by Emma Clarke

Created on: April 26, 2008   Last Updated: July 07, 2011

8GB iPod Touch

As my boyfriend's birthday approached, I was panicking as to what to get him as men are a nightmare to shop for and I really wanted to get something exciting. I noticed that he kept borrowing my iPod Nano and initially planned to get him one of his own but on the Apple website I saw the iPod Touch and worked out that if I got him that then I could steal it and use it!

From the Apple website, the 8GB iPod Touch cost me 199 with free postage and packing and a free optional engraving. I thought this was a reasonable price it was nice and simple to order it online. I chose the free engraving option and this enabled me to have a two line engraving on the back (top centre) of the iPod. Obviously, it is a very good idea to check your spelling at this point as the iPod cannot be returned due your mistakes when inputting the message to be engraved! The website also had an option for gift-wrapping, which cost around an additional 3 - this, included an attractive white origami box with a red elastic ribbon and a small gift card. It looked cute and I hate wrapping things up so I added this option! Delivery was speedy and I received the ipod touch two days later.

The accessories included the standard white headphones, the USB cable that enables data transfer and charging, a screen cloth, a stand and the quick start guide.

The Look.

When it arrived, I was pleased that the gift wrapping enabled me to open the iPod Touch to have a look at it and a play with it before my boyfriend's birthday!

I was very impressed with how the iPod Touch looked when I first got it out of the box. It was slimmer than I had expected it to be and felt like the perfect size and weight in my hand. The screen is a 3.5 inch colour display and the rest of the ipod front face is shiny black with only one actual 'button' which is centred at the bottom of the front face of the ipod touch and serves as the main menu button. The back face of the ipod touch is silver and works pretty well as a mirror so could be useful to check out your makeup! This is the face, which has the engraving on it if you chose that option. The engraving was done by laser and I was very impressed with the result, as it looked stylish along with the rest of the iPod Touch.

The top of the iPod Touch has the on off button which you need to hold down for a few seconds to turn it on or off. The base of the iPod Touch has the ports for the headphones and the USB connector.

At just 8mm in thickness, the iPod Touch is great

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