While there are some "impracticalities," the Apple iPod touch is a simply brilliant marriage of software and hardware, according to PCPRO in the UK. It’s also the finest device for the handheld Internet yet seen.

The iPod touch OS was described as stunning. "It’s beautifully animated -- everything spins, fades or slides into view, which not only lets you know precisely how you got to the window you’re at, but also gives a tiny shiver of excitement at the completion of little tasks: not something often said about opening a browser window," Dave Stevenson wrote for the December issue.

The touch screen was described as the finest seen. "There’s also some clever technology behind it: type ’hell’ for instance, and the iPod will assume you’re going for ’hello’ and increases the area around the ’o’ key, so even if you do make a small mistake you’ll probably end up with the correct result," Mr. Stevenson added.

Of course the iPod touch plays music as well. Since it automatically grabs your iTunes account info from the host, its easy for the user to download music from Wi-Fi Music store. However, for some reason, free podcasts are blocked. Also, for now, the user can’t add a new appointment directly.

The iPod touch isn’t the simplest music player of all the iPods, the reviewer noted, "...but when it comes to handheld internet, the touch pulls the rug from under every other device we’ve seen."