Last year Apple releases yet another development in their famous line of PMP's which is the iPod Touch 32GB 4th Generation. The lesser capacity 8GB model is also available alongside the large 64GB model in this 4th generation release. Looking back at the birth of the 1st iPod in 2007, we have seen Apple releasing a new generation each year which interestingly enough matches the release of the iPhone generations in each year from 2007-2010 as well. Here lies the stroke of Apple's genius in killing two birds with one stone by releasing each new generation of both the iPod Touch and iPhone at roughly the same time since they both are made out of the same base. This makes the iPod Touch and iPhone share common basic features with a reduction of the phone and all other data functions. We can smartly say that this iPod Touch was was derived from the iPhone since some of its functions was removed to get the iPod. Read on to determine what's new on this latest device from Apple.

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Both iPod Touch and iPhone share the same screen size of 3.5-inch touch screen display. This gadget have the abilities of the iPhone 4 and capable of playing games, MP3, apps, videos, photos, internet browsing, emails except making phone calls and other cellular functions. The iPod Touch 4th generation though may come to you with iOS 4.1 it is fully compatible with Apple's latest software which is iOS 5.0. The missing cellular feature of this unit is compensated by having full wi-fi ability and bluetooth 2.1 functions. This iPod is also fully capable of all motion-based functions and apps as well having inherited the same 3-axis gyroscope and accelerometer of the iPhone 4.

Physically the iPod Touch 32GB 4th Generation looks like the iPhone 3GS with a curved back and is thinner than the 3rd generation model at only 7.2mm down from 8.4mm. By removing some 14g in total weight this is by far the lightest iPod Touch ever built. Released just 3 months after the iPhone 4 it inherits the most significant upgrades such as the Retina Display at the unbeaten resolution of 960 by 640 pixels for an image quality of 326ppi. This is a big upgrade from the previous 320 by 480 pixels at 163ppi of the 3rd generation which also did not have the new rear-facing camera that can record video at HD 720p resolution at 30fps and the front-facing camera for FaceTime video calls.

Similar to both products is the ARM Cortex-A8 processor which has not been fully utilized in terms of clock speed to save battery power. This is still a speed boost when multitasking apps heavily from the 3rd generation which had an 833MHz ARM A8 processor that was underclocked to 600MHz. Having this kind of clock modification would give the device more music and video playtime for utmost entertainment.

To wrap up our review of the iPod Touch 32GB 4th generation, while both the 3rd and 4th generation of the iPod Touch are decent PMP devices respectively, the improvements of the 4th generation over the 3rd are indeed very significant and somewhat parallel to the iPhone 4 versus the iPhone 3GS. It is simply quicker processor, enhanced screen resolution in its retina display, better battery performance and comes with camera that can record video in HD quality which a lot of people is taking in consideration when buying camcorders. With competitions getting better on this electronic devices we the end consumers are in full benefit of what these high-tech gadgets will give us in the future.