Apple iPod Touch

Maybe Apple should have chosen a more relevant artist for their default image. Macy Gray? Ok, fine, I see that her 2007 album, Big has been marked as her big comeback.

No kidding. I guess her photo looks good in the promo shots.

Finally! Apple has a made a product that I don't find there to be a better version made by different manufacturers. This is the first iPod I actually really want!

You just got Pwned by apple, William Gates.

My friend got one of these, and it's pretty awesome. While there is no email app, you can still check it if you have it as an internet service, such as Gmail. Flash is supported, and one plugin is not, I can't remember what. The video great on the "large" screen, and the touch screen works really well.

Flash is supported? Hot damn, that IS pretty sweet. Then you can use services like DailyMotion or veoh to stream shows and movies. Not bad at all. I use GMail for my e-mail so I don't mind the absense of a dedicated e-mail app. I just hope the Touch gets hacked to pieces so that custom software can be installed. The iPhone had some seriously amazing apps written for it before Apple brought the hammer down.

There are websites that have games made for the iPod touch, to be played on the touch, also.

If only more people opened up their wireless routers then you'd really have ubiquitous WiFi. As it stands now, in this suburban town of mine, WiFi coverage is pretty bad so it'd be relegated to in the house. Which isn't bad. But if I lived in Toronto with anywhere WiFi I'd get the touch in a heart beat. For now, my heart is palpatating, but I can hold off for a little bit longer...

You can always park out in front of people's houses or sit in their lawns to get good reception.

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Lies. Flash isn't supported.

Even if people opened their wifi their signal wouldn't be strong enough to have ubiquitous wifi...unless you are talking about a very densely populating city...although there would probably be more interference issues there.

I've had the 16gb version for about a month and I absolutely love it. I had a Creative Zen Vision W 30gb before which is very nice but big and bulky, truly a portable media player whereas the iPod Touch is smaller, slender, and weighs much less making it still more along the lines of an mp3 player with video. Hope that makes sense.

The newest firmware update from Apple makes it so you can add/edit the calendar. I sync mine with Outlook on Windows XP without a problem. I also have hacked it with jalbreak and have added the iPhone apps Mail, Maps and Weather. I also use Apollo for IM. I found a web app, Joopz, which allows me to send and receive text messages on the device...it's pretty neat.

My major gripe is that the Touch only works with iTunes and I hate iTunes. I use Media Monkey and while I sync my Touch with iTunes I still listen to my music with Media Money.

I also wish there was more public access to wireless networks. When I was in California it seemed wireless networks were more open. I live in Massachusetts and you have to pay for access in many places.

I can see why people love the iPhone. With the announcement of a 3g version coming out next year it makes me want one. I just wish someone besides AT&T offered it (that's a whole different story).

I love my Touch plain and simple. For me it is a worthy investment.

I mainly use my 16GB as a device to surf the Internet when I don't want to sit at my desk or drag out my laptop. It's such a pleasant experience to check my email (I've hacked my device), read rss feeds, and surf the web, that I can easily sit down for 1+ hours doing so.

I've tried reading ebooks on the device but I much prefer using a device that requires a hard button to turn pages instead of "flicking" to the next page on the Touch.

I occasionally watch movies and TV shows on it, play blackjack and solitaire on it. It's a great multi-purpose device.

All Apple multimedia players run far behind the competition now. I have owned several Ipods; the sound quality has always been abysmal, as has the reliability, and features. They elected to leave the chrome finish on the Ipod touch for one basic yet ingenious reason:so it scratches!

Apple has always manipulated customers by adding one capability to the Ipod line at a time. First we had Ipod color, then Ipod Picture, then Ipod Video; now they're leaning more toward full multimedia/hand held computer, as the competition has been pushing for at least a year. The batteries are not designed to last for more than roughly two years. They subconsciously tell the customer, "if you want to stay up to date, buy a new ipod every 2 years (or so);and don't worry about the competition, they don't make usable products,only we do."

Back to the chrome finish: it is designed to look pretty for a little while;but, the ingenious part of it is it will inevitably scratch, and make your ipod look outdated. This re-enforces the customer's notion they need to buy a new Ipod soon. It is malicious, yet very smart of Apple to do this to their customers.

Apple is behind the competition both in performance,capabilities, and quality. This product looks great;but, it's performance is LACKING. Apple is brainwashing people with their commercials that insult one's intelligence; and by adding feature by feature, one at a time, to get their customers to continuously buy newer Ipods. Isn't Apple supposed to be ultra modern? Does an ultra modern company based in California (of all places) really encourage all of the pollution associated with buying a new Ipod every year or so? Yes. They also got a "0" on a "Green" report.

The screens are defective. The capabilities are not many. All of this is nonsense. The only technology that Apple has really done well is the Multi-Touch function; which Microsoft had already introduced via their table top computer. Ipods once were truly innovative; and the only functioning mp3 player available, that time is long gone though. Bash me now, I'm just calling it as it is.

I know other places to sell, anyone know how can I add to "where to buy" section.

Greetings:

I am not a fan of Closed products.

The Ipod touch has a sealed battery and a sealed flash memory card.

Its like someone baked the best birthday cake but the cream and cherry on top are fake.

Regards Robert

Whatever! Have you people used an iPod Touch? It's an awesome handheld multimedia, communication device. Oh and there is a 32 Gb version and you can now get email etc. and 3rd party apps.