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# Apple iPod touch: review
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## Apple's iPod touch now has a sharper screen, HD video recording and front-
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facing camera for video calls.
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![Apple iPod touch][1]
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Apple's new iPod touch offers video calling.
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[![Shane Richmond][2]][3]
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By [Shane Richmond][4], Head of Technology (Editorial) 7:00AM BST 08 Sep 2010
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[Follow Shane Richmond on Twitter][5]
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[Comments][6]
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The most striking thing about the new iPod touch is that it looks almost
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exactly like an old iPod touch, only thinner. When you learn about the
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improvements packed into the fourth generation of what is now the bestseller
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of Apple's iPod range, it's hard not to be surprised. The new iPod touch has
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an HD video camera, a second, front-facing, camera, a gyroscope for motion-
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sensing apps and the high-resolution Retina display like the one that graces
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the iPhone 4.
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Did I mention that it's thinner too? Now that the iPhone has switched to a
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chunkier, more industrial design, the iPod touch has the curved back form
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factor to itself. It sits in the hand nicely and feels significantly lighter
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than the iPhone 4, though the difference is a mere 30 grams.
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The iPod touch has often been described as an 'iPhone without the phone' - or
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an "iPhone without the contract" as Steve Jobs pointed out last week - but
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that's less the case with this version. FaceTime video calling, which uses the
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front-facing camera, means that an iPod touch is getting closer to being a
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phone too. Admittedly, the calls work only to iPhone 4s or other iPod touches
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at the moment and require a wifi connection but this is a significant step
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forward.
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As with the iPhone 4, the Retina display looks amazing. A 960-by-640
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resolution on a device this size means pin-sharp visuals and since the iPhone
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4 has been out for a few months now most apps have been updated to take
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advantage of it. Games, text and photos all look astonishingly sharp.
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Games have been the runaway success of the iPod touch, with Apple now claiming
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that their handheld games device outsells those of Sony and Nintendo put
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together. iOS 4.1, the latest version of Apple's touchscreen operating system,
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brings Game Center to the iPod touch, adding achievements and social gaming.
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## Related Articles
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* [Apple iPod nano: Review][7]
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08 Sep 2010
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* [Steve Jobs unveils new Apple TV, iPods and Ping][8]
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02 Sep 2010
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* [Apple iPod: a history in pictures][9]
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08 Sep 2010
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The video shot by the phone looks wonderful on this screen too but the fact
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that it shoots in 1280-by-720 resolution at 30 frames-per-second means that it
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will also look good on your computer or your television.
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The one area where Apple does seem to have skimped is with the stills camera.
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At less than a megapixel - 920-by-720 pixels - you won't be making prints from
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these images. It means that the iPod touch won't be a portable casual camera
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as the five-megapixel iPhone 4 now is. However, a better camera would
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certainly have added to the iPod touch's bulk, not to mention its price, and
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that's presumably a compromise that Apple didn't want to make. They're clearly
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banking on video being a better selling point.
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Storage-wise, this year's iPod touches match last year's. There's an entry-
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level 8GB model (£189), a 32GB model (£249) and a 64GB model (£329). Apple
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says that customers aren't really demanding more storage. The 64GB version
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should offer enough space for most of your music, video and app needs. Anyone
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with a more demanding music collection is directed to the iPod Classic, still
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hanging on to its slot on the shelves.
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Apple has made some significant upgrades to what was already, in my view, the
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best portable media player on the market. If you've held off buying one until
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now, don't delay any longer.
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[**Buy iPod touch**][10]** from Amazon (UK) **
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[**Buy iPod touch**][11]** from Amazon (US)**
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## [Apple][17]
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* ### [Technology »][18]
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* ### [Shane Richmond »][19]
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* ### [Technology Reviews »][20]
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* ### [Technology News »][21]
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In technology
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