The 2008 iPod touch inches closer to the iPhone line while retaining its iPod branding. It gets new audio input and recording features, volume controls, a speaker, and a full assortment of bundled apps, including Nike+ support.

Super thin and comfortable to hold, with a substantial, sturdy construction. High quality, bright, scratch resistant screen. Full software features, with Nike+ and audio recording (still to be delivered). TV output for movie rentals and downloads. App...

Polished back will scratch if not protected. New speaker isn't very high quality. No GPS or Bluetooth.

No GPS or Bluetooth

For its third anniversary, the highly portable 4G iPod nano gets a new tall and slim design, Genius Playlists, audio recording and other new software features, twice the storage at the same price, and a new array of colors. It continues to offer high qual...

Thin and compact, scratch resistant, sturdy construction. High quality, bright, scratch resistant screen. Great photo playback features for TV slide presentations. TV output for movie rentals and downloads. Includes 3 free games, accelerometer support...

Less battery life that previous model when using video.

Less battery life that previous model when using video

The iPod Touch delivers an advanced new generation of the iPod using technology developed for the iPhone. However, it's not an "iPhone without the phone," and that reality is likely to upset lots of users who want it to be. For everyone else, the new Touc...

Scratch resistant metal face and glass screen. Ultra thin, but solid construction. Excellent media playback features. Rich Internet experience with mobile Safari. Very nice Photo library browser.

Lacks the new iPod stopwatch and photo slideshow polish. Polished metal back will scuff up quickly without a cover. No remote control feature. Missing potential PDA features.

Outside of that irritating limitation, the Touch is a remarkably thin media player that delivers impressive video and audio features, surfs the web, displays photo albums, and even offers to put your photos and video on TV and allows you to shop for music...

Released alongside the all new third generation iPod Nano, the new iPod Classic offers a refined all-metal case, the same new graphical interface of the Nano, and the most battery and storage capacity of any iPod model (thanks to its hard drive and hefty...

Much greater capacity than other iPods. Longer batter life than other iPod models. Scratch resistant metal face and glass screen. Enhanced animated menus and Coverflow. Three free games.

Not compatible with 5G games. No games yet available apart from the three free games included. Polished metal back will scuff up quickly.

The new iPod models may not work with some third party devices that extract video from the Dock connector, although the new iPods work with the previous "iPod Universal Dock connector" when used with Apple's composite cables designed for previous video-ca...

The new third generation Nano has the same small and ultra thin form factor as previous Nanos and similarly occupies the same sports-centric product position in the Apple's iPod line. However, it adds full video iPod features on a screen smaller than the...

Amazingly thin and light form factor with very solid construction. Very high quality, bright, scratch resistant screen. New photo and video playback features and game playing. New animated menus, with new and expanded mini-apps and search features....

No games available for purchase yet; incompatible with existing 5G iPod games. iPod-style polished metal back will scuff up quickly. Minor software display glitches need to be ironed out.

Apple could have sold a record number of iPods this winter with just a simple refresh and some new colors, but instead, it's aggressively moving the target for its competitors and making it hard for its customers to resist buying new gear. The new Nano ha...

Apple surprised more than a few industry pundits when it snuck out a rainbow of iPod shuffle colors at the end of January. Ever since it first hit the streets in 2005, the shuffle has been seen as the runt of the litter in Apple's music player line, a cyn...

And the colors? The more the shuffle was tested, the more it became apparent that the injection of color into the line was one of Apple's smarter business decisions. Colors legitimize the shuffle: they make it a more interesting prospect and promise that...