I was not sure I wanted to spend this much on a MP3 player, but this is the coolest device I own. Nothing can “touch” this, except maybe the iPhone but it loses points because of AT&T and the steep plan prices. There are many places to get free wi-fi when you are out, and I find that I use the touch more for surfing, social networking, and e-mail than I do for music. If you don’t buy an iPod, you settled. The genius mixes are even cool. My recommendations are to get a case and screen protector immediately. The iPod touch is a fingerprint and scratch magnet. You want to protect your investment. I ordered the SwitchEasy Rebel case and it came with a screen protector.
All that said, there are some negatives. The first and most famous is that the stock Apple headphones are junk. To really appreciate the iPod and all it can do, make sure to buy some quality headphones that have the 3 button remote and microphone. Secondly, if you consider the bright display, wi-fi, and processor; it is understandable that the battery life is not great. Apple says 6 hours of video and 30 hours of music, but I multi task and jump back and forth all the time. The battery lasts me more like 5 hours. It does charge fast and you can get to 80% in two hours. Sometimes syncing is a pain, my library is larger than 32gb, so I have to manually add music and video, so that is more tedious. I did sync my Google calendar, and set up 2 different e-mail accounts. You can also add lyrics to your id3 tags via iTunes and they are viewable buy taping the album art while you are in the iPod function. It is a cool feature, but there is no easy way to populate all your songs, so it is now a huge task. Another issue to consider is that the screen resolution is good, so if your album art didn’t come from iTunes, it may look pixelated. I recommend you shoot for a minimum of 400 x 400.
The newest 32gb and 64gb models have a faster processor and more ram, and I notice that this is one fast device. I frequently b
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