iPod Touch
Sunday, November 4th, 2007 | Journal
Tags: apple, ipod
There was a need of a portable music player in my life, so I pondered on the new iPod nano and iPhone, but after couple days of research, reading reviews and identifying my needs, I decided to go with iPod touch. The acquisition took place on Sunday (October 28th) night. Actually this is my first iPod, the last one was a gift to my girlfriend. Now, go on and congratulate me!
Wondering why I decided to purchase an iPod touch? Here is my explanation, beware this is very subjective! iPhone is great! Combining a phone and a multimedia player, gadget lovers finally can carry less and enjoy more. However, personally I still think it is a bit pricey, over $400 dollars of expense is still too luxurious for me. Besides, for a more accurate calculation on the total expense, you need to add the monthly data plan charges and also the incarceration of the accompanied 2 year AT&T contract. Although I am already an AT&T customer, however I am currently contract free, and my phone plan is very economical. Adding these facts, iPhone suddenly lost some appeals to me. Another thing to point out, I am not really a phone person, currently I am still using my old faithful Nokia 8850.
On the other hand, one thing that hindered me from deciding on iPod touch is its applications. Apparently, Apple intends to draw a clear distinction between iPod touch and iPhone, so iPod touch comes with fewer applications than iPhone. Besides of music, video and photo, it is only equipped with Safari, a read-only calendar, contacts, clock and calculator, but I really enjoy other applications available on iPhone. Obviously, I was stuck in my personal dilemma until I read about jailbreaking your iPod touch. At that point my mind was set, and so far I am very happy with my decision.
Stay tuned, more entries will follow in the near future about stuff I learned on my iPod touch, I think it is going to be a fun journey!
November 04, 2007
5:49 am on Sunday
Congratulations! It’s definitely a very nice gadget, but I still can’t make up my mind: I know I’d play with it for a couple of weeks and then the initial enthusiasm would be over.
Still, if I was on a quest for a new media player, I might pick the touch over the classic.
Let us know how it goes and if you’ll jailbreak it! ;)
November 04, 2007
10:57 pm on Sunday
Thanks Michele! Actually, I jailbroke it on the night of the purchase, but I think I will write more about it later.
November 06, 2007
11:09 am on Tuesday
Congrats! I got mine not too long ago too, I don’t really have a need for a data phone like the iPhone and playing around with it in the open in London probably isn’t the best idea! The main reason I got the iPod touch is because it’s so damn cool :) I love gadgets. My only gripe is it’s kind of difficult to control music without having to take the whole thing out since it no longer has the tactile controls like the other iPods. I hope they release an elegant earphone/remote solution soon since the touch doesn’t currently work with the radio remote on sale (it should!).
I jailbroke mine too, there’s been a super easy one-click jailbreak that’s just been released. I’ve restored it since though since none of the available apps really appeal to me. I’m sure there’s going to be a huge wave of new apps when the iPhone SDK comes out next year, looking forward to it!
November 06, 2007
1:24 pm on Tuesday
Cool weisheng! Good to know that I have another fellow iPod touch lover. By the way, have you gotten a case for your touch yet? Any recommendations?
November 06, 2007
2:11 pm on Tuesday
I got a full body Invisible Shield to protect it and one of these handmade felt/leather cases.
November 06, 2007
6:08 pm on Tuesday
Thanks weisheng! I got Invisible Shield on mine too, and now looking for a decent case, thanks for the link, I will take a look later.