Nor is it likely you’ll run out of juice: The Touch gives you about 40 hours of audio playback, or 8 hours of video viewing, on a single battery charge.

No matter how hard you run or rock out, you’ll probably never hear your music skip a beat. While the Touch may have inherited its sensitive screen from the iPhone, it gets its playback stability from the flash memory that holds all your media. The Touch gets its moniker from its responsive touchscreen, the smooth glass surface that lets you navigate through your music, videos, and photos with nothing more than a tap or drag of your finger. If you want more on in-depth ’Podding or getting the most out of iTunes, you can find that in chapters farther down the road, one (or more) sections devoted to each and every iPod model.īut for now, let’s get rolling with your new iPod. You’ll learn how to get your iPod whistling sweet tunes in your ear in no time and find out how to control your particular iPod model. You won’t get bogged down in a gray ocean of print here. This book-and especially this chapter-is designed for you. And while it’s nicely designed, you may find that it doesn’t go far enough you want more help than a few line drawings and some haiku-like instructions can give you. Apple thoughtfully includes a tiny folding pamphlet of starter info with every iPod it sells. IF YOU’RE LIKE MOST people, you want to jump right in and get your spiffy new iPod up and running.

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