iPod touch Hey, iPod Touch. Where are all of your features?

[Slayerboym88]

RE maps

Anyone ever hear of 'working offline.' All the hacker fairy would have to do is enable a way for a webpage to be saved for offline access. Perhaps it could be stored as a photo so that to access it, you go through the photo album and zoom and pinch to read the directions/ see the map.

However, priority #1 should be porting over the weather and notes (I'm not a stocks man but if I was, then that would be included.)

With iTunes now portable(ish), do you think that we will be able to download the podcasts now from wherever?! I think this ability may actually get me to subscribe to a few.

 

[cubbie5150]

Anyone know whether the screen is covered w/ glass (a la the iPhone) rather than plastic?

 

[Jack Flash]

Anyone know whether the screen is covered w/ glass (a la the iPhone) rather than plastic?

Steve Jobs announced that the devices will use the same screen.

 

[queshy]

I AM SO ANGRY

that my iPod touch is only coming in October! lol

I'm so excited - it's such an incredible device. I kinda wish it had a phone, but I don't think I'd wanna pay a few hundred bucks to cancel my Telus contract (around 1.5 yrs left), and I don't know if I'm ready to pay the premium monthly fee.

For now, this should be great! It's going to replace my 5 G and my Dell x50v.

 

[awmazz]

Just look at all that black space for more icons to come, it's 'grow-enabled'. Whether from Apple or third parties?

This really does remind me of a Newton.

 

[0098386]

Yesterday your $300 iPod didnt have wifi, no full internet browsing, no lush interface, no multitouch, no 3.5" screen, no over the air downloading, no read/write calendar, no Youtube...


Yet you're disappointed?

Important features-
Capacity
Battery life

lesser features-
Wifi
Multitouch
Everything else you listed.

I'm disappointed as I can't even fit my music library on one. That alone puts the iPod Touch as, whilst cool and well designed, a needless device I'll skip on.
Plus it'd be nice to see some WiFi apps pop up. I can see Apple holding back on iChat as you'd get people begging for it on the iPhone, thus ****ing off AT&T. But Weather and other widgets should be there, IMO.

 

[clevin]

I'm disappointed as I can't even fit my music library on one. That alone puts the iPod Touch as, whilst cool and well designed, a needless device I'll skip on.
Plus it'd be nice to see some WiFi apps pop up. I can see Apple holding back on iChat as you'd get people begging for it on the iPhone, thus ****ing off AT&T. But Weather and other widgets should be there, IMO.

change a angle, look at it as a PDA, might have new attractions.

 

[Jack Flash]

I AM SO ANGRY

that my iPod touch is only coming in October! lol

I'm so excited - it's such an incredible device. I kinda wish it had a phone, but I don't think I'd wanna pay a few hundred bucks to cancel my Telus contract (around 1.5 yrs left), and I don't know if I'm ready to pay the premium monthly fee.

For now, this should be great! It's going to replace my 5 G and my Dell x50v.

But right now it can't take notes and you can only read the calendar while on the go.

 

[Cloudsurfer]

Yesterday your $300 iPod didnt have wifi, no full internet browsing, no lush interface, no multitouch, no 3.5" screen, no over the air downloading, no read/write calendar, no Youtube...


Yet you're disappointed?

That's just human nature. More is never enough.

 

[intempo808]

Yesterday your $300 iPod didnt have wifi, no full internet browsing, no lush interface, no multitouch, no 3.5" screen, no over the air downloading, no read/write calendar, no Youtube...


Yet you're disappointed?

Too right!

If the iPhone hadn't come out before the iPod Touch then you wouldn't expect them on the iPod, because you wouldn't know they exist.

You need to understand that the iPod Touch... isn't an iPhone, and it never will be. If Apple wanted to put iChat on the iPod Touch, then they would need to break a deal with AT&T or whatever you guys in the USA are using...

Look... we've been waiting for the iPod Touch for years... so just be grateful that you have one at your disposal!

I wish people would stop moaning... it isn't like they're forcing you to buy one!

 

[Jack Flash]

Too right!

If the iPhone hadn't come out before the iPod Touch then you wouldn't expect them on the iPod, because you wouldn't know they exist.

You need to understand that the iPod Touch... isn't an iPhone, and it never will be. If Apple wanted to put iChat on the iPod Touch, then they would need to break a deal with AT&T or whatever you guys in the USA are using...

Look... we've been waiting for the iPod Touch for years... so just be grateful that you have one at your disposal!

I wish people would stop moaning... it isn't like they're forcing you to buy one!

And it isn't a very compelling product. When Apple simultaneously releases a 160GB iPod and the iPhone for nearly the same price, the iPod Touch looks very, very inadequate.

 

[JonHimself]

Yesterday my $300 iPod had a 80GB HDD. Yeah, I'm pissed.

Yesterday my iPod was 512MB and didn't have a screen... I'm elated...

(I mean, not really, I have a different iPod, but I'm sure you see the point raised... there are different lines of iPods)

 

[JonHimself]

And it isn't a very compelling product. When Apple simultaneously releases a 160GB iPod and the iPhone for nearly the same price, the iPod Touch looks very, very inadequate.

You can't compare the two at all, other than in family-name only.
- Different sized screens
- Different OS
- Different input methods
- Different storage methods
- Different internals
There's no way you can reasonably be comparing them. Unless you're comparing the iPhone and iPod Touch, in which case, nevermind.

 

[aristobrat]

And it isn't a very compelling product. When Apple simultaneously releases a 160GB iPod and the iPhone for nearly the same price, the iPod Touch looks very, very inadequate.

As Steve said, the touch was being released world-wide, which makes it available to millions of people who can't have an iPhone.

So when your available choices don't include an iPhone as an option, how's it look to you?

 

[Jack Flash]

As Steve said, the touch was being released world-wide, which makes it available to millions of people who can't have an iPhone.

So when your available choices don't include an iPhone as an option, how's it look to you?

Crippled.

The iPod Touch shouldn't be designed to sell iPhones.

 

[aristobrat]

Crippled.

The iPod Touch shouldn't be designed to sell iPhones.

And MacBooks shouldn't be designed to sell MacBook Pros, but such is life.

You obviously want an iPod touch that (minus the phone feature) is exactly the same as the iPhone.

It appears that when Apple designed the touch, making it an "Internet communicator" wasn't their priority.

Now Apple's disappointed you twice. First an Iphone on a carrier you don't want to switch to, and now something very close to being a workaround for you, but not quite. So label it crippled and write cute posts about it.

But to say it's not going to appeal to the demographic that it should because it doesn't meet your specific requirement of wanting an iPhone sans the phone part? Really?

 

[Jack Flash]

And MacBooks shouldn't be designed to sell MacBook Pros, but such is life.

You obviously want an iPod touch that (minus the phone feature) is exactly the same as the iPhone.

It appears that when Apple designed the touch, making it an "Internet communicator" wasn't their priority.

Now Apple's disappointed you twice. First an Iphone on a carrier you don't want to switch to, and now something very close to being a workaround for you, but not quite. So label it crippled and write cute posts about it.

But to say it's not going to appeal to the demographic that it should because it doesn't meet your specific requirement of wanting an iPhone sans the phone part? Really?

So I'm wrong because Apple has to be right?

Ok, you seem to be right in all areas. What is the target audience for the iPod Touch?

 

[JohnEZ]

What is the target audience for the iPod Touch?

Me. Just because I have a MacBook Pro doesn't mean I can take it everywhere I want or have access to it all the time. The iPod touch, on the other hand, allows me to communicate via the internet--well, so long as I have a connection available. And since I use Gmail, not having a mail client isn't a dealbreaker to me.

And as much as I'd love it, iChat isn't a dealbreaker, either.

Regarding Applications: I have a nasty feeling that "Applications" might become one of those nasty tabs in a future iTunes. I can forsee Apple selling them for 5 or 10 bucks each, easy.

 

[Dijo John]

I am living in Germany and have only heard about the iPhone and its list of goodies. Now I can have an iPod which has most of what the iPhone has sans the phone..and guess what, I'm absolutely over the moon being able to get one.

 

[Jack Flash]

I am living in Germany and have only heard about the iPhone and its list of goodies. Now I can have an iPod which has most of what the iPhone has sans the phone..and guess what, I'm absolutely over the moon being able to get one.

The truth, though, is that the iPod Touch doesn't have most of what the iPhone does.

 

[queshy]

But right now it can't take notes and you can only read the calendar while on the go.

I very seldom use the notes feature (to scribble stuff on the screen), and with the iPod touch you CAN edit the calendar and contacts on the go.

 

[iCantwait]

Yesterday your $300 iPod didnt have wifi, no full internet browsing, no lush interface, no multitouch, no 3.5" screen, no over the air downloading, no read/write calendar, no Youtube...


Yet you're disappointed?

SNAP

 

[i0Nic]

The truth, though, is that the iPod Touch doesn't have most of what the iPhone does.

Err, it does have most of the iPhones features.
- multitouch
- wifi
- safari
- apps (calendar, notes will be ported from iPhone etc)
- widescreen 3.5 inch display
- coverflow
- youtube
- *More* storage
- os x

What is it missing?
- Camera
- GSM phone module
- bluetooth (debatable- we will find out when the touch get's cracked open)

Truth is, the iPod touch is perfect for those of us who don't want to or can't leave our current phone contract, especially for those of us who are international and won't be seeing the iPhone in our country anytime soon.

 

[lurcher]

When the specs came out for the Touch I was very disappointed with the storage. I have around 50gb of tunes so even the 16gb version is way too small. But after reading a few of these posts I have come to the conclusion that yes I could easily create a smartlist to just include my top tunes to fit on. Not ideal but I could live with it.

But if Apple have included Safari why the hell not Mail??? If it had mail I could use it for my business when away from the office. I don't need a phone but if the touch had mail I would be happy.

Surely it would be no hassle for Apple to inlcude Mail if they have Safari? Can anyone think why they may have not included it? It just doesn't add up

 

[stcroixsailor]

hey y'all...
personal, I think of the iPod Touch as well, an iPod. I've been waiting for over a year to et a touch screen ipod, i'm happy to take this.

Safari is just an add-on, I'm suprised that they put it on.

For all you people mad about mail, there's always gMail/yahoo. i know it's not the best but thats as close as you're gonna get.

For all of you people complaining about iChat, go to mundu.com/iphone. it's (close) to the same. You can't use it without internet, same as iChat.

But what I'm complaining about is that the headphone jack is on the bottom I hate the nanos like that, and it stings that Steve would force us to do the same.