iPhone iPod Plus

Again, our friends iLounge are on target with this list that I translate: 10 things you should know know about the new iPod:

1) Sizes. The iPod touch is a bit smaller than the iPhone, is not only thinner, 8mm. compared with 11.6 of the iPhone, is also more quietly, 10.9 versus 11.4 cm. Not as much as 10.4 of the video iPod, or the now classic, so the touch is not going to fit in some of these docks with a video screen out there. The new iPod nano is the most unusual is the size of each new model, 6.9 cm. high, 5.2 cm. wide and 0.6 cm thick. The same thickness as the previous nano but 1.9 cm. shortest and 1.1 cm. wider.

2) Video, The video output is now universal in all iPods except the shuffle. Any of the new models can be connected to the TV using the Apple cable ($ 49), which come with a USB power adapter for charging your iPod without using the battery continuously. A spokesman for Apple, the new component cables allow the iPod videos to see the original 640 × 480 resolution from the iTunes Store, rather than being limited to 320 × 240. The iPhone still has no video output.

3) Audio: we tested all iPods with headphones EU-11 Ultimate Ears Pro Background noise is lower in the classic, is a little higher in the nano and touch. Once again we are disappointed because Apple still does not offer a graphic equalizer, all we have are images in the user interface of the old EQ presets.

4) Synchronization. Fortunately, the timing is ‘iPod-style’, not ‘AppleTV-iPhone-style’, you can drag files directly from the iTunes window to an iPod. We were worried that Apple would force the sync any other way.

5) Shuffling easier. Display of classic and nano now include the option to activate the shuffle songs or albums without returning to the main iPod menu.

6) Cover Flow in the new iPods is a bit less fluid than the iPhone or touch, sailing with the click wheel, selecting the button and again choosing the song with the wheel. Then you have to leave the disc again, it’s all much better with the iPhone’s touch screen and touch

7) Improved customization music menu. You can customize the main menu and the music menu of classic and nano. This is a feature designed to do less scrolling, as Apple continues to add options to the audio options.

Safari on iPod touch. Works just like the iPhone. We saw an option to test pages and detect errors, but the option was hidden in the options menu. Creermos that is not the final version of the device.

9) Any improvements. Apple tell us that the new iPod does not lose any of his predecessors, all are improvements. Something that worked on the latest model, it should do so in this, only with cosmetic improvements. This is not always the case with the iPod touch compared to iPhone. Applications work almost the same in both, but for example with YouTube on the touch can not be sent by email a video to your friends, and no photos, of course, but they are the same programs.

10) Games. The iPod nano comes with three games now from Apple, including Vortex and Klondike (solitaire, but with improved graphics). All games of the past must be revised to operate on the nano (and possibly the classic). There are three games, including Pac-Man, which will be available to buy immediately.