iPod touch 5th gen really slow app downloading

I've also been having the exact same problems. Takes like 5 minutes to download an 8mb app whereas on itouches of previous generations it takes mere seconds. I had received this itouch 5 as a Christmas present to replace my itouch 2g, but even the itouch 2gen downloads apps faster. Is this a defect or can this be remedied?

I'm also having the exact same issue on my ipod 5th gen. Plus i can't even load a 30 second video on YouTube.. :(

That's because on older generations apps don't have that many features and new data that need to be downloaded also since the iPod touch 5 is a newer model many apps aren't ios 6 supported and that can be why the apps take so much time to download where older gens have apps that support their software and download that fast. Hope this help your question.

I was having the same problem on my 5th gen iPod Touch... Changing my DNS server seems to have fixed this issue for me:

To do this, go into your iPod's Settings->Wi-Fi then click on your active wifi hotspot's blue arrow icon. Find "DNS" and after noting the address found there (in case you prefer to revert back to it later), click on it and substitute one of Googles two Public DNS addresses (you can use either 8.8.8.8 or 8.8.4.4). This fixed it immediately for me.

You can download Cisco's app "Gist" (from AppStore) to measure your Wi-Fi throughput before and after. I went from 365 kbps to a respectable 7900 kbps after making the change.

If it doesn't seem to work immediately after applying the fix, try using Safari & surfing somewhere after changing the DNS addr. (I went to Google.com then to "Images" using the link found there, then tried the Gist app again). This was only necessary once in several tests.

Anyway, I was able to reliably recreate the problem by reverting back to my old DNS settings where I found myself again at 365 kbps. Google's DNS address brought me back to 7900 each time. Hope this helps.... - e

Worked great. Thanks.