ipod touch 64gb

I don’t need to tell that the Apple iPod 64Gb is awesome. A lot of people are pretty darned enthused. The 20 millions buyers can’t be wrong for surely. Certainly, the iPod ecosystem might be frustrating to those who want to be completely in control of their devices, but those of us happy to trade away a little freedom are rewarded with an incredibly slick user experience. The vocal minority might disagree, but iTunes isn’t that bad and it’s by having a closed system that Apple was able to build its dominant lead. Like it or not, the record labels are still pretty keen on controlling how you use digitally purchased music and by facilitating that control Apple has been able to dominate the download market.

The key to the success of the Apple iPod  64Gb (and by extension the iPhone) is that Apple created a fantastic hardware platform on which apps can run. Of course the media playback aspect of that platform works well for Apple, as selling media (be that music, films or TV programmes) is a major part of its business, but it’s the (semi-)openness to third party developers that really makes it shine and its in that direction with which Apple has focussed the improvements to this iPod touch revision.

As we tell when using its call making counterpart the faster processor and so the graphics chip make using the upgraded touch much snappier. I’m in agreement with Riyad that for most applications it’s probably the faster GPU that’s to credit, thanks to its faster rendering of the iPod touch’s graphics-heavy interface. Although I’m sure the processor helps loading the inordinate amount of Notes I’ve taken, even if it can’t help me discern what I was thinking when I wrote most of them in pseudo-shorthand gibberish.

The upshot is that the 3rd gen iPod touch causes me a lot less frustration than my iPhone 3G, which is starting to feel decidedly slow in accomplishing even the simplest of tasks. Whether it’s browsing in Safari, checking out the videos on YouTube or launching apps, everything is that a little bit quicker. It might only be a second or so each time, but day in, day out it’s noticeable.

If you are going to buy an Apple iPod 64Gb touch, ignore the 8GB model. It’s too low a capacity for this class of device. It will be better if choosing the model 64Gb capacity for bigger capacity.


  
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