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iPod touch 2G
The new generation of the iPod touch does not represent a leap too important for the previous version, at least from the standpoint of hardware, which has been interesting but minor modifications, but whether the software.
If the first generation of these players surprised us with a minimum thickness, which is kept in touch iPod 2G, the external design varies slightly, closing much of the iPhone in form, not color, since the rear remains chrome, but now made of steel. Hopefully this will serve to scratch less.
If, before the only buttons that we found were the start and the on-off switch, the 2G iPod touch adds an extra pair to control the volume, something that previously was done from the touch screen, activating this previously.
These buttons are combined with the speakers that are included. Do not expect too much of her quality, but more a way to share music quickly and in addition to games that are available on the App Store. That’s because Apple wanted to approach the iPod touch 2G almost more as a platform for games and applications as a music player.

Little more physical point, apart from the device itself Inclusion in the receptor for Nike, which is complemented by specific software for this. This means you only need to buy the add-on that is installed on the slippers to use, which costs 19 dollars, instead of the full kit and other iPod models.
We turn to paragraph and software, where the big news comes from the hand of the features that are integrated into all the players, both in their own laptops as iTunes, which has received an upgrade to version 8 for incorporation.
These are focused on creating smart lists, which have called Genius. When we are playing a song we see an additional button that, when pressed, we created a list of songs that fit with her. We will have to prove if these selections are good, but the demonstration was done in the presentation seemed to work very well together and songs that really "stick" to one another.
This is joining the rest of improvements made in the firmware 2.1, which are based mainly in solving problems, avoiding a good number of crashes in the downloaded applications, and increased autonomy for the player.
Thus, the autonomy of the iPod touch 2G is now 36 hours on audio playback and 6 hours on video playback, compared with 22 and 5 of the previous model, an increase considerably more than that and hopefully be extended to the original update its firmware.
Prices have fallen considerably, so that we can find the 2G iPod touch with 8 GB capacity for 199 euros, the 16GB capacity for 269 euros and 32 GB for EUR 359. Anyway, we still lack running on older disk sizes, since even the 32 GB does not go far enough for many of us who have much larger music collections. In that case, there is no further choice but to opt for the iPod Classic, which incidentally has lost its 160-GB model, to be replaced by a 120-GB.
In conclusion, this is a minor update, but welcome bearing in mind that brings interesting new features and represents a drop in the price of the product.