the Internet is very easy and you can quickly zoom in and out of pages with a finger pinching movement over the screen. You can open multiple windows which you can't on some small devices. Typing on the screen (say if you're on a forum) is much easier than you'd think and fast. I've written quite lengthy posts with it.
You can set up multiple email accounts to download your messages onto your ipod - very easy to do. There is a calendar where you can set up birthdays and events. The clock function is brilliant, it also has a timer alarm and I've used it several times to remind me when to remove puddings from the oven.
Music-wise brilliant (if you use your own headphones and not the supplied ones!) although I mostly use it for audiobooks. It remembers where I last listened up to and resumes from there.
If you download a free app called Stanza, you can read ebooks on the device. You might think reading off a small screen is too hard but it is very comfortable and stanza lets you adjust text size to suit. Great for whiling away the time if you're stuck waiting for something.
All-in-all this is the best gadget I own - no it doesn't take photos or video but I'm glad about that because if it did it would a have to be a lot bigger and b would cost a lot more. Great item :)
In the end the fantastic price of the ipod Touch won me over and I'm glad it did.
There are always going to be people who argue, it doesn't do this, it doesn't do that. But what it does do is an incredible amount of functions and does them all very well. At the apple app store you will find many free and low-priced apps which are great - including games. I certainly recommend you get the free battery magic app which shows you in detail how much battery life you have left and how many hours of audio, www or games that translates into.
Had no problems hooking up to our wireless broadband to get on the Internet. Surfing the Internet is very easy and you can quickly zoom in and out of pages with a finger pinching movement over the screen. You can open multiple windows which you can't on some small devices. Typing on the screen (say if you're on a forum) is much easier than you'd think and fast. I've written quite lengthy posts with it.
You can set up multiple email accounts to download your messages onto your ipod - very easy to do. There is a calendar where you can set up birthdays and events. The clock function is brilliant, it also has a timer alarm and I've used it several times to remind me when to remove puddings from the oven.
Music-wise brilliant (if you use your own headphones and not the supplied ones!) although I mostly use it for audiobooks. It remembers where I last listened up to and resumes from there.
If you download a free app called Stanza, you can read ebooks on the device. You might think reading off a small screen is too hard but it is very comfortable and stanza lets you adjust text size to suit. Great for whiling away the time if you're stuck waiting for something.
All-in-all this is the best gadget I own - no it doesn't take photos or video but I'm glad about that because if it did it would a have to be a lot bigger and b would cost a lot more. Great item :)
31 of 31 people found the following review helpful
I'm not a 'techie' type person. I was a bit baffled when my brother gave this to me for my birthday when it first came out. At the time, I thought the music would come in handy (though I didn't like the size for gym use - compared to my sony mp3 player!). As I played about it with it, I've come to really love this little devise! Here is what I like (or have discovered to like!):
- the wifi connects fast (faster than my laptop does)
- easy access to e-mail, with an option to add more e-mail addresses should one wish
- update your facebook (though I am no longer on facebook)
- internet browsing (safari). Loads pages easily. However, as one reviewer said, there is the issue of flash player/adobe, though it still functions well when those are not required. It's easy to tap in what your after. I've found that I no longer need to open up my laptop nowadays to check e-mails, to use googlemaps, to check the travel situation etc etc. It can be done pretty easily via the itouch (whether you set up the e-mail address or check via the safari)
- music storage is great!
- video, youtube!
- itunes has LOADS of brilliant (and FREE) videos and audios. You can get many catergories, such as politics, religion, sports news, education, catch up from BBC radio etc. I recently listened to a university history lecture on why in 1647, Christmas was not celebrated in England!! There is lots to gain from the itunes!
-etc, etc
Hope the review helps.
PS if you go ahead with it, make sure you purchase a screen protector/shield to prevent any damage and preserve it's beauty!
- the wifi connects fast (faster than my laptop does)
- easy access to e-mail, with an option to add more e-mail addresses should one wish
- update your facebook (though I am no longer on facebook)
- internet browsing (safari). Loads pages easily. However, as one reviewer said, there is the issue of flash player/adobe, though it still functions well when those are not required. It's easy to tap in what your after. I've found that I no longer need to open up my laptop nowadays to check e-mails, to use googlemaps, to check the travel situation etc etc. It can be done pretty easily via the itouch (whether you set up the e-mail address or check via the safari)
- music storage is great!
- video, youtube!
- itunes has LOADS of brilliant (and FREE) videos and audios. You can get many catergories, such as politics, religion, sports news, education, catch up from BBC radio etc. I recently listened to a university history lecture on why in 1647, Christmas was not celebrated in England!! There is lots to gain from the itunes!
-etc, etc
Hope the review helps.
PS if you go ahead with it, make sure you purchase a screen protector/shield to prevent any damage and preserve it's beauty!
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
I had been so conflicted for so long about buying an iPod. Especially when they were so overhyped back when they first came out. I had been hoping for a while that the hype for iPods would burn out and they'd all go lower in price and that would be when I'd pounce. Sad to say, never happened, however, in the end I decided to buy this with a bunch of money I recieved for my birthday and it wasn't until I'd finally got it up and running properly that I could fully appreciate that this gadget is worth EVERY penny you pay for it.
Things might want to know or think about before buying iPod Touch 3rd Gen:
* The iPod's operating system, built in applications (known as 'apps'), links and configurations already whap off a whole 1gb of the space before you've even put your music on (once you have iTunes installed, it will tell you exactly how much space you have on the iPod).
* You MUST have the internet at some point to use iPod touch 3rd Gen. Starting the iPod up for the first time, you will find that it is locked and unconfigured and the only way to configure it and get it running is to install iTunes which you can download for free.
* iTunes is absolutely NON avoidable in using your iPod. You can't just transfer songs to this using windows explorer...you have to synch the thing to your computer in order to get anything on it.
* It WILL accept your CDs and let you transfer them to iTunes (and eventually to the iPod) without you being charged anything; sometimes you will even recieve the free cover art.
* Be wary of speaker/dock products that claim they fit this model; some actually don't at all.
* There is a noteable bug with this model that comes from iTunes (that Apple apparently refuse to recognise) that causes your iPod to inform you that there's no music on it. Is easily fixed by removing/adding songs and resynching to iTunes...but you may see it occasionally.
* Not all the apps cost a fortune. Several are free, and are incredibly useful. Even full games are available.
* The charger given to you only hooks up to a computer USB port and not a plug socket; the charger is flimsy and prone to splitting.
* Has a built in speaker so you don't even need to use the earphones. iPod Touch 3rd Gen isn't incredibly loud but it's audible enough to listen to without it being plugged into a speaker.
* Is multifunctional; plays music, videos, lets you view photos, has a built in calander that lets you schedule things like events or remind you of things like parties or appointments, has a clock in it that lets you set alarms, has a calculator that is very quick and easy to use, has an email app installed that can be used with various web-based email addresses (gmail, yahoo, etc). Also can play games on this, find out the weather forecast, surf the net, check your stocks, keep all your contacts secure, and even has a notepad app which is handy if you get caught needing to write something down when you have no pens or paper around; it also has Google maps built in!
* Touch screen is very sensitive, very easy to use, no fiddly buttons to muck about with and even using the touch keyboard it provides is easy to use (and provides spellchecking and replacement as you type).
* Screen flips to landscape mode if you turn the iPod Touch 3rd Gen on it's side; this is so sensitive, that during games you barely have to tilt the screen to make movements on your game occur.
This truly is a masterpiece of modern technology and an incredibly handy thing to have; it provides hours of entertainment no matter where you are and it plays music while you do other things like surf the web or use your email. This would be the ideal MP3 player for someone who is always on the go to have, as it has so many handy features that instead of carrying a MP3 player, a scheduler, a notebook, a gaming device, a map and address book, you can have them all in ithis incredibly cool and slim device that barely takes up any room in a pocket or a bag. It's like a PDA that costs half as much.
Very good for someone who wants to have all these things without actually having to learn to use all kinds of different buttons; finding what you need is as quick as just tapping on the screen...no one can get lost navigating on this thing...
I used to be very cynical about Apple and the iPOD, but I'm a convert...I'm sure many other people will be soon to find themselves in the same shoes.
Things might want to know or think about before buying iPod Touch 3rd Gen:
* The iPod's operating system, built in applications (known as 'apps'), links and configurations already whap off a whole 1gb of the space before you've even put your music on (once you have iTunes installed, it will tell you exactly how much space you have on the iPod).
* You MUST have the internet at some point to use iPod touch 3rd Gen. Starting the iPod up for the first time, you will find that it is locked and unconfigured and the only way to configure it and get it running is to install iTunes which you can download for free.
* iTunes is absolutely NON avoidable in using your iPod. You can't just transfer songs to this using windows explorer...you have to synch the thing to your computer in order to get anything on it.
* It WILL accept your CDs and let you transfer them to iTunes (and eventually to the iPod) without you being charged anything; sometimes you will even recieve the free cover art.
* Be wary of speaker/dock products that claim they fit this model; some actually don't at all.
* There is a noteable bug with this model that comes from iTunes (that Apple apparently refuse to recognise) that causes your iPod to inform you that there's no music on it. Is easily fixed by removing/adding songs and resynching to iTunes...but you may see it occasionally.
* Not all the apps cost a fortune. Several are free, and are incredibly useful. Even full games are available.
* The charger given to you only hooks up to a computer USB port and not a plug socket; the charger is flimsy and prone to splitting.
* Has a built in speaker so you don't even need to use the earphones. iPod Touch 3rd Gen isn't incredibly loud but it's audible enough to listen to without it being plugged into a speaker.
* Is multifunctional; plays music, videos, lets you view photos, has a built in calander that lets you schedule things like events or remind you of things like parties or appointments, has a clock in it that lets you set alarms, has a calculator that is very quick and easy to use, has an email app installed that can be used with various web-based email addresses (gmail, yahoo, etc). Also can play games on this, find out the weather forecast, surf the net, check your stocks, keep all your contacts secure, and even has a notepad app which is handy if you get caught needing to write something down when you have no pens or paper around; it also has Google maps built in!
* Touch screen is very sensitive, very easy to use, no fiddly buttons to muck about with and even using the touch keyboard it provides is easy to use (and provides spellchecking and replacement as you type).
* Screen flips to landscape mode if you turn the iPod Touch 3rd Gen on it's side; this is so sensitive, that during games you barely have to tilt the screen to make movements on your game occur.
This truly is a masterpiece of modern technology and an incredibly handy thing to have; it provides hours of entertainment no matter where you are and it plays music while you do other things like surf the web or use your email. This would be the ideal MP3 player for someone who is always on the go to have, as it has so many handy features that instead of carrying a MP3 player, a scheduler, a notebook, a gaming device, a map and address book, you can have them all in ithis incredibly cool and slim device that barely takes up any room in a pocket or a bag. It's like a PDA that costs half as much.
Very good for someone who wants to have all these things without actually having to learn to use all kinds of different buttons; finding what you need is as quick as just tapping on the screen...no one can get lost navigating on this thing...
I used to be very cynical about Apple and the iPOD, but I'm a convert...I'm sure many other people will be soon to find themselves in the same shoes.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
good service
very good service orderd 15th received 16th very happy with item 5 star came as described.m woolley will be to please to recomend to my friends.
Published 2 months ago by michael woolley
it does work
when i recived the ipod it had already been tempered with, when i went to put the new battery in there where screws missing so i wouldnt share to a friend.
Published 2 months ago by kayleigh
CAN'T GET IN
I got the ipod and the battery but as you can't get it open it was all a waste of money so the whole lot went in the bin. Save money and don't bother
Published 2 months ago by KTB
i recommend
I got this item for my 7 years old daughter and I chose a second hand product because I know my children ... I have to say its such a good item . Read more
Published 4 months ago by mari
Very good
Wanted to say thanks for a great product and price, clear description of item and truthful! posted quickly, packaged with care. Very happy!
Thankyou
Thankyou
Published 4 months ago by B. Jones
Disappointment
This model lacked a camera capability and was a great disappointment to my grandson at Christmas - maybe I should have known but feel mislead and let down at such a high price!
Published 5 months ago by Ken
good condition
I received the iPod very quick and in good condition the screem doesn't have any scratch, but the back has some. it came with the chargeur.
I m very pleased with the product.
I m very pleased with the product.
Published 5 months ago by Aline
I-pod touch 8GB
This was a Christmas present for my son, I thought this was alittle over priced against the new I-pod touch which was retailing for £159 at the time. Read more
Published 6 months ago by grufty06
great gizmo
great bthday present for my son he really loves his ipod .does exactly what it says on the tin only drawback is that the battery life does not last long enough but thats teenagers... Read more
Published 6 months ago by arron
Scammed.
Although i bought this item over a year and a half ago my faith in Amazon has blinded me to the fact that the product I received was not an iPod 3rd Gen. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Sema D
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