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Apple iPod touch 3G

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The basics

The latest version of the Apple iPod touch packs in a brand new chipset to make it up to 50 per cent faster, new PowerVR SGX graphics hardware, Apple's voice control tech, and a whopping 64GB of storage space!It also has 30 hours of battery life for music and six hours for video playback.

The good

It looks the same as the touch that went before it, but on the inside the third generation touch has new processors. The claimed "50 per cent faster" performance for once lives up to its build-up. In use the touch is speedier than Cristiano Ronaldo in a Ferrari, blitzing through apps and games. And thanks to new graphics hardware, they look spiffing too. As for that 64GB storage space, well that should be plenty big enough to hold all your music (unless you're Pete Tong maybe) and videos. You can also now use Apple's Genius Mices, which blend together music of the same genre and style to give you a virtual radio station from your library of music. It certainly lives up to its name.

The bad

The new touch isn't perfect. For a start that much-rumoured video camera didn't make it in (instead getting shoved in the nano). The Voice Control, too, is only limited to the high-end iPod touch. That ramped up speed has also hit the battery life. It's now dropped from 36 to 30 hours for music, while you'd be lucky to get the full six hours for video.

The bottom line

Not perfect, but the latest version of the touch adds some welcome and proven features from the iPhone, as well as heftier storage and some speedy performance, to keep this 'Pod at the top of its game.

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User comments (70)

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Adamgoooch

I've got the new version with the new iPhone Software. It's brilliant! Wouldn't fault it at all!

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jewellie

i love the itouch, i bought mine when the first gen initially cam eout and i wouldnt leave home without it!!

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bgillett

love the ipod touch its great to play on and listen to music would recomend it

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tonetheoldgit

Just bought this model, not ony does it double the capacity of it's predecessor but adds voice control to music playing (just say "play music by ......." and it responds - "playing music by......". Add to that, in line controls on the earphones for play, pause, skip forwards/backwards and volume and you have an instant winner. If only the Iphone had this kind of storage available. It's almost all your gadgets in one device. Brilliant !!!!

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Martin

I would get the ipod touch but u cant download windows media player stuff plus its abit to much to get a mp3 player

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James

Can't you add stuff to ur iTunes library from ur computer or cd, and then upload it to an iPod?

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Frankiedoodle

Where can i find a cheap i touch 16gb?

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Pr4nzz

hope i get it

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quickster9

Good device the iPod touch. For people who want a good Music player, Apps and internet. This is quite a good gadget! I have one and i mostly use it for the games/apps!

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matt.a

Brilliant would recommend to any one, it has good quality music, excellent apps and a good video/movie player & picture viewer. Good value for money, i have 208 song & 4 hours worth of video & 356 pictures and still have around 10gb left! It would make an exellent Christmas present...

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Playstation3man

I am hopefully geting one of these for xmas I have read reviews on them. I thought the voice control setting was only on the iphone but from what I have read you guys say its on the i touch is that only on the 32gb and 64 gb?

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Jack966

I would be 4x better if it had a camera !!! Lol maybe next time !

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mjh_jsy

If you want to use Skype on the iPod touch you need at least the 32GB version.

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g

Hopefully i may get one for christmas this year i wish it had a camera though! Also, has anyone got a mac? Im thinking of getting one.

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nobbles1958

I dunno what to get nano 5g 16gb or touch 3g 32gb. plz reply

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nobbles1958

I dunno what to get nano 5g 16gb or touch 3g 32gb. plz reply

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missgwenb

Absolutely love it. Once you've got it, you can't put it down. It's so much fun and there's so many great Apps you can get from the store and better still some of them are free!!

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Jazzman

If you want to listen to music in the lowest quality possible, buy an mp3 player. This has done more to ruin quality music reproduction than the compact cassette did. eg. take a cd (700Mb of data) squash is down and throw away hundreds of Mbs of data and you have an mp3 format file. At 320kbps (maximum mp3 quality) the cd data is now only 140Mb. What has happened to all that data, and that's not where it ends because most mp3 players are not used with the highest level of quality that an mp3 format can produce, they are normally used at 128kbps or lower which results in a file size of 63Mb per cd. That is 91% of the data thrown away, and it's no wonder that the quality of mp3 is so bad. Unfortunately this is killing the appreciation of good quality music reproduction for the younger generation because they don't know any better and its produced a generation of people who only listen to boom-tizz reproduction. To put the icing on the cake, some sound engineers are being forced to engineer the reproduction of music to cater for the poor quality units being listened to on the street to try and combat the ambient street noise and ruining the cd quality as well. Thank goodness that they aren't doing that for serious music (non-pop). Where will it end, a piece of string and two bean tins.

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123456789044566

i have got this ipod for christmas it looks brilliant and it gets very good reviews-so i think it was a good choice..........

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ck

you can convert all your video to ipod format using videora.com very easy to use and free. Lots of ads but just ignore them!

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miss_E

I'm about to buy the 8gb model of the itouch, just been looking around for the cheapest on-line that I can get but with delivery etc it works out pretty much the same at the apple store , where at least on there you can get it engraved which I think I will opt for now. I do think it's quite pricey for what it is but I've gone for cheaper mp3 players in the past and they just don't compare, there are a few models of something online being passed off ad itouch's but they aren't i have something similar to that and although you can get mp4's wma and mp3's on them the most irritating part is the use of the touch screen and the fact you don't have any software to use with it, you can't make play lists from existing music you have to create folders to do so. Having had an old skool ipod in the past I think it's the best choice for size and all round ability. You can git WMA on there but you have to convert them first, i choose not to use the i store for buying mp3's i use amazon that way you can actually use them on any other mp3 player you have an your not limited to having the files as ACC files. All in all I think if you can afford the i pod, go for it, you don't have to have the touch as the new nano is just as good just lacks the swoosh interface

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Mintlou

Ipod touch is the future of handheld devices, it's so versitile and will eventually wipe out other Pocket Pc's (PDA's). i mean what is there an application can't do? ipod touch / iphone wins all the time for me

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FC

Hate it. Maybe it's b/c this is my first Apple product, but I can't get over some of the glaring defects. Just a couple being: carrying around a 32gb storage device that won't let me store documents on it is unbearable. Also, for a media player to devote all it's screen surface to album artwork, then not even bother to load it from my library is just unbelievable. I find myseslf scrolling through hundreds of pages containing one giant musical note, squinting at tiny text to find the album i need. Hat this not been a gift, I would have returned it for a refund. :-(

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Jack966

Brillent it would be sooooo much better if it had a cam and better battery life :) But thats the only bad part. Most of the apps are amazing !!!!!

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doug hughes

have one its fantastic easy to use clear to view browses the web like a dream very quick to launch what more could i want

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Rob

I am considering getting the ipod touch 3rd gen 32GB. But does ANYONE think that it isn't worth it. Can i also here both sides of the argument aswell (Pros and Cons). Thanks for any reply. P.S i Will probs get it from amazon for £206.95. Thanks =D Can you also put my name at the top of your comment so i know it is related to my message.

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Trevaughn

i want one of these really bad :(

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Jamiiie2k10

Best thing that ever happened to apple by a mile.

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xXgleekgirlXx

i really want one of these but i need to know roughly how much they are i know that they are expensive

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T-man1

i need to get one of these really badly :(

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anonymous_765

where can i find a cheap new apple ipod touch 3g 8gb? please advise

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Sarah21498

I have the old generation 8gb ipod touch. it's very good, but the screen isn't that sensitive, so using a stylus doesn't work. The battery life is ok, but the games run it down a lot. but get marshmallow headphones. much more comfy!

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JamesR08

I love them! they are ammence :L

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JamesR08

I would Give it 4G's

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TOBYRONE

I'm going to get a Ipod touch and I'm wondering were I should get one and what is the best type to get mainly for games and music.

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TOBYRONE

Sarah21498 You do know that you can only use living thing with blood pumping throught them on a Ipod touch screen.

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TOBYRONE

Guys I don't want to buy a Ipod Touch on "Ebay" but if you want a working one for cheap prices go to "Ebay". (I am not advertising)

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Nick Baskervill

i just wish theyd make these with big enough memory for me :\

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judmister

i really want a 64gb ipod touch but its £306 from comet can any1 tell me if thers anywer you can get it from thats cheaper than that.

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kie-monkeys

I want a iphone so bad can some one send me a link of the lowest priced iphone please.Thank you :-)

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Kittykat123

I reallllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy want 1 soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but i could wait till they put video in it........

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sean

i own the ipod touch and i cant live without it now so many apps to choose from

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geekgadg

we need 8

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Anonymous

I hope i get one for my birthday, there amazing!

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yellowflop

I hope I can save up for long enough instead of spending my money on rubbish

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benmaf

judmister: they have a 64gb ipod touch on amazon for £273.70 if thats any help and you havent found one cheaper than that that is. http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002MRRRPU/ref=s9_simh_gw_p23_i3?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-1&pf_rd_r=0B82CWZE2NJYD6GDYVEQ&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=467198433&pf_rd_i=468294

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am1945sy

I have searched Ebay, Currys and Comet and the cheapest package which I am hoping to purchase is at John Lewis web site. £378.98 @ Comet - iPod Touch 64 GB, Case & Gear 4 Speakers £339.90 @ John Lewis " " " " "

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Jay-Robbo

I Have been looking at the ipod touch (2nd gen) and the (3rd gen) there is not much diffrens what would you people recomend and am planning on getting 32 gb ..

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Pacman123

Im getting one of these 4 xmas this year so thanks 4 the review gadget show :)

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Wistian

I have the 3G 64Gb version & I love it (bought new on eBay for £206). It has been jailbroken which means I have access to all the software I could possibly want. The only things I would like extra is a camera & built in microphone.

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boyartist

I really do wish I had one... :(

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awwww

ive got the 32gb one but my screens cracked =[

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kK...123

i ave had an ipod twice, old and new - it is gr8. Highly recommended to anyone dat wnts 2 get one.

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dR0op5t3R

i got my ipod touch for my b-day and it is honestly one of the best gifts i have ever recieved. i can't imagine what i would do without it :)

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IssyWizzy

I love the touch too and i've got one and now i'm focusing on the ipad of course!!!!!!!!!!!

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maxedoughty

i so want one but now the iPod 4g touch is out with TWOOOO Cameras thats so kl and i want one!

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Cooldude999

This IPod is amazin. I would highly reccomend this to anyone.

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barney9779

good quality needs to be a bit biger and needs to be easier to hold

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ipad220

i really want one

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sokuri1997

i want one now please???????????????

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Fred

ive got the band new i pod touch its wiked there that cool they should sell them for free!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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derek

wow it is gr8 m8 love its ace look

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ipod touch review 3g

Apple have opened the same gap that’s between the iPhone 3G 8GB and the newer iPhone 3GS in their touchscreen PMP line. For Apple it makes sense: the older products allow them to hit the price sweet-spots required to squash the competition, while the flagship models then step in to satisfy those who demand the bleeding-edge or high-capacity storage. http://www.applereviewed.net

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Anonymous

It is very seductive with web browser, Wi-fi etc and more ability to download a beer rinkng app BUT if you want it to sound good.............spend serious money on some decent ear buds/cans and get a Cowon J3 and love your ears. Personally I have both as they are works apart but need both in my life. The itouch is untouchable for user interface, it just does everthing so well............all except the quality of the mp3 player. Eek ! brash 128kbps files are coarse and grate. Audiophiles look elsewhere as Apple have some catching up to do in this dept. The Cowon sounds gorgeous but is clunky, unintuative and has less feature BUT low compresion files have a big soundstage and let you enjoy the music. There is room in my world for a little Apple love.................but 'itunes', here i draw the line.

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robadob123

This is one of the best ipods ever, forget about the new gimicy new one with vga quality camera's!

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Bikeguy123

If you thought the 3rd gen was good the 4th is one of the best inventions ever

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