iPod Touch 4G New Features Reviews

1. A camera.
The iPod Touch's lack of a camera has been one of its most obvious drawbacks compared to the iPhone since Day 1. If the new Touch came out with a camera on the back and the front (for video chats) like the iPhone 4 that would be ideal, but I'd settle for just a single camera on the back so I can take a quick picture or video when I feel like it.

2. Longer battery life.
One of the few things that really impressed me about the iPad (and there isn't much) is its crazy-long battery life -- 10 hours of video watching compared to six hours on the Touch. If Apple has figured out a way to power the huge iPad for 10 hours, I don't see why they can't apply the same technology to the Touch.

3. Automatic syncing.
Given the iPod Touch has WiFi, I don't see why you still have to plug it into your PC to sync it with iTunes. Even the Zune has wireless syncing, for goodness sakes. I'd also like to see the ability to automatically download all podcasts you subscribe to directly to the Touch instead of having to do them one by one like you do now. I can see why this is limited on the iPhone -- all those downloads could clog the cellular data networks. But I see no reason why it's not available on WiFi.

4. 3G.
This is probably the least likely to materialize but I wish the iPod Touch -- like the iPad -- had the ability to access the Internet through 3G cellular networks. I have no interest in buying an iPhone -- the voice and data plans are prohibitive. But every now and then I wish I could access the Internet on my iPod Touch while out of a WiFi zone -- like when I get lost driving and need directions back to the highway, for example. A pricing scheme like the iPad, where you pay by the month without a contract, would be ideal. If you go on a big road trip and want to be able to use the Touch for driving directions, you just sign-up for 3G that month and you're good to go.

5. A price drop.
I know, how greedy can I get? I ask for four new features then want to pay less, too? But almost every new version of the iPod Touch or iPhone has come with -- at the very least -- a price drop on some models. It may not be realistic, but this is my wishlist. What would really convince me to upgrade my iPod Touch would be all these new features -- plus at least 16GB of storage -- for $199.

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