Beautiful, bearded Maestro of Tech, Walt Mossberg, has been gently fingering the iPod Touch and finally told us exactly what he thinks of the iPhone-lookalike in his Wall Street Journal review.  Now Walt’s review of the iconic Apple cellphone was likely instrumental in pushing the handset to the top of the most-coveted leader-board, and Cupertino must’ve been hoping that it’d be another near-landslide victory for their flagship PMP.  Things, of course, are never so simple as that, and while parts of the Touch were good enough to make Walt’s beard stand on end, other things - namely battery life - were in for some criticism.

“[Apple] claims that the Touch can play music for up to 22 hours and video for up to five hours on a single battery charge, even with Wi-Fi turned on. But in my tests, using factory settings, music playback lasted just under 17 hours and video playback lasted just over four hours. Nearly every other iPod I’ve tested, including the new Nano, handily beat Apple’s battery claims” Walt Mossberg, WSJ.com

Check out Walt’s video review after the cut, together with more tidbits of his opinion…

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