iPod Touch - Worth it?

[giga Veteran]

Terrible Bass, Ever worse EQ, and generally crap Sound Quality. the IPOD, which is supposed to be a MP3 player, its rubbish in this respect. There are much faster interfaces out there, even though the iPod's interface is slick, there are much much better interfaces for speed and getting what you want quickly.

iPods these days are fine as a source. The actual phones you use will make the largest difference.

[Darran]

Remember that the touch has no physical controls like all other iPods, this is one reason I have been erring towards the iPhone. The iPhone has volume buttons and a neat headphone controller to change tracks - if you use the touch you'll have to get it out whenever you want to change track or the volume and can't do anything through your pocket or whatever. Hope I'm not sounding too negative.

[smurfiness]

Terrible Bass, Ever worse EQ, and generally crap Sound Quality. the IPOD, which is supposed to be a MP3 player, its rubbish in this respect. There are much faster interfaces out there, even though the iPod's interface is slick, there are much much better interfaces for speed and getting what you want quickly.

Well, I hadn't really noticed. See, I use mine as an MP3 player, not as a high-end stereo system. Although Apple's headphones really, truly suck, any $15 pair will give much better sound.

But honestly, the sound quality doesn't need to be fantastic. It's a mobile music player. If I want high-fidelity, I'll buy a $2000 Bose system.

[Fowarek]

Knowing Apple, and how they like to come out with new versions of everything over a short time period, do you think they will come out with a new iTouch by the end of the year? Or do you think they'll have a price cut?

By the way, thank you everyone for your input, it's greatly appreciated and is helping me a lot to better understand if i should get it or not.

[Ricardo Gil]

Knowing Apple, and how they like to come out with new versions of everything over a short time period, do you think they will come out with a new iTouch by the end of the year? Or do you think they'll have a price cut?

By the way, thank you everyone for your input, it's greatly appreciated and is helping me a lot to better understand if i should get it or not.

Maybe not a new Touch, but at least price drops/capacity increases are likely.

[UrbanRacerX]

honestly .... i will go with the archos 605 wifi

[majortom1981]

If your buying it for just internet then maybe look into the http://www.nseries.com/index.html#l=products,n810

the nokia 810. Its $100 more but you can install android onto it and it has a gps chip.

I have the ipod touch with 2.0 on it and it is pretty good. I think the ipod touch is worth it just for the apps alone.

[thealexweb]

If you get one try to get one with OS 2.0 installed otherwise if you want it you'll have to pay about ?4

[MiG-]

iPods these days are fine as a source. The actual phones you use will make the largest difference.

Go listen to an Sony A829. Then come back.... You wouldn't think there is a difference in source but its the biggest difference I've ever had. No matter how good the headphones are, if they are receiving a crap signal then what?

I use Future Sonics Atrio Headphones, hardly rubbish.

[DigitalE]

I love my iPod Touch. I keep all my contacts and my calender on it, and it's easier to carry around on campus than my entire laptop.

[spenser.d]

Maybe not a new Touch, but at least price drops/capacity increases are likely.

That would be out of line with what Apple does with iPods. I feel they tend to introduce new versions as the same price as the older ones so they don't have to lower the price. I don't follow the pricing closely, but I don't think I've ever seen a price drop on an iPod. They just seem to milk the current ones as long as possible and then introduce a new version so they have an excuse to not lower the price. And hey, it works.

Anyways, I'd definitely say get a Touch. I've had mine for about 9 months or so and haven't looked back. It's such a great device, and even moreso now that we have the AppStore.

-Spenser

[AbandonedTrolley]

Depends what you use it for. If you use it mostly in the car, then I would recommend trying one out first. I converted my old Ipaq to an mp3 player to be used in the car. It worked good for playing the music, but all the controls were on screen. So when I would want to pause it I couldn't feel where the buttons were. So I would be distracted just trying to pause the thing. Where as with my nano, you just grab it and hit pause. After that experience, I can't really see myself going with a touch based mp3 player. I need the feel physical buttons. Just something to be aware of.

If you had the Touch jailbroken there is an app called Pocket Touch, this allows gestures for things like track forward/back (slide left/right) volume up/down (slide up /down) and pause and play(screen tap), a great solution to the problems you mentioned.

[hotdog666al]

I LOVE mine.

Pros: Everything (minus cons).

Cons: Battery life when using WiFi, Comes unjailbroken!

Get one.

[Fowarek]

Well looks like if I get one, I won't regret it from what I'm seeing here.

[Deletedforeverhaha]

It's not a music player. It's a well featured PDA.

It's your choice.

[Shadrack]

Depends what you use it for. If you use it mostly in the car, then I would recommend trying one out first. I converted my old Ipaq to an mp3 player to be used in the car. It worked good for playing the music, but all the controls were on screen. So when I would want to pause it I couldn't feel where the buttons were. So I would be distracted just trying to pause the thing. Where as with my nano, you just grab it and hit pause. After that experience, I can't really see myself going with a touch based mp3 player. I need the feel physical buttons. Just something to be aware of.

QFT! I've owned a Cowon D2 and an iPAQ h1945, and they both use touch screens. A music player that uses a touch screen becomes a pain in the butt if you want to do something simple like skip a song or pause it without being able to look at it (either with it in your pocket or while you are in the car). I'd take a classic iPod or Zune 80 any day of the week over the iPod Touch, but that is all personal preference.

My iPAQ and my cellphone allow me to browse the web on the go. Whenever travel I found it useful to keep myself entertained while at an airport or whatever. My day-to-day routine doesn't benefit at all by having the web on the go to be honest. At first I thought that I would use it all the time, but the novelty wares off pretty quickly.