Maintaining and cleaning tips for your iPod Touch


Cleaning your iPod touch screen

After using your iPod touch a little while, you'll see that your fingers (or other fingers besides yours) have left smudges and oil on the formerly pristine screen. You will want to know how to safely clean the screen. One way to keep the screen cleaner in general is to place a protective screen cover on the iPod touch, which may have the added benefit of cutting down on glare. As for cleaning the screen, I recommend the following:

1. Turn off your iPod touch by pressing and holding the Sleep/Power key on the top edge, and then use the slider to turn it off.

2. Remove any cables, such as the USB sync cable.

3. Rub the screen with a dry, soft, lint-free cloth (like a cloth supplied to clean eyeglasses).

4. If the dry cloth does not work, try adding a very little bit of water to dampen the cloth. If you use a damp cloth, avoid getting any water in the openings.

Cases and Protective Covers for Your iPod touch

Once you have your iPod touch in your hands, you'll notice how beautifully it is constructed. You will also notice that it can be fairly slippery and can easily slip out of your hands, bump into things, or get scratched when you are typing on it. And it gets smudged.

I recommend buying a protective case for your iPod touch. Average cases run about US $10–40 and fancy leather cases can cost US $100 or more. Spending a little to protect your iPod touch, which costs $200 or more, makes good sense.

Powering On/Off and Sleep/Wake

To power on your iPod touch, press and hold the Power/Sleep button on the top edge of the device for a few seconds. Tapping this button quickly won’t power on the iPod touch if it's completely off - you really need to hold it until you see the iPod touch power on. When you are no longer using your iPod touch, you have two options: you can either put it into sleep mode or turn it off completely.

The advantage of sleep mode is that when you want to use your iPod touch again, just a quick tap of the Power/Sleep button or the Home button will wake it up. According to Apple, the iPod touch has up to a month of stand-by power.

If you want to maximize your battery or if you know you won’t be using your iPod touch for some time - say when you go to sleep - you should turn it off completely. The way to do this is to press and hold the Power/Sleep button until you see the Slide to Power Off bar. Just slide the bar to the right and the iPod touch will power off.

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