Apple iPod touch 4. Gen. 8 GB

• ✓Fast processor
• ✓Excellent app selection
• ✓Well-built

„Klingt gut, sieht schick aus und kann fast alles. Wer einen einfachen MP3-Player sucht, findet aber günstigere und noch bessere Geräte.“

• ✓"The fourth-generation Apple iPod Touch, winner of CNET's 2011 Editors' Choice Award for portable media players, has been upgraded with new software and a boost in capacity."

Mit dem neuen iPod touch hat Apple die Messlatte für die Konkurrenz wieder ein bisschen höher angelegt. Zwar ist der Player mit 319 Euro recht teuer, dafür bietet er innovative Technik. Eine Alternative für sportliche Musikfans ist der günstigere iPod nano.

• ✓High resolution display
• ✓HD video recording
• ✓Excellent media playback
• ✓App support
• ✓Good connectivity

• ✓Design
• ✓Display
• ✓Videotelefonie
• ✓Ausstattung

The new iPod Touch is the best dedicated music player that Apple has released to date. The 'Retina' display, iOS4 and the faster processor mean that listening to music, playing games and surfing the Web are easier and more enjoyable than with its predecessors.

• ✓Rich display, faster processor
• ✓HD video recording
• ✓front and back cameras

You'd be hard pushed to find a portable media player to match the iPod touch when it comes to packing in features. The device is now slimmer than ever and eBooks and games look absolutely brilliant. However, camera quality could be better and slow connection speeds are annoying.

• ✓High-resolution screen
• ✓Video calling
• ✓Easy to use
• ✓Loads of apps

• ✓Retina display provides sharp images and text
• ✓Built-in mic and speaker make VoIP easier
• ✓Improved Bluetooth support

• ✓HD-Videoaufnahme
• ✓frontseitige Webcam
• ✓intgriertes Mikrofon
• ✓FaceTime-Videochats
• ✓extrem hochauflösendes Display
• ✓Drei-Achsen-Gyroskop
• ✓schlanker und leichter als der Vorgänger

• ✓Nothing but improvements over previous models
• ✓HD camcorder
• ✓Front-facing camera
• ✓Integrated microphone
• ✓FaceTime video calling
• ✓Retina Display
• ✓Gyroscope sensor
• ✓Slimmer, lighter design

You know the story by now. For many, the iPod touch is the iPhone without the phone and GPS features—no cellular voice calls, no texting, and no EDGE or 3G wireless service. The remaining features that the two have in common (or lack) is often how the iPod touch is judged. In the case of the fourth-generation (4G) iPod touch—available in 8GB ($229), 32 GB ($299), and 64GB ($399) capacities—the two come closer to feature parity than ever before.

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