Ipod Touch Second Generation Technical Specification

Currently available is the 2nd generation iPod Touch running the iPhone OS 3.0 operating system and manufactured by Apple. As most of us already know it is a digital portable media player and could even be considered as a personal digital assistant as well, just due to the amount of functionality and applications that you can run on it.

These 2nd generation iTouch devices became available in September 2008 to replace the 1^st generation iPod Touch which was first a year previously released back in September 2007.

Internal storage media is based on Flash Memory with capacities of 8, 16, or 32 gigabytes of digital storage. Totally adequate for what the ipod touch is designed for.

This top of the range ipod device is powered by Lithium-ion batteries and has the capacity to store 36 hours of audio music tracks or 6 hours of videos or movies, compared to the 1^st generation which provided 22 hours of audio and 5 hours of video.

Bluetooth was not available with 1st generation Touchs, but now with the 2nd generation devices you get Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, which requires the iPod Touch OS 3.0 software update.

The iPod Touch display size is now 480 x 320 pixels on a 3.5″ color LCD screen with a 3:2 aspect ratio providing a resolution of 163 pixels per inch (ppi) and this screen is powered by graphics PowerVR MBX Lite and of course input to the device is via this amazing Multi-touch touch screen. Connectivity to and from external devices is provided via USB 2.0 and there is a built-in Wi-Fi facility using the 802.11 b/g standard.

Dimensions of the 1st generation touch ipods was 110 x 61.8 x 8 millimeters (which is 4.3 x 2.4 x 0.31 inches) and for the new 2nd generation the ipod touch comes in only very slightly bigger whit a change you will not notice at 110 x 61.8 x 8.5 mm (that is 4.3 x 2.4 x 0.33 inches). The weight of the newer ipod touch is slightly less then the 1st gen version which was just 120 grams (or 4.2 ounces) and the
2nd generation device now weighs in at 115 grams (which is 4.05 ounces).

For you teckies you’ll want to know that the CPU on the first generation ipod touch was the ARM11 400 MHz and for the second generation it is the ARM11 specified at 620 MHz but actually clocked down to just 533MHZ with the internal ARM7 core for Jazelle acceleration. Memory is 128 megabyte DRAM.

Don’t forget the Apple App Store for free and paid downloadable applications!

A Quick Personal Review of the Second Generation Ipod Touch