IPod Touch (1st generation)
1st generation of the Apple iPod Touch
The first-generation iPod Touch, (colloquially known as the iPod Touch 1G, iPod Touch 1, or original iPod Touch) is a multi-touch mobile device designed and marketed by Apple Inc. with a touchscreen-based user interface. The first device of the iPod Touch series, it was unveiled and released at Apple's media event on September 5, 2007. It is compatible with up to iPhone OS 3.1.3 which was released on February 2, 2010.
History
The first-generation iPod touch was released after the first-generation iPhone as a companion device. It had similar features, but a thinner design with an all-metal back except for a small corner cut out for WiFi 802.11 b/g, allowing it to use Safari to browse websites. It used the same 30-pin connector as the first-generation iPhone and previous iPods, allowing most iPod accessories to work with the iPod touch. Unlike the iPhone, the iPod Touch does not have a speaker or a camera. Due to the lack of a speaker, system, notification, and alarm sounds were played with a piezoelectric buzzer.
Features
Software
It fully supports iPhone OS 1 to iPhone OS 3, though it received different features at different times from the first-generation iPhone.
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