Apple finally updated the iPod touch for 2019, bringing with it a modest bump in specs. While it may not be what some were looking for, the 2019 iPod touch is exactly what it needed to be.

Enter the fifth-generation iPod touch, the 2012 model that has slimmed down to a mere 6.1mm in thickness. It's also about 10 percent lighter -- despite being grafted with a new 4-inch Retina display.

Connect the iPod Touch to the original factory provided wall charger for at least 15 minutes. The USB cable doesn't always work if the iPod Touch battery drained completely.

The iPod Touch has evolved beyond its basic capabilities as a music player — Apple knows that, and so do others. One of its main selling points, according to some parents, ...

The 4G iPod touch was, however, noticeably more responsive than my first- and second-generation iPod touches. As with previous iPod touches this one has no GPS hardware—it uses Wi-Fi location ...

The 2019 seventh-generation iPod touch feels outdated. It's time for Apple to upgrade it or let it die as the last iPod the company ever made.

The iPod touch is, simply put, an iPhone without the phone. You won't be able to make regular calls with it, but if you're frequently connected to Wi-Fi, ...

(iPod touch images are on the left, iPhone 4 on the right.) Photographer Michelle Graves relaxes by a park fountain in the late summer weather.

It's easy to forget that the iPod touch didn't even include a camera until 2010. While such a key feature has been standard on the iPhone since its initial unveiling in 2007, Apple apparently didn ...

Past iPod Touch models have included the sensor, which makes this downgrade of sorts very noticeable — and very annoying — to past iPhone or iPod Touch users.

The iPod touch had also been updated for its fifth generation, this time with a similar design to the iPhone 5, but with the A5 chip instead of the A6. But then things started to get bad for iPod ...