iPod Touch

[Urza]

I'd also like to bring up the fact that the iPod Touch is huge.

It's smaller than an iPhone and from personal experience, the iPhone is a decent size.


In my opinion they're both huge for mp3 players.

Compared to every other mp3 player that isn't made by Apple, they are moderately big. But the slimness in them is really the main factor of why I don't worry to much about it's height.

I like an mp3 player I can use with one hand.

 

[ridgecity]

I've read the reviews. The iPod Touch sounds pretty mediocre.

On top of that, touch controls are just too gimmicky for my tastes.

Guess you never heard of the Nintendo DS...

The Ipod Touch is good only if you are more into carrying movies, music and portable internet browser. 16GB is a ton of space for 10000 songs and enough space for like 10 movies or a mix of that. Unless you wanna carry 200,000 all day long in your pocket, I rather have a big screen than a tiny hard drive without a disk feature for files on my pc since they all are blocked now. I have a 4GB frst gen nano and I love the tiny size with enough music for 10 days, even if I charge it every 3 days... I'm getting a Touch because the Iphone won't be available this year and I just like it that it can use new apps made for the iphone.

 

[Hiratai]

Couldn't you order it online from America?

 

[Urza]

Guess you never heard of the Nintendo DS...
I don't want the same controls I use for gaming to be used for playing music.

16GB is a ton of space

It most definitely is not. Especially for 300 dollars.

 

[BakuFunn]

the 16 gb is 400 dollars (us)
i have it

 

[Hiratai]

the 16 gb is 400 dollars (us)
i have it

If you can give me 3 reasons why the touch is better than the other iPod's, I'll consider buying one this weekend.

 

[darkdreamr]

1. Better more accessable interface to your music
2. Bigger screen, better for video users
3. Fashion Statement/Popularity Tool - It looks different and its New and shiney
4. Internet Access/Wifi
5. Eventual Cracking and Access much like iphone. eventual ability to play things like NES and such
because of better processor speed
6. Built in speaker?? (iphone has one.. i found this to be awsome)

 

[H8TR]

1. Better more accessable interface to your music
2. Bigger screen, better for video users
3. Fashion Statement/Popularity Tool - It looks different and its New and shiney
4. Internet Access/Wifi
5. Eventual Cracking and Access much like iphone. eventual ability to play things like NES and such
because of better processor speed
6. Built in speaker?? (iphone has one.. i found this to be awsome)

No built in speaker on iTouch.

 

[Urza]

1. Better more accessable interface to your music

Thats a matter of opinion, and I disagree with yours.

2. Bigger screen, better for video users

Its also a lower quality screen.

3. Fashion Statement/Popularity Tool - It looks different and its New and shiney

Irrelevant in my opinion.

4. Internet Access/Wifi

+1

5. Eventual Cracking and Access much like iphone. eventual ability to play things like NES and such
because of better processor speed

You'd be better off with a 5g iPod for that.

6. Built in speaker?? (iphone has one.. i found this to be awsome)

It doesn't have one.

 

[kellyan95]

The touch looks good, like all Apple products (post apple white, that is), but why an iPod at all? You realize for the same price you could get a device with a bigger and better screen, 10 times the HDD space and WiFi?

 

[ridgecity]

big screen.
looks different from all ipods and the touchscreen is way faster than the wheel.
internet browser that works. unlike the PSp the nokia thing and the DS, and way smaller than the smallest laptop.

at least those are my 3 choices.

16GB is a ton of space I don't know what you are doing to need more space, not to mention use it without running out of battery before and coming back to civilization and electricity.

 

[Hiratai]

1. Better more accessable interface to your music
2. Bigger screen, better for video users
4. Internet Access/Wifi

Those are the only valid reasons, and they don't really mean anything to me.

 

[Urza]

not to mention use it without running out of battery before and coming back to civilization and electricity.

Speaking of which, the iPod Touch has the worst battery life of all iPods being sold right now (including the iPhone, and not including the Shuffle).

 

[JPH]

iPod Touch is gimmicky and will get tiring.

Just buy a regular iPod.

 

[Hiratai]

iPod Touch is gimmicky and will get tiring.

Just buy a regular iPod.

I'm just gonna get an iPhone when I'm in Towson tomorrow. I need a new phone anyways, so it's two in one for me.

 

[darkdreamr]

1. Better more accessable interface to your music

Thats a matter of opinion, and I disagree with yours.

2. Bigger screen, better for video users

Its also a lower quality screen.

3. Fashion Statement/Popularity Tool - It looks different and its New and shiney

Irrelevant in my opinion.

4. Internet Access/Wifi

+1

5. Eventual Cracking and Access much like iphone. eventual ability to play things like NES and such
because of better processor speed

You'd be better off with a 5g iPod for that.

6. Built in speaker??  (iphone has one.. i found this to be awsome)

It doesn't have one.

But How is 5g with single touch buttons better then the multitouch environment that the ipod touch uses? you can move and press a button at the same time. besides the processor speed is slower on the 5g.

and as for 1. yea.. lower quality.. but still bigger screen. better for subtitles.

oh forgot to add 1 more. accelerometer

can be used for many cooler future homebrew games that previous ipods will not be able to use.

 

[Urza]

But How is 5g with single touch buttons better then the multitouch environment that the ipod touch uses?
Have fun trying to use it one-handed.

oh forgot to add 1 more. accelerometer

 can be used for many cooler future homebrew games that previous ipods will not be able to use.

Pretty useless in my opinion.

 

[BakuFunn]

you have your opinion, but the touch is way better than any media player EXCEPT for a few matters
Expensive
Low Memory
its a stripped down iphone

 

[Urza]

you have your opinion, but the touch is way better than any media player EXCEPT for a few matters

Are you saying that while what I say is just opinion, what you say is fact?

 

[BakuFunn]

i did not say that
I said you have your opinion and I have mine,
and my opinion is that the touch is better than almost all media players