The New 3rd Generation iPod Touch

The iPod is in itself a great invention by Apple and remains among the best-rated Mp3 players in the market. This is because of numerous reasons from the shape and technology to the features and specifications that these iPods offer. And there is not even a restriction on anyone regarding the price because there are so many different models with so varying prices, hence being in almost everyone’s budget.

Apple launched the third generation model of its much-acclaimed iPod Touch last year. It is an enhanced version of the second-generation model. The new iPod Touch is promised to have faster performance along with better graphics. Two hardware changes, in particular, are responsible for these enhancements in the new model. When it comes to the hardware, the CPU of the prior model has been replaced with another one for this model.

Due to the replacement of the prior model’s CPU and graphics processor with newer and faster parts, the clock speed of the new iPod Touch is now around 800MHz. This has also enhanced the special effects in the graphics. The effect of this hardware enhancement to the new iPod Touch on the end user is that the loading times of the games has improved to a great extent. This enhancement has, hence gained a lot of approval and favor from the users of the iPod Touch third generation.

In the third generation iPod Touch, there is the PowerVR SGX, which is the same as the iPhone 3GS. Another great thing about the new iPod Touch is that it has the Broadcom BCM4329 Wi-Fi/Bluetooth, which upon unlocking, is capable of providing 802.11n speeds.

The iPod Touch has a 3.5 inch widescreen display that is multi-touch and the resolution is 480 x 320 pixel. The external buttons on the iPod Touch include the volume button, sleep and wake button and the home button. The iPod Touch weighs almost 4.05 ounces.

The new iPod Touch also has better battery life. The playback time for audio on full charge in 30 hours and that for video is 6 hours. Some of the audio formats that the iPod Touch supports include AAC, MP3, AIFF and also WAV for the video.

In addition to the hardware enhancements in the iPod Touch, the third generation iPod Touch also offered an expanded memory of 64Gb. Along with the memory expansion, you also get many more apps along with games for your enjoyment. These are some of the things that set the iPod Touch apart from any other iPod by Apple or any other Mp3 players because the iPod Touch is just on another level.

With the expanded memory and better graphics and performance, now it is going to be a lot more fun to own an iPod Touch. You can download a lot more apps and games with a better downloading and transfer speed as well as a much enhanced loading speed. If you were waiting for an enhanced version for the iPod touch offering higher speed and better performance and expanded memory, then the third generation iPod Touch is it for you.