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If you missed Apple's new iPod lineup among the frenzy that surrounded last month's iPhone 5 announcement, you aren't alone. But these were the first new iPods from Apple in two years.


果你在iPhone 5发布引起狂热追捧之际惦记的却是苹果公司(Apple)的新款iPod系列播放器,你会发现自己有很多同好之人。不过这是苹果公司两年时间里发布的第一批新款iPod产品。



This week, I found out how much the iPod family has matured since 2010. I tested the new $299-and-up iPod Touch and the $149 iPod Nano. These are very different products, but they both carry Apple's simple touch interface. And both make good gifts because they won't saddle the recipient with monthly phone bills: The iPod Touch runs on Wi-Fi and the iPod Nano doesn't wirelessly connect to the Internet.


本周,我发现iPod家族比起2010年时已经大大成熟了。我对299美元起价的新款iPod Touch和售价149美元的iPod Nano进行了测试。这是两款差异很大的产品,但是它们搭载的都是苹果公司简单的触摸界面。两款产品也都是馈赠的佳品,因为它们不会让受赠人承受每月产生的电话账单:iPod Touch 使用的是Wi-Fi,而iPod Nano根本就不能以无线方式连接互联网。



First things first: What's new? The iPod Touch screen now has the same screen as the iPhone 5: a four-inch Retina display with sharp, bright colors. The previous iPod Touch was thin, but at 0.24 inch thick and 3.1 ounces, this new one almost feels like a mock-up of an iPod Touch. Its notably improved camera now includes a flash, as well as image stabilization and face detection. And it runs iOS 6, the latest operating system from Apple, so it has features like panorama for photos, full Facebook integration, iMessage and Passbook.


先说重要的:新在何处?新款iPod Touch现在与iPhone 5使用的是相同屏幕:一块四英寸的视网膜显示屏(Retina display),色彩鲜明亮丽。老款的iPod Touch就已经很薄了,而新款的厚度更是只有0.24英寸(6.1毫米),重量只有3.1盎司(88克),摸起来的手感差不多就像一台iPod Touch模型。摄像头有了明显改进,增加了闪光灯、成像稳定和脸部识别技术。新款iPod Touch运行的是苹果公司最新的操作系统iOS 6,因此具备了全景拍摄、全集成的Facebook、iMessage(即时通讯服务应用)和Passbook(票证管理应用)的功能。



Meanwhile, the iPod Nano, which is somewhat of an Apple wild child because of its ever-morphing shape and size, has sloughed off its predecessor's square shape for a return to the rectangle. A 2.5-inch screen and small Home button take up the face of this 1.1-ounce, seventh-generation iPod Nano. It resembles a teensy iPhone that a squirrel could use. A new play/pause button runs along the side between volume up and down. This remains the only iPod with FM radio, which works when connected to EarPods