Apple iPod Touch 16GB

Well I've had the iTouch for several months now and I have to admit it is much better than I first thought. I'm not an Apple devotee so it took me quite a while before I decided to buy one. What swung it for me was watching the keynote address about the iPhone SDK and the potential for future applications and gaming. To be truthful I wasn't looking for a music player, more a replacement for my aging Palm PDA. So the news that you'd be able to run applications and even write your own was enough for me to pick one up. I can't say much about the device as a music player. To be honest my Sony mp3 player is probably a better device for this as it has excellent noise canceling headphones and can be used in the pocket without needing to look at the display. I can't say much about video playback or photos as I haven't got around to putting any on the device. However, I can talk about the email client, youTube, the web browser and iTunes integration, oh and google maps. They are all excellent. I find myself frequently using the web browser on my iTouch rather than booting up the PC. Similarly I can check my email quickly without the need for a PC too. I can use the iTouch to write quite long emails as the keyboard, contrary to many (iPhone/smartphone) reviews is very good. The keyboard is virtual, rather than a physical keyboard with real buttons and as such provides no tactical feedback when you press a key. When you look at the keyboard when composing emails it looks fairly small and typing errors are very frequent. However what many of the negative reviews of the iPhone keyboard neglect to mention, is that the keyboard has both corrective and predictive text... Difficult to explain, but it will try to predict the word you are trying to type e.g. 'hello' even if you've typed 'helko' because you've typed k instead of l due to their close proximity to each other. In practice you can type very quickly even if you're getting say 20% of the letters incorrect. I'm very impressed with this feature. I would also like to mention the language support of the device. You can select which languages you wish the device to support, for example, English, Spanish and Japanese and then when you're writing email etc. you can easily change between these keyboards. The japanese is particularly impressive as you can type in romanji and it will give you the kanji and hiragana options. Again with predictive completion. Very cool. The implementation of google maps is brilliant. You can do the zoom in and out thingy with your fingers... it can give you satellite overlays etc. the same as on the PC. It is worth knowing that it seems to cache the maps so that you can store a map for when you're out and about away from a wifi access point. iTunes integration is very good and the wifi support allows you to browse and purchase music whenever you feel like again without the PC. The same for youTube. You are guaranteed to waste more time on youTube with this device... and if you've set up the email you can send friends links.... (If it sounds like I'm old because I'm going on about email rather than facebook/mySpace etc... it is because I am :-) I don't have a protective cover for my device, other than keeping it in a soft (minidisk) pouch. It seems to be pretty robust as I don't give it any special treatment. It gets slung in my rucksack with all my other junk. The screen does get smeared, but after the first week or so you stop fanatically polishing it :) Keeping it in the previously mentioned pouch keeps it fairly polished without any effort. I find the stocks application very useful, it gives you a 20 minutes delayed price and % change for each of your stocks. The weather application gives you a week at glance for each location you setup (In Madrid, that's mostly 'scorchio'). It all works very nicely. On the 11th of July Apple will be releasing a software update for the iTouch (unfortunately we'll have to pay to upgrade) which will allow access to the application store, which will be to apps what iTunes is to music. I'm particularly looking forward to getting Sega's super monkey ball game :-) There are a few issues, like no cut, copy and paste when editing text. It also seems to occasionally jump out of youTube or the web browser for no reason... It has locked up once or twice mainly whilst trying to exit a youTube video. Overall I'd say that the iTouch is a pretty decent portable computer. It has even made me think that the iPhone might not be such a bad idea after all. Geez. I sound like an Apple fan boy.

im really impressed with the quality of this ipod its so much better than my ipod shuffle now that its got a screen.It was fast shipping which i was pleased with it arrived within two days.:D not only that the price was good rather than me paying £330 for a new one.The packaging got the ipod deliverd neatly and it was well packed thankyou xxxx

Received it in good time. I wasn't expecting a fast ipod for this generation but a little disappointed as when accessing some pages on iTunes etc it's unresponsive when choosing options (so have to do this from a PC or laptop) and also when loading music it comes out of it back to home screen so have to click the search option as soon as it appears so we can access it.

Firstly, I want to let you into a secret...I'm one of Apple's biggest fans, so this review could be slightly biased! That out of the way, I could gush on for ages about how sleek, how sensual and how truly stunning this incredible little gadget is. But I'll start with the slightly negative. One of the things that's annoyed me with this is how easily the back gets scratched. I'd had it for almost a week now and only taken it out the house about twice - and already the back looks like I've scraped it across a wall, no matter how hard I've tried to prevent it. However, I've ordered an accessory kit which comes with speakers, three silicone cases, a screen protector, an armband and a lanyard (not to mention a handful of adapters and chargers - Kiicks Accessory Kit For iPod Touch) so hopefully that will sort that out. Another thing that gets me, as Mr Mcclure also stated, is the lack of a power adapter! It's ridiculous, Apple make a fantastic piece of kit and sell it for £230-£250 and neglect the flipping charger! That said, this beautifully constructed work of art is one of the best ways to spend £230. I am utterly in love with my iPod Touch! To conclude, if you're looking for a sleek, sexy and increasingly popular upgrade from your previous iPod, then this is the way to go. However, I wouldn't really recommend the Touch to any technology-lacking MP3 buyers. Hope this helps :)

My son bought this to replace one he 'lost', we were highly delighted with the quality of the ipod, although used the condition really good and it works perfectly. The goods arrived before expected which was an added bonus ! Definitely recommended Thank you

So I have it now..but I cannot get any apps from the store as the software isn't updated.,how do I do tjat? Also didn't realise there wernt any speakers :(

Wonderful! I am so very pleased with my refurbished 16 iPod, is exactly as described with just a few scratches, but I have no problem with that, excellent for my needs (My Music)! Great service, and would highly recommend to everyone!

Wanted a cheap replacement ipod after old faithful bit the dust. This done the trick perfectly. Got exactly what I paid for, arrived quickly. Brilliant service

nul trop vieux on peut rien faire avec même internet ca ram on doit toujour ce mette a ma page avec apple