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- Jawad
I was beginning to question my purchase. My main reason for buying it was to write non-phone apps for it. I think I made the right choice after all. I don't have the time to go jailbreaking and play the cat & mouse, have I bricked my iPhone game. The Touch is smaller, lighter and cheaper. Battery life isn't as good, but power is not directed towards phone calls.
Off topic, but I'm surprised no one made a big deal about the flywheel. Or at least mentioned that it was missing. What's an iPod without the flywheel? When you think about it, it is there. The whole screen is the flywheel, straightened out.
The other thing I noticed is that it takes some practice to get the whateverthingameter to revert to the screen orientation you want. I have found that a light tap does the trick
Some of the same reasons here...
Have ordered my iPod Touch 8GB
Can't wait to get it..
Your post made me stronger on my decision,
why i wanted the ipod instead of the phone.
I cant wait to get my touch!
I got mine for Christmas and its totally worth it.
it doesnt take long to charge and the battery doesent really die fast.
unless your watching alot of Videos on youtube.
but i love how it fits perfect in my small hands and the weight at first shocked me cause im used to a cheap plastic MP3 and i had never own an ipod untill now.
But its not THAT Heavy. after you have it for a few days you dont even notice it.
the screen is easy to clean.
just everything about it is amazing
plus im glad i didnt get the iphine because if im out and about i dont want people annoying me with phone calls.
: D
lacey
you really helped me to make the right dicision..i am getting the itouch tomorrow..
thanks again
I got my 32 gb for valentines day.
I didn't wanna get an iphone because i have my sony ericsson ultraslim w880i.
It takes ok pics. I tried the iphone at the apple store and the camera quality is not super at all.
It plays music too my SE phone but sometimes it drains my battery and it dies on me.
I like the phone to be just a phone so i have the battery when needed.
Ipod touch is then reserved for music and video and other stuffs.
cheers Nick
1) Wi-FI Expanding rapidly; soon enough we wont have any blind spots.
2) Applications like skype offer far more than any Phone company would ever dream of offering.
3) Skype offers phone number, voice mail (and a lot more Im just mentioning the basics)
4) An Ipod-touch Gps enabled will replace your car's GPS.
Lets just turn our back to all those phone companies that've been taking advantage of us. Just see through guys. Its the personal future device. You get in your car, you put it in your dock, its your Gps device its your media device, its your tv, its your "Personal Device".
Just bought an 8GB iPod Touch while am in US. The reason behind going for an iPod Touch rather than the iPhone is a question I have to answer repeatedly. There are many forces behind the same...
1st I already own a N70 Music Edition for personal use. Although music sucks on Nokia, the 2MP camera does its job pretty well.
2nd a (forced) SmartPhone from the company with ActiveSync is all I need for office.
3rd For a high-end uses I have got a Canon SX100 with 8MP+10x.
4th Of course iPod Touch, without the hassles of unlocking in my home country.
5th last and the least, iPhone is yet to be officially released for most of the Asian market.
:)
I bought the Ipod touch 32 GB recently. I haven't yet received it, but I have been reading reports of the audio and video performance of the touch being abysmal and those of the iphone being "glorious" !
I'd really hate to find out that this is true 'cause if so, it defeats the very purpose of buying an ipod touch!
Could someone who already owns a ipod touch please clarify this aspect?
I got my 32 gb for valentines day.
I didn’t wanna get an iphone because i have my sony ericsson ultraslim w880i.
It takes ok pics. I tried the iphone at the apple store and the camera quality is not super at all.
It plays music too my SE phone but sometimes it drains my battery and it dies on me.
I like the phone to be just a phone so i have the battery when needed.
Ipod touch is then reserved for music and video and other stuffs.
- JENNY"
I had the exact same thoughts Jenny. Also noting that I don't have a high end phone ( Nokia 6300) I was sick with worry that I had thrown away a good $499! More so, because the iphone is camera+phone+ipod (16 GB) at $499.
Is the quality of the images really that bad? Heck, are you happy with the ipod touch seeing that you've had it for a little over a month now?
The audio and video performance is great. Not sure what the fuss is about. They both use the same screen, and video and audio chip as far as I'm aware.
Hell, your word is good enough for me :) Thanks for the immediate post!
The main thing that I chose iPod touch over iPhone was the iPod touch is basically the iPhone without a camera and phone capabilities. I already have a phone so the phone side is solved and I already have a really really good camera (graphic designer) so that issue is also solved. Thinner, cool, fraction of the price and looks similar so I can call it my iPhone and people will dig me hahaha jk :)
Is the iPod touch the right device for her? Or the iPhone even? Or something else? This is all a bit beyond me - what does the iPod touch need to access internet? The contract tie-in requirement on the iPhone is a bit off-putting, as it seems a bit of a rip-off and she's not much of a one for phone contracts anyway.
Also, I've read that the iPod touch might be useable as a wireless phone, with the new headphones and microphone - anyone know anything about this?
Thanks!
The iPod touch needs a WiFi connection, so that rules it out for use while traveling. The only phone that can really access the full web without too much pain is the iPhone (aside from the G1 possibly). The iPhone's Facebook app is fantastic, as is the YouTube and Gmail access. Having said that, battery life on the iPhone might be a problem if your other half uses voice a lot too.
But to try to answer the question, the iPod touch can be safely ruled out.
I disagree with Steve - i believe the iPod touch would very much suite the needs of your wife/girlfriend. as long as she understands that she can only surf the itnernet at home or at the office or at a coffee shop that has wireless internet.
I am considering buying an iPod Touch because i dont want to sign a contract with the cell company. i too use pay as you go which is the main reason i want an iPod Touch over the iPhone. if she doesn't like being locked into a contract then the Touch is for her. i think the Touch is an AMAZING device for Facebook (no other device can compare) and great for surfing the web. Facebook is what actually got me interested in the Touch and iPhone. i just think that for some people cell phone contracts are a big deal and we dont want to lock ourselves into paying 80 dollars a month for 2 years - or maybe even more.
you should consider the touch for her. thats my opinion
iPod Touch pease santa. (A)
1. I can't really adapt to the soft keyboard provided. It is real amazing to see that the pretty same level of smart text correct is found on my E71, but with real keyboard.
2. The way I can't attach files to the email client is unacceptable. This truly break my outdoor life in debris where I still need to carry out my laptop all the time I left the office.
3. Iphone can't be tethered to my laptop for online purposes . Again I need discard installed to it.
4. BT is not work for making file transfer.
I finally decide to stick with my tiny powerful E71 in companion with Ipod touch rather than go iphone.
Greetings new year
When I was an ATT customer, I made the mistake of falling for thier so called 3G laptop connect card. ATT / Cingular claimed it boasted 3G speeds and ultra fast connections...what a load of crap! I hardly ever received a decent signal in the heart of NYC where the coverage was supposed to be excellent.
I might have went for an iphone if it were offered to other carriers, but no way in hell am I going to go with ATT, I don't care what devices they have. The decision from Apple, Jobs or whoever to make the iphone available to just one carrier reminds me of why Apple/McIntosh missed the boat back in the days of the home computer wars when the PC and it's software were readily available throught the market and Apple/Mac were left behind. Hey Jobs...lightining does strike twice.