Yes , I know I ’ve write myfirst impression of the iPod ghost , but now that I have one in my hot little hands without a line of anxious journalist waiting to put their likewise sudate paw on it , I ’ve had some time to discover that which was not noticed before . Including :
Higher - pitched clink . Really , it gets better . But I might as well point out the obvious fact that since the iPod touch does n’t have an external loudspeaker system like the iPhone , it uses a “ clicker ” like other iPods , a side essence of which is a higher - pitch click stochasticity than the iPhone . ( When you link up the iPod touch to a information processing system , it does n’t chime like the iPhone , either — it emits the familiar shake that iPods have made for some time . )
iPhone ’s headset does n’t lend removed control to the iPod touch modality . you’re able to habituate the “ clicker ” control condition on the iPhone ’s headset to hesitate and play medicine and television on the iPhone . Regrettably , when you plug that headset into an iPod touch the clicker has no effect . Given the iPod touch ’s lack of any physical volume control condition , I ’ve buzz off to assume that financial backing for a pier - connection - base wired remote control , a la the iPod FM Radio Remote , must be on the skyline .
Manual management of media . Jason Snell points out in the modish Macworld Video that you’re able to manually manage media with the iPod trace . The option for asking it to do so is found in the Summary tabloid of the iPod touch ’s predilection . This intend that , unlike with the iPhone , you may enable this option , connect the iPod touch to any computer , and drag media to it .
However , you ca n’t bestride the iPod touching as a hard driving as you may with the iPod nano , classic , and all other previous iPods .
iTunes Wi - Fi Music Store behavior . The version of the iTunes Store on the iPod mite exhibits some behaviour that I ’d not hear of .
To lead off with , when you synchronise your iPod hint to your estimator after purchasing medicine from the Wi - Fi Store , that medicine mechanically downloads to your computer and is thenremoved from the iPod touch . If you want it back on the iPod touch , you ’ll need to sync that material with the iPod . observe that this behaviour prevents you from copy that purchased music to more than one information processing system with the iPod as the conduit .
When you download euphony from the iPod touch , a newPurchased on iPod touchplaylist appear in iTunes ’ Source tilt , just below the received buy listing . Click this entry and you ’ll see all the euphony you ’ve purchased from the Wi - Fi Store .
second , if an record album you buy is bundle with a digital brochure , when you sync the iPod touch sensation with your computing machine to download that music to it and next connect to the iTunes Store , the digital folder will mechanically download to iTunes . ( alas , in the record album we tested — Lyle Lovett ’s “ It ’s Not Big , It ’s Large ” — the digital booklet PDF would n’t spread in either Preview or Adobe Reader . )
lastly , the Wi - Fi Store is aware of your iTunes Plus preference . If you ’ve configured The Store to show you iTunes Plus music by default option , that ’s how you ’ll see it in the Wi - Fi Store as well . When I switched off the pick to see iTunes Plus music within my iTunes Store account I had to re-start the iPod hint and re - enter the Wi - Fi Store before that alteration was reflected on the iPod .
iPhone hacks do n’t currently knead . Among the first things I tried to do after unpacking my iPod sense of touch was to run theAppTapp iPhone installer drudge . It did n’t wreak . The installer ran and run with nothing evidently happening . Against my better judgment I force quit the installer and my iPod touch would do nothing more than display its “ Connect to iTunes ” option . I fire up iTunes and it would n’t see the iPod touch .
Before panicking I plugged the iPod touch into a different Mac . That Mac recognized the iPod touch but told me that it was in recovery way and that I require to restore it . That I did . iTunes download the iPod touch 1.0.1 software and then reformated the iPod . It crop perfectly well after that .
This one smudges . Unlike the iPhone , with its sweep alloy back , the iPod touch has the traditional glossy brand back plate . And yes , it smudges and scratches just as easy as other iPods with glistening back .
Keyboard put up outside symbols . We understand that because the iPod touch can be sold in nation other than the U.S. ( unlike the iPhone ) the iPod sense of touch has outside keyboard potentiality . Specifically , the touch support these keyboard layout : QWERTY , QWERTZ , AZERTY , QZERTY , and Japanese IME . you may choose dissimilar keyboard setting in the Keyboards setting .
What ’s less apparent is that you’re able to choose non - stock characters by tapping and hold on a Francis Scott Key in the iPod ’s virtual keyboard . For example , go to the Contacts software and tap the Plus ( + ) button to create a new contact . beg the Name field and pressure and carry the A winder . You ’ll encounter that you have nine pick including Á , Â , Å , Á , Æ , plus a couple of other characters that I ca n’t easily produce on my Mac ’s keyboard .
Webmail works . I accessed both my Gmail and .Mac accounting via their various webmail interface and was able to successfully get off and find email . The only glitch was essay to send HTML - arrange e-mail from Gmail . Safari turn down to leave you to localize the pointer in the textual matter field when HTML format is take . Switch to sound off school text and it turn dead .
Slower textbook entrance in Safari . While play in these webmail applications I detect that the iPod touch enter text more slowly than does the iPhone . I asked Jason Snell to corroborate this with his iPod sense of touch and iPhone in event it was a personal electronic connection exit . He verify that the iPod ’s keyboard is more sluggish than the iPhone ’s .
iPod touch telecasting is darker . My iPod touch ’s video recording is perceptibly darker than the video played on my iPhone . I syncedChinatown , purchase from the iTunes Store , on both machine and played the same scene on each . With light cranked all the way up on both twist , the iPhone ( below , left ) far outshone the iPod touch . benighted view on the iPod feeling were really blue , make it a less - than - idealistic vehicle for watching film noir .
( Update : Jason Snell reports that his iPod mite ’s video is not only darker , but shows significant problems with “ negative picture ” impression in especially dark video and photo . We ’ve posted one sample below but more are available inthis Flickr photo Seth . )
telecasting playacting on an iPhone ( top ) and iPod ghost ( bottom ) .
No playlist grouping . The Modern iPod nano and iPod authoritative respect play list pigeonholing — make a folder in iTunes ’ Source list , sweep some playlists into that pamphlet , and sync the iPod and the power structure is preserved on the iPod . That does n’t bring with the iPod touch .
I ’ll be forge on the iPod touch throughout the weekend and beyond to unearth its other secret — many of which are likely to appear in ouriPod Blog . And remain tuned for our full review of the iPod touch , come next workweek .
