Hands on with the iPod touch and iPod nano

The iPhone 5 was certainly the big star of Apple's September 12 event (sorry, Dave Grohl...), but the recently neglected iPod touch got a major makeover as well, and the iPod nano got its video-playing mojo back.

The 4th-gen iPod touch was introduced in September 2010, more than 2 years ago, with the iPhone 4's A4 processor and Retina display. But when the iPhone 4S came along, the iPod touch languished without an upgrade. Now the new fifth-gen iPod touch brings the feature set back in line with the iPhone. Both have the 4-inch, 1136x640 screen. Both got dual-band 802.11n Wi-Fi (2.4GHz and 5GHz). Both got the super-cool panorama feature for the rear camera, plus a better front camera with 1.2-megapixel stills and 720p video, and both have the new Lightning connector.

The iPod touch still lags in a few specs (its rear camera is 5 megapixels, while iPhone 5's is 8, and the iPod touch gets the A5 chip while the iPhone 5 boasts an A6). But in a few ways we like it better than iPhone 5. It's incredibly thin and light, down to just 3.10 ounces and 0.24 inch thick

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