iPod touch Apples release in September

[yorkshire]

Hi Folks,
I've been hearing about Apple making an announcment in September about the new line of iPods, and possible price reductions. Somewhere I heard the announcment will be September 4th. Anybody else here when the announcent will be?
Thak you,
Lunchmeat

Mid to late September. Although I'd like to see them out on the 1st

 

[Naro]

if your referring to me saying iPod instead of Ipod well you will have to take it up with apple cause thats how they have iPod in their site

Nevermind, I was just pointing out your mistake since you felt it was so important that people write out iPod Touch instead of iTouch.

 

[m1stake]

I call it the touch. Do I care what other people call it? Not really. Use the forum to learn and teach, don't troll every thread that has ITOUCH somewhere in it. What a waste of time.

I'll buy one on launch day. RevA syndrome, here I come.

 

[Naro]

I call it the touch. Do I care what other people call it? Not really. Use the forum to learn and teach, don't troll every thread that has ITOUCH somewhere in it. What a waste of time.

I'll buy one on launch day. RevA syndrome, here I come.

Are you talking to me?

 

[Stuart in Oz]

I'm very interested in the ipod touch.
I've never seen one. Are they built solid?

They are solid. I bought my 16GB when they first came out late in 2007 and I've given it a few hard drops since then and it still works fine. Certainly the stainless steel back gets scratched - like a stainless steel kitchen bench, the first scratch makes you want to cry and after a while you get used to it.

They are a nice size and weight for carrying around and the wi-fi works very well in my experience.

I started looking at them when my wife said I should have a palm pilot organizer.
will this allow me to do all that stuff sync'd to my windows machine?

That's a tricker question. I use Mac computers so I get beaut data syncing between with my email, address book and calendars. I just don't know how well they will work with a PC. Can anyone else here give some advice?

I can say that I have a Palm as well and it's no-where near as good. I use a Palm Treo 750 for my phone, and have had earlier models from Palm in the past and none of them come close to the iPod for useability. I run my own business and I live on my Touch when I'm on the road. Notes, calendars, emails and the calculator are all indispensable. I deal with retailers like Best Buy (or rather the Australian equivalents) so every time I visit a customer store I just hook onto their store wi-fi and check my latest emails. Windows Mobile on my Treo 750 is a sick joke in comparison. I did use email, calendar, address book & web browser on the Treo for six months before I got the Touch, so I can speak with some authority. It is horrible.

Sorry for the very noob type questions.
I sincerely thank anyone who educate me further than the apple video.
That's quite a price for a student.

Don't be scared to ask - we're always happy to give opinions around here! These things are a lot of money for most of us so I know where you're coming from.

My only reservation about the Touch at the moment is that I feel like I'm missing out on a lot of the new apps from the app store. There is a lot of cool stuff being released that requires a live data connection to work and of course you ain't always near a wi-fi point.

There are rumours about a new version of the Touch with GPS due very soon so I'd wait a couple weeks and see what happens. Most people are expecting some sort of upgrade in September, which usually means more features for the same price or the same features for less money. Either way you win!

 

[Stang68]

It's an iPod touch, not an itouch. Get it right or get the hell out of here.

 

[Lesser Evets]

I'm very interested in the ipod touch.
I've never seen one. Are they built solid?

I wasn't interested in these until a week ago. When I saw one in Sam's Club I saw how cool it actually is, and now want the next gen. coming out.

It seems MUCH smaller in person than it is in the hands of the munchkins in the videos. It's not very big, but I am not sure how it compares to a normal PDA in 2008.

Amazingly it is extremely thin and light, and feels very sturdy. When I read about people's experiences they tend to rave about how durable the iPod touch/phone is, aside from the back getting scratched.

If it had a screen one or two inches bigger I would be over the moon, but they certainly are nice as is.