iPod touch Spinning HD in Touch?

I'm new to the forum, so please be easy on me. I already was ignorant enough to post this in the wrong forum once, and I will admit that I get Daffy at this time of night.

I just bought a new Touch. Yes, I finally became an Apple addict after 15 years. I love it so far, but earlier I looked up info on initial charge. I found something that disturbed me.

I was told that the Touch is free of moving parts. I'm not a pro at hardware and I'm certainly not a pro with apple. I read that the HD spins to fill cache and my dream suddenly crashed. I live a chaotic life for a 27 year old. I skate, fish HARD, and play table tennis like a MADMAN. The whole reason that I bought this thing was to replace my Rio Karma.(Ive had it for about 8 years and it still works great, however I could feel something moving in there and I retired it to my dock)

Does this player have moving parts or not? I was told that the Nand Flash was why it didn't have moving parts, which was better for durability. After reading this... I am not sure if I should bring my Touch back or not...(11th line up from the bottom) Please help me as I will admit that I am not tecnologically inclined. I only paid $160 for a brand new 16 Gig, so either way I won't be heartstruck.

Thanks everyone,
B.C.

Ivan P said:

No moving parts. That is correct. The iPod touch uses flash memory to store everything, not a hard drive

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Did you check the link that I provided? It is in the last paragraph. It is directed straight to apple's website. Thanks for the prompt reply btw.

statik13 said:

That line is a bit misleading. They are talking about the hard drive based iPods. The Touch, Nano and Shuffle are flash memory only. No moving parts.

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Thanks for all of your replies and the detail. You guys are the best forum. You are very helpful and very quick to help. Thanks alot.

I just pulled my Ipod off the charger. My computer shut off numerous times, and the charge wasn't the best. The ipod is now powered on and it is awesome. I was concerned if the ipod was real, since the price was so cheap. It is and I am so happy. But the best news to hear is that there are no moving parts. Thanks again people.