BUILD & DESIGN
The new iPod touch is beautifully designed, as all Apple products are, with sleek lines and modern details. Unlike the iPhone 4, it isn’t at all boxy. It is remarkably thin and light, with strongly tapered edges. If you use the device “naked” you may not even remember it’s in your pocket — it really is that small.
With smartphones, they sometimes seem quite light… and then you notice that the battery is still in the box, so you are immediately disappointed with a light phone that almost instantly becomes a heavy “brick” in your pocket.. That isn’t the case here; the iPod touch is sealed so it comes fully assembled with the battery inside and it weighs just a few ounces.
The build quality is excellent, as you would expect from Apple. There is no creaking, bending, or flexing of any kind.
Display
The new Retina display on the iPod touch is absolutely gorgeous. I haven’t had the opportunity to see it side-by-side with a new iPhone 4 yet, so it’s hard to make direct comparisons. I can say that it is vastly superior to my old iPod touch. It is extremely sharp and clear, and much more readable outside in bright sunlight.
My photos look better than ever before, and video does too — amazingly sharp and clear. If you have an older iPod touch, you’ll see a huge difference in the display — the new Retina technology represents a great improvement.
This improvement isn’t really all that surprising, considering the screen resolution has gone from 320×480 to 640×960, but the display size hasn’t changed – it’s still 3.5 inches.
Keyboard
The iPod touch doesn’t have a physical keyboard, instead relying on a virtual keyboard for text entry.
It works well, but of course I have long experience with the old iPod touch so there’s nothing new for me here. I can say that typing is easier with the new model because it is fast enough to make the built-in word completion utility a pleasure to use instead of a pain.
It also lets you double tap on the shift key to enable Caps Lock, which I use all time time and am thankful to have. It’s a little thing, but it isn’t available on the original iPod Touch.
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Most of my time is spent on emailing my friends, using iPads and Blackberries. The bad thing is that the more I get attached to these equipments, they busier I get. These gadgets are so nice in a way that you can do everything you want with ease although at the end of it all, you will be so tired.
