I really want to get an iPod Touch!

[Jase]

Really Really Bad.. I'm thinking of getting one next week!

does anyone else have one?... do you use it in the lounge room to browse sites or to chat to friends while listening to music?.. Can this take over browsing and Chatting on a real computer?

[WooSH]

uh no. really its just a kinda cool toy. you get bored with it after a while.

for chat, i generally use AirAim or AimAir whatever its called. Typing is kinda a pain. It looks nice buts its just not a practical as youd want it to be.

[Jase]

What about safari.. How many tabs can you open with safari till it starts to lag?

[Xtreme $niper]

I thought about getting one for a while, but I decided against it. My main uses for it would be the web browser, mail, and the iPod functionality (music and video)...

Then I realized: I don't get wi-fi connection anywhere outside of my house, where I already have a Macbook that I can take anywhere in the house to surf the net and chat (chat on msn, something that's not as simple to do on a Touch).

Music? iTunes on the laptop, or streaming it through to the Xbox 360 and my stereo.

Video? Same as music.

So outside of my house I would use it as an iPod... Kind of defeats the purpose of spending so much on it... So I decided against it.

[+Warwagon MVC]

Well I guess you can browse porn on it, so thats a plus!

[Jase]

Local McDonald's and shopping centers are starting to have WIFI everywhere now!

[CyberManifest]

I have one and I absolutely love it; I haven't gotten to use it much yet though as I've been preocupied with a tramendous amount of other things. But the features are great; You Tube, Make Shift GPS, E-Mail, Weather, Web Surfing, Music Collection, Stock Market Status, Web Clipings, it's all wonderful. As for the Wifi deal, a lot of businesses and cities are adopting it to make it more comon place; hell even planes are starting to intigrate them. I use the wifi features at my house, my mom's house, my dad's house, the airport, McDonalds, and anywhere that has broadband internet that I take my "AirPort Express". But even without Wifi I enjoy being able to watch my preloaded videos and listen to my preloaded music collection. This Device Is Truely Increadible and I would recomend it to anyone (actually I already have recomended it to my friends). The Coolness factor is great! It's really awsome when resturants have wifi access to be able to surf while you wait for your meal or wait for the tab. Bars would be another great place if wifi is available. But as I mentioned you can bring your Wifi with you and connect it to any exsisting broadband with the "Apple AirPort Express", great stuff.

[Xtreme $niper]

Local McDonald's and shopping centers are starting to have WIFI everywhere now!

For the McDonald's don't you have to buy something from them first to get access?

Besides, another reason why I decided against it is because I can live without having the internet everywhere I go now, so I'm sure that I can spare myself the cost and just live without the Internet between my house and my office for a little while longer.

Maybe they'll release a higher capacity Touch some time later this year for the same price as the higher model now. Then I might consider it more. I have 14GB of music... That leaves almost nothing for any videos I may want to add.

[Jase]

For the McDonald's don't you have to buy something from them first to get access?

Besides, another reason why I decided against it is because I can live without having the internet everywhere I go now, so I'm sure that I can spare myself the cost and just live without the Internet between my house and my office for a little while longer.

Maybe they'll release a higher capacity Touch some time later this year for the same price as the higher model now. Then I might consider it more. I have 14GB of music... That leaves almost nothing for any videos I may want to add.

Are you going to listen to 100000000000000000000000000x songs all the time.. 14 GB of songs is a heck load... I don't think you are going to listen to them all.

[Sam Symons Veteran]

I've used mine heaps lately. Sitting downstairs on the couch, if I wanna Google something, I can just whip out the ol' iPod and search it up. No more waiting 2 mins for my PC to boot and all that. It's great too, with movies on it. Makes road trips much more fun. I heartily recommend them =)

I use the web browser a LOT. Also, I can go on MSN, check Gmail, everything on it. It has weather and all that. It's really handy.

About the Safari Tabs thing, with the new patch I've experienced increased crashes and every now and then I get a lag spike. Once I had my iPod frozen up for 5 minute before crashing to desktop. I never had any issues on the 1.1.2 firmware.

Anything else at all you need to know, I'll help =)

[Jase]

Cheers!!!

OK is the Keyboard easy to get used to?

does the iPod pick up wireless devices and then notify you?

when your ipod froze do you remember how many tabs where open?

Do you use Apollo IM or mobileChat for instant messages?

Does the ipod have a built in speaker so you can watch movies/ listen to music without headphones?

[Sam Symons Veteran]

Firstly, yeah, I'm pretty used to the keyboard by now. I very very rarely make mistakes on it. The only minor gripe I have is the auto-correction sometimes gets me. I spelled a word wrong once, and it added it to the auto-correction list, and after that when I spelled it correctly it corrected it to be wrong, if you get what I mean.

Secondly, whenever you open the wireless tab it shows you the networks around you. It won't tell you unless you have the wireless tab open. The wireless network I use, will always be connected whenever I unlock my iPod. It won't ask you to enter a password each time, or anything. It'll be just connected 24/7, which is pretty handy.

I must've had about 2-3 tabs open when it froze. I never have more than that. It's done it a couple times while I was using Maps/Mail/Weather apps. Maybe it's just my iPod, and it doesn't happen often enough to do something about it really.

I use the Meebo site for my IM. It works fairly well. I don't use Apollo or mobileChat.

Lastly, no, the iPod speaker only plays alarms/interface clicks/etc. It's a very basic speaker.

If there's anything else at all you want to know, I'm more than happy to help :)

[CyberManifest]

Cheers!!!

OK is the Keyboard easy to get used to?

does the iPod pick up wireless devices and then notify you?

when your ipod froze do you remember how many tabs where open?

Do you use Apollo IM or mobileChat for instant messages?

Does the ipod have a built in speaker so you can watch movies/ listen to music without headphones?

The Keyboard seems a bit combersome; but no more than say a cell phone.

The iPod does detect wireless connections and was even able to bypass my MacFilter somehow on my local Wifi Network.

I haven't tested the tab usage in Safari much other than two tabs and I haven't incountered the freeze yet; you'll have to rely on Sin1st3r's coments on this.

I haven't used any IM client yet so I can't coment on this.

The iPod doesn't have any built in speakers as far as I can tell to listen to movies or music without earbuds, earphones or headphones.

[sn00pie]

The iPod Touch uses Google Maps for GPS right? So it would work fine up north in Canada?

[CyberManifest]

The iPod Touch uses Google Maps for GPS right? So it would work fine up north in Canada?

Yes it uses Google Maps for the makeshift GPS using triangilation through wifi connections.

I imagine it would work in Canada as long as it can hop wifi and internet connections.

[User6060]

I absolutely love my iPod Touch, best impulse buy I've ever made. No regrets, best iPod i've ever used, best mobile browser I've ever used.

I use it at school when I dont want to wait for my laptop to boot and I can get tons of stuff done faster than any computer.

i completely recommend getting one to anyone with only the slightest inclination of interest.

[Sam Symons Veteran]

@Game,

It uses Google Maps, yes. I would assume so. It doesn't work where I am, and I'm in one of the major cities of New Zealand.

[Sam Symons Veteran]

Well, there's a kick in the face with irony.

I was watching the MacBook Air video in the Apple site when all of a sudden I'm looking at the home screen once more. Yey@crashes.

--Posted on my iPod Touch :p

[Valerus]

Completely overrated, btw. Not worth it.

[sundayx Veteran]

^Completely wrong. I got one and is one of the most precious gadgets I own.

[harrisxml]

uh no. really its just a kinda cool toy. you get bored with it after a while.

for chat, i generally use AirAim or AimAir whatever its called. Typing is kinda a pain. It looks nice buts its just not a practical as youd want it to be.

Horrible response.... Do you have one??? I do, and it's the best iPod by far and IMO the best mobile media device ever.

[Xtreme $niper]

Are you going to listen to 100000000000000000000000000x songs all the time.. 14 GB of songs is a heck load... I don't think you are going to listen to them all.

Actually 14GB is only 2101 songs. And yes, I do listen to them all the time. I already have two other 20gb players that I use, though they're getting pretty old now.

I listen to all these songs on random on my iTunes library when I'm on my laptop, so I would like to do the same thing for when I go mobile. I don't like picking and choosing specifics from the bigger list, because then one day I'll be on the road and wish I had that one song I didn't put on it.

[hotdog666al]

Yeah I've got one and they are pretty meh unless you jailbreak them XD

[Fugi]

Cheers!!!

OK is the Keyboard easy to get used to?

does the iPod pick up wireless devices and then notify you?

when your ipod froze do you remember how many tabs where open?

Do you use Apollo IM or mobileChat for instant messages?

Does the ipod have a built in speaker so you can watch movies/ listen to music without headphones?

www.meebo.com is great for aim, it had a built in speaker but it won't play music only click noises and whatnot. It's a really great product, i get a lot of "omg thats so cool!" ect just useing it around, and if you have an ipod adapter for your car (either fm tuner or a aftermarket headunit that you can plug it into) it makes it that much better. I'm impressed with mine, when my computer died last week i used safari a lot just to keep in touch with people.

EDIT: Google maps is amazing as well if you don't have a gps, just get directions in a wifi area then when you exit the wifi area if you've already loaded the directions it will keep them on there you just need to hit the arrow manually.

Edited February 2, 2008 by Fugi

[Hell-In-A-Handbasket]

iv got a jailbroken Touch,, its now what the Newton SHOULD be, but better