The 5G iPod touch benefits from some features inherited from the iPhones 4S and 5. Delve into the Camera app, for example, and you'll spy the HDR and Panorama features found on the iPhone. Siri is also on board this latest iPod, and it works just as well (and I'll let ) as it does on the iPhone--provided, of course, that you're connected to a Wi-Fi network. (The iPod touch lacks cellular connectivity, making Siri useless when you're out and about.) The latest iPod touch also has an LED flash next to the camera on the back.

The 5G iPod touch ships with a variation of Apple's new EarPods headphones. What makes them different is the lack of an in-line three-button remote control. And that's too bad. It's not that the EarPods that contain this remote sound any better. The touch is one of those iPods that cries out for a remote, as many people keep their iPod in their pocket or purse, with the headphones trailing out. And with Siri now part of the package, we're more likely than ever to talk to our iPod. The last iPod touch didn't merit anything other than the bare-bones headphones and, in Apple's eyes, this one apparently doesn't either. I disagree, and think it's a bad move on Apple's part.

We reviewed the separately and I have little to add other than that they fit my ears far better than the original white Apple earbuds. And like our reviewer, I found their sound okay, but not great.