iPod touch 1st Time buyer/user

[Putttn]

So I get the new Touch home, plug it in and all I get is a picture of a cable and iTunes logo. Can't go anywhere, no icons, nothing. No instructions, just the cable and itunes logo. What now friends?

 

[JediMeister]

Do you meet the system requirements? Have you updated your system? Is the iPod connected through a USB 2.0 port?

 

[jmann]

Make sure you are updated to iTunes 8.2 and then plug the device into your computer and do a restore on it.