IPod Touch 32GB: How Cheap Is Cheap?

Yes there may be except for what?

Apple didn't utilise the launch of the new iPod Touch 32GB, Iphone's younger brother, to replenish its multi-touch MP3 player in depth. The differences between the cheaper new iPod Touch 32GB range from performance and displays to the included accessories. The skinny on what you get, is as such:

•The earphones now have RC and a tiny microphone. The microphonehass a first use in recording voice memorandums. You may listen to those on iTunes or (as well as music and videos) through an in-built speaker.
•The new iPod Touch 32GB, as is the iPhone 3GS, is faster than its predecessor and plenty more than a 3G iPhone. Certain to support its leisurely orientation and perhaps also since it is less subject to battery restrictions of its Big Brother the iPhone.

•The battery life scores obtained independently are good and - as is frequently the case, better than publicized by Apple. For audio (Wi-Fi off, volume at 2/3 and no use of the screen), the new iPod Touch 32GB ran 40 hours 35 minutes. Apple reports a ceiling of 6:00.

All in all, the new iPod Touch 32GB offers a friendly and robust mixture of PDA, iPod, game console and tiny WiFi tablet. None of its features are there just for show as we have a productive, portable, multi-function MP3 player taking full advantage of the App Store's richness and it is easily dropped in a pocket.

Now for the how cheap; Apple did realign prices, pegging the 8 GB at $199 ( minus $20 ), the 32 GB at $299 (price of the old 16 GB) and the 64GB at $399 ($10 less than the prior 32GB, the maximum capacity at that time) .

Outside of the Apple Store, costs for a cheap iPod Touch 32GB vary widely, ranging online from about $475 to the least expensive at $265 according to pricegrabber results by CDW and "sydneyshoppe"; a non-rated storefront, respectively and with every flavor in between.Amazon, at under $280for a brand new one, remains the least expensive alternative out there and as usual: shipping in the U.S.A is free.

The new iPod Touch 32GB does typically remain an entertainment device but is all in all a good piece of technology that iTunes 9 is complementing very nicely.

by Rickey Barron