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iPod Touch

01 Nov, 2007, 4:57 pm IST | by Laiq Qureshi | PMPs PMPs

The sound is clean and all the frequencies are handled well. A list of EQ presets makes up for the absence of a manual option. It plays AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV.

The Touch plays videos, but it’s a pain to load them in the player. Honestly, if there's anything I hated about the iPod, it would have to be iTunes. You have to use it to transfer files; there's no drag-and-drop. It couldn’t even convert the movies I wanted to watch; I had to eventually turn to WinAVI MP4 Converter, a third party application that converts movies from any format to MP4.

Video quality is good, though I noticed a lot of mosaic compression and purple fringing. Dark levels are not displayed that well, but are passable to the normal eye. If you are essentially looking for a video player, I wouldn’t really recommend the Touch.

One thing I did like about the Touch is that it allows me to carry pictures with me. You can dump pictures and view it in landscape or portrait mode – just turn the player around and the mode switches. However, if the picture is already in landscape mode and you turn the player around, you will end up chasing the picture for a proper view.

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