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Re: iPod Touch – nothing to do with the iPod

Brooks Grigson — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:41:32 -0000

Bummer thing about this device are the things "not" included. Calendar exists but in the same method as existing iPods. This means that you can't enter a new entry. Say, wha...

There is no support for Notes. No biggie, but silly when you think about it.

Guess what? No email.

I'm sure it will get hacked in but the the whole selling point for me would have been the iPhone w/o the phone. I don't really want/need the phone, but the other services would have sold me. I'm sure that is all part of the selling strategy.

I'm like you with tons of content, but I like shaking mine up without having everything at my fingertips. Too much stuff to wade through for my taste. I'll stick to my shuffle and cell phone combo for now.

Re: iPod Touch – nothing to do with the iPod

Matthew J — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:11:45 -0000

Jake, thanks for this article, you hit it right on the nose - this is a PDA. I have to say that the iPod touch is exactly what I have been wanting for several reasons.

1) As a web (and mobile-web) developer I am always running my websites on different devices for testing and development.

2) Being able to use the iPhone interface without having to get a new Cingular contract is awesome (I am still in a 2-year contract with Verizon).

3) I have a 30GB iPod Video and is it about 75% full (15% of that videos). I have never really liked watching videos on the 2 1/2" screen with the iTouch (I renamed it for Apple!) I will have 3 1/2" (yes, an extra inch does matter) that is a 40% increase in screen size.

I must disagree 98% about the fact that the PDA market is dead. Firstly, the iPod Phone is a PDA by definition. Also, Palm (still my favorite) is releasing new units on a regular basis. Plus, HP just announced another round of Pocket PC connected PDAs.

[I also agree with Dax, no moving parts is a good thing for battery, heat and reliability]

Re: iPod Touch – nothing to do with the iPod

Dax Davis — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 23:27:25 -0000

I tell you, I'm a bit disappointed about the file size, but I guess it's a necessity considering the screens battery usage. To add the movable parts of a hard drive to the drain, would likely be too much.

Dax