Comments on: Mossberg likes the iPod Touch, at least while it lasts
As usual, Walt Mossberg has nice things to say about an iPod, but dings Apple for poor battery life and some issues with the touch screen.
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life for a giant screen? And how is this "typical Apple"? You
probably don't even use Apple, so how can you intelligently
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- Missing details
- by ckurowic September 21, 2007 1:40 PM PDT
- I like how the author left out all the positive aspects of the new
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- It's bad if you expected 22
- by Tom Krazit September 21, 2007 2:20 PM PDT
- His tests reported 17 hours of music playback, for the record.
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(5 Comments)iPod which Mossberg had in his article in the WSJ. Also, how in the
world is 14 hours bad? Don't like it? Don't buy one, its very simple.
Mossberg's contention was that there was a difference between the Apple-provided numbers and the results he got through his tests. He was surprised, because usually the real-world battery experience is better than Apple's ratings, that's why it's interesting.
And, by the way, I noted twice that he found it beautiful. But most of his praise is for the touchscreen interface that we've already seen in the iPhone, and not any specific new features of the iPod Touch itself.