I freely admit that the iPod touch is a great iPod, a great pocket computer, and a great portable game player. Listen to a mix of songs automatically put together by the new Genius Mixes feature. Watch a movie. Surf the web. Download countless apps. (Click here to jump over and learn all about apps.) View rich HTML email. Find your location and get directions with Google Maps. Discover games and apps you’re sure to love with new Genius recommendations for apps. And since iPod touch now comes with the latest 3.1 software already installed, you can start using fun, convenient features right out of the box.

Product Features

Music
Listen to a unique mix, or watch the video for your favorite song created just for you.

Cover Flow
What a song does for your ears, Cover Flow on iPod touch does for your eyes and fingers. It’s a virtual party for the senses.

Genius Mixes
Introducing Genius Mixes. All you do is sync iPod touch to iTunes, and Genius automatically searches your library to find songs that sound great together. Then it creates multiple mixes you’ll love.

Genius Playlists
Say you’re listening to a song you really like and want to hear other tracks that go great with it . Count on Genius to create a mix you wouldn’t have thought of yourself.

Shake to Shuffle
Shake things up a bit. Musically speaking, that is.

iTunes
Fill your iPod touch with songs and music videos from your iTunes library on your computer.

Bluetooth
 iPod touch includes the iPhone 3.1 software, so you can pair Bluetooth stereo headphones with it. Keep your iPod in your bag or charging on your desk across the room and still listen to your music.

Movies + TV shows
A feature film, a video podcast, your favorite TV show. Now appearing on a subway train or a plane near you.

Widescreen Viewing
Carry hours of video with you and watch it on the crisp 3.5-inch color widescreen display.  From Hollywood blockbusters to independent favorites, there’s something for everyone.  Prefer TV shows? Get a single episode or an entire season’s worth all at once.

Onscreen Controls
While watching your video, tap the display to bring up the onscreen controls. You can play or pause, view by chapter, and adjust the volume.

iTunes
Need some entertainment for your next flight or road trip? With iTunes on your iPod touch and a Wi-Fi connection, you can buy movies and TV shows on the fly.

App Store
Shop the App Store and discover over 75,000 apps that let you do even more with your iPod touch. Browse apps in categories from games to lifestyle, social networking to education, and more.

Browse Apps
Shop the App Store a number of ways. Tap Featured and get a list of new apps and to see what’s hot. Peruse by category. Check out the Top 25 apps.

Amazon-Related Apps
Have Amazon at your fingertips with these applications:

• Amazon Mobile:  Buy millions of products from the palm of your hand
• Kindle:  Read Kindle books on your iPhone or iPod touch

Genius Recommendations for Apps

There are tens of thousands of apps in the App Store, with more added every day.

Download Apps
When you find an app you want, buy and download it wirelessly to your iPod touch from anywhere over Wi-Fi, and start using it right away.

Update Apps
iPod touch tells you whenever an app update is available, so you’ll always have the latest versions of your favorite apps.

iTunes
Discover and download new music, movies, TV shows, and audiobooks with iTunes on your iPod touch.

Shop Anytime, Anywhere
The built-in Wi-Fi capability in iPod touch gives you access to the iTunes Store, where you can choose from millions of high-quality iTunes Plus songs and thousands of movies, TV shows, audiobooks, and free podcasts and iTunes U lectures.  Browse New Releases, Top Tens, and Genres.

Sync with iTunes
When you connect iPod touch to your computer, the music, movies, TV shows, audiobooks, and podcasts you downloaded on the go sync to your iTunes library on your Mac or PC.

Voice Control
Voice Control on the new 32 GB and 64 GB iPod touch gives you the ability to control music playback with spoken commands. You say it. iPod touch plays it. And shuffles it, pauses it, or names it.

Say and Play
Voice Control knows the music in your iPod touch. Want to hear something specific? All you have to do is ask. For instance, say “Play artist Bob Dylan,” and iPod touch does just that. Ask what song is playing and hear iPod touch answer. Tell it to play your favorite album, artist, or playlist.

Speak into the Mic
The new 32 GB and 64 GB iPod touch come with the Apple Earphones with Remote and Mic. So you can reap the benefits (and the fun) of Voice Control even when your iPod touch is tucked in your pocket or bag.

Language Support
Voice Control features support for the following languages: Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (China), Chinese (Taiwan), Dutch, English (UK), English (US), Finnish, French (Canada), French (France), German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Russian, Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Spain), Swedish

Photos
With storage for up to 90,000 of your favorite photos, iPod touch lets you flick through and share all those remember-that-day moments.

Share Photos
Show thousands of photos from the palm of your hand.

Save Photos
If you receive a great image in an email, save it to your photo library on iPod touch. Once there, it acts just like any other photo. You can set it as your wallpaper, share it on the web, or pass it on.

Sync Photos
Just choose which photos or albums to sync to your iPod touch, then you can look at them–and share them–anywhere you go.

Home Screen
Maybe you want Maps as the first app in the second row. Or Mail down in the Dock. Whatever the arrangement, make iPod touch your own with customized Home screens.

Customize Your Home Screen
Move an app one row up, two apps over, or even to another Home screen. Create up to 11 Home screens for quick access to games and applications.

Home Button
No matter where you are on iPod touch, one press of the Home button at the bottom of iPod touch takes you to the main Home screen.

Spotlight Search
Looking for something? Search the entire contents of your iPod touch, all from one place.

Add Apps and Web Clips
Whenever you download an application from the App Store, a new icon appears on your Home screen. And if you check the same websites every day, just create web clips.

Safari
iPod touch features Safari, the most advanced web browser ever on a portable device. See the web in your hands the same way you see it on a computer. All you need is a Wi-Fi connection.

Browse Anywhere
iPod touch is the only iPod with built-in wireless access to the web.

Search the Web
iPod touch syncs your bookmarks from your PC or Mac, so you can access your favorite sites quickly. It has Google and Yahoo! search built in, so it’s easy to find what you’re looking for on the web.

Web Clips
If you check a website frequently–a favorite newspaper, blog, or sports site–why not create a Home screen icon, or web clip, for it?

Zoom
Get a closer look at any web page by zooming in and out with a tap or a pinch of the Multi-Touch display. View websites in portrait or landscape. Rotate iPod touch 90 degrees and the web page rotates, too.

Mail                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Email on iPod touch looks and works just like email on your computer. And it works with the email accounts you already have.

View Messages and Attachments
iPod touch supports rich HTML email, so vivid images and photos appear alongside text.

Access All Your Accounts
Access your email from popular providers–including MobileMe, Google Gmail, Microsoft Exchange, Yahoo! Mail, and AOL–and most industry-standard IMAP and POP mail systems.

Compose Instantly
iPod touch recognizes email addresses in different applications.

Type Smart
With its built-in dictionary, the intelligent iPod touch keyboard predicts and suggests words as you type, making it fast and easy to write email. And when you rotate iPod touch on its side, the keyboard instantly switches from portrait to landscape for larger keys and more room to type.

Search Your Inbox
No need to scroll through message after message in your inbox looking for the right one.

Maps
Find your way and a place to eat. With Maps and a Wi-Fi connection, you can get directions, find local businesses, and check traffic.

Find Yourself
iPod touch finds your location using known Wi-Fi hotspots. It also finds points of interest by keyword: Search for “coffee” and iPod touch shows you cafes nearby.

Get Directions
Just type in an address and get directions from wherever you are. Choose the method of transportation–car, public transit, or on foot–and view a list of turn-by-turn directions. See a highlighted map route with estimated travel time.

Switch Map Views
Just like Google Maps on your computer, Maps on iPod touch lets you switch between views of Google map data, satellite images, and a hybrid of both. Multi-Touch makes the difference.

See Traffic
Maps on iPod touch shows you live traffic information, indicating traffic speed along your route in easy-to-read green, red, and yellow highlights.

YouTube
Skateboarding moves gone wrong. Hilarious commercials from another country. Whatever the video, iPod touch has your YouTube addiction covered.

Share from Anywhere
Email your favorite videos to your favorite people. Tap Share on any YouTube video detail page and iPod touch creates an email with the video link already in it.

Search YouTube
Explore Featured, Most Viewed, Most Recent, and Top Rated videos. Or search for the video you want using a keyword search. Once you find what you’re looking for, bookmark it to watch later.

Nike + iPod Compatibility
Rock out your workout. iPod touch has built-in support for Nike + iPod. It’s music and motivation rolled into one.

Tune Your Run
iPod touch includes built-in Nike + iPod support. Just slip the Nike + iPod Sensor (available separately) into your Nike+ shoe and start your run. The sensor communicates wirelessly with your iPod touch, tracking your time, distance, and calories burned. It even gives you voice feedback on your progress.

Tune Your Cardio Workout
This feature also works with new cardio equipment available in many fitness centers. Just look for Nike + iPod compatible treadmills, ellipticals, stair steppers, and stationary bikes.

Sync with nikeplus.com
When you get back to your computer, sync your iPod touch with iTunes and transfer your exercise data to nikeplus.com, where you can track your workouts, set goals, and challenge friends.

Voice Memos
You might have a good memory. But sometimes, it’s nice to have a backup. With Voice Memos, you can record little (and big) bits of information to your iPod touch.

Record Memos (or Any Audio)
Record a simple to-do, your next big idea, or a bet between you and your friend.

Edit Memos
You can trim recorded memos right on iPod touch. That way, you keep only what you need.

Manage Memos
Keep all your memos organized by choosing labels from a predefined list or by creating custom labels.

Share Memos
Send memos to your friends and colleagues via email. Memos you record on iPod touch sync back to your Mac or PC via iTunes, so you can share them later. 

ipod Touch Technology

~ Multi-Touch
The Multi-Touch display layers a protective shield over a capacitive panel that senses your touch using electrical fields. It then transmits that information to the LCD screen below it. So you can glide through albums with Cover Flow, flick through photos and enlarge them with a pinch, zoom in and out on a section of a web page, and control game elements precisely.

~ Accelerometer
The accelerometer inside iPod touch allows it to detect when you rotate iPod touch from portrait to landscape, then automatically changes the contents of the display. The accelerometer really shines when you play games, because it immerses you in the action. It’s perfect for racing games, where your entire iPod touch acts as a steering wheel, and for tap-and-tilt games such as Rolando, in which your movements control the action.

~ Wireless
iPod touch has built-in support for 802.11b/g wireless technology. That means you can get online anywhere there’s Wi-Fi. Send email from a coffee shop. Surf the web at the airport. Shop for games from your couch. Browse, buy, and download music and more from the iTunes Store. iPod touch locates nearby wireless hotspots, including protected networks. If you’ve never used a particular network, Wireless Icon it asks you to enter a password the first time, and it remembers the password from then on. So the next time you’re within range, it connects automatically.

~ Bluetooth
Bluetooth is a form of wireless technology that lets you use devices without the hassle of cables or wires. What does that mean for iPod touch? It means you can use iPod touch with Bluetooth headphones and listen to your music no matter where in the room your iPod touch is. So lounge on your bed, while your iPod touch charges on your desk. Bluetooth on iPod touch is also great for peer-to-peer gaming.

~ Design
iPod touch is as remarkable outside as it is inside. Holding one is all the proof you need. With its curved design, iPod touch is a mere 8.5 mm thin. Its optical glass front and polished stainless steel back feel sleek and smooth in your hand. Turn it on, and instantly you’re impressed by the brilliant 3.5-inch display. iPod touch is the perfect combination of stunning design and revolutionary technology–the total, beautiful package.\

Read Kindle Books on the iPod touch

~ No Kindle required.
~ Get the best reading experience available on your iPhone or iPod touch.
~ Access your Kindle books even if you don’t have your Kindle with you.
~ Automatically synchronizes your last page read between devices with Amazon Whispersync.
~ Adjust the text size, add bookmarks, and view the annotations you created on your Kindle.

Now I am living that dream where futuristic gadgets are a reality, and every day something new is brought to my fascinated attention. What am I checking out today??

The Great 3D Wall of Cooliris

Well, I have my curious eye on the browsing capabilities of Cooliris, which is still in the beta stage of development and refinement. What do you say to transforming your browser into a lightning fast, cinematic way to discover the World Wide Web? Cooliris has a plug-in that takes you to an expansive “3D Wall” which provides a visually stunning way which will allow you to browse thousands of images, videos, and more with ease and speed.

Just launch Cooliris by clicking their icon while visiting supported websites. They bring our experience of searching to a whole new and exciting level! Search Google Images, YouTube, Flickr, Hulu, DeviantART, and much more with their built-in search bar to quickly scan the breathtaking results on the infinite 3D Wall. One can use Cooliris as a standalone application, or when visiting any one of hundreds of supported websites such as Friendster, MySpace, Photobucket, Kodak Gallery, Picasa Web Albums, Bebo, Getty Images or just about any site that supports Media RSS. How cool is that!

Discover More!

Use their Discover feature to channel surf the latest Technologies, News, Sports, and Entertainment. You can even watch your favourite Movies, TV shows and Music Videos using the right within the Discover feature!

Search with Style and Ease

With their search function we can zip right through search results on their nifty and totally cool 3D Wall, and even switch Engines effortlessly withou having to re-enter the search term.

Window shop some of the world’s largest retailers by comparing products visually on the Cooliris 3D Wall. Simply highlight an item to learn the price, or click the shopping cart icon to jump to the corresponding product page of the retailer.

Which browsers does Cooliris support?

Cooliris currently supports Firefox (Windows XP/Vista and Mac), Internet Explorer, and Safari (Mac).

Will Cooliris support Linux anytime soon?

The ideal plan is to eventually make the Firefox version work cross-platform, but its timing is not yet clear due to current resource constraints. As you can imagine, making Cooliris work across all platforms is tough work for such a small team. They are trying to make sure their currently supported platforms are fully stabilized and robust before supporting other platforms. The Cooliris team totally appreciates your support and understanding.

What about support for Opera or Safari on Windows?

Opera and Safari (Windows) are fantastic browsers, and one can understand why users love them. However, due to resource constraints, the Cooliris team needs to wait until the user base for these two browsers grows a bit.

My Final Thoughts

Well then, what do I think? I totally love the concept of Cooliris and their 3D Wall! What a great way to place everything right in front of me, with the convenience of browsing with such speed and finesse. I love how we can customize the look and feel of Cooliris by modifying the number of rows, the background image, wall angle, slideshow speed and so much more. I truly believe that once they work out all the bugs and get this baby rolling, that it will be very popular, and will pave the way for even cooler innovations to bring a higher level of enjoyment to our browsing experience. I am always amazed and delighted when I find new advancing technologies to play with and share with my friends and family!

I will be testing this out more extensively myself, and will be more than willing to post about my results. If anyone happens along here and has some feedback, I would greatly appreciate hearing from you!