iOS 4.3 brought a little something called AirPlay to the fourth generation iPod Touch this year, continuing its run of being nominated for every T3 Awards to date.

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If you want to play a tune through your kick-ass new dock but don’t want to have to go all the way over to the other side of the room and plug it in, you can just stream the tune direct from your iPod.

Then while listening, you can still surf or check your emails on the gorgeous Retina display. Don’t have Airplay? Audio quality, song-capacity – there's up to 64GB of storage on offer – and ease of use remain as good as ever.

The greatest "MP3 player" ever invented just keeps on giving, even as the MP3 player market becomes redundant.