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iPod touch It's just an iPod!

WB2Colorado

WB2Colorado

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I don't see why people want to get a new iPod touch yet when there are only a few new features and most of them are minor changes to it's outside. In my opinion, they are making it look too much like the iPhone. I mean, I know that it is the iPhone with out a SIM card, but still, it's just an iPod and I think that Apple did the right thing not adding GPS to it, after all if people want GPS, they they probably will want the iPhone anyway.

I'm sorry that this is a rant but I just had to make my point. But really, it's just an iPod.

Who agrees with me?
 
I agree, and to be honest, nothing much has changed to the touch lineup. Yes, two or three new fatures, but otherwise it's the same as the old. You're better off buying a new touch 1G and saving 200 dollars. No external volume or speaker, but you save 200 bucks.

Just an opinion.
 
Its not Just an iPod.

It can surf the web, play video's, play games, send and recieve email, sync calendars and contacts with your PC.

It is far more a PDA than an MP4 Player.
 
the problem is some people don't want/can't go on the at&t network so the iphone is not for everyone.
 
My firm won't support the iPhone, but they will give me a blackberry and $30 per month unlimited voicecalls. So it doesn't make sense for me to get the iPhone when I'd still have to carry my blackberry and it would raise my monthly cost by $50. But, I'd love to have some of the features in the iTouch available to me, so it looks like a nice compromise.
 
Tragedies said:
I agree, and to be honest, nothing much has changed to the touch lineup. Yes, two or three new fatures, but otherwise it's the same as the old. You're better off buying a new touch 1G and saving 200 dollars. No external volume or speaker, but you save 200 bucks.

Just an opinion.
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Not sure how you'd save A$200 by buying a new 1st gen touch. Didn't the new models pretty much shift down a price point, so that the 16 GB unit now costs about what the 8 GB unit used to? I supposed if you buy a 1st gen 16 GB refurb right now you'd save A$30 over the cost of a new 2nd gen 16 GB model. :confused:
 
swruler9284 said:
the problem is some people don't want/can't go on the at&t network so the iphone is not for everyone.
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so what do you want? data service for free? seriously

the only thing really that differentiates the iphone from ipt is that it has

1) bluetooth and crippled at that
2) gps (which the old iphone doesnt have)
3) mic (why does an ipt need a mic?)
4) camera which is really the only iffy one the ipt maybe should have but then again, its not that big of a deal as a) all phones have cameras hence why on iphone. b) no ipod has a camera
5) phone and data service
 
I think the new touch is going to be on my shopping list. The speaker will certainly make using some of the apps a lot easier.Don't always feel like wearing headphones all the time! And I jog frequently enough to get plenty of use out of the Nike+ feature (hate Nike shoes, but the Nike+ software & transmitter do what I want!)

GPS and/or camera would have been cool but not sure I would have used them enough to justify the increased proces they would have commanded.
 
WB2Colorado said:
I don't see why people want to get a new iPod touch when there are only a few new features.

I think that Apple did the right thing not adding GPS to it, after all if people want GPS, they they probably will want the iPhone anyway.

Who agrees with me?
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People will want to get the new Touch that don't want/need an At&T cell phone, but do want the best touchscreen media player/PDA/Pocket Game Player out there. They'll buy the new one over the old one because of the volume controls, speaker and potential of remote control over the headphone cable. It helps that today a 16gb can be bought for what an 8gb sold for yesterday.

Right thing? I wanted GPS and had no interest in an iPhone. The iPhone's GPS is crippled for navigation anyway. It would have been a $5 chip that would have meant far more sales of new Touches to consumers.

So count me as one who doesn't agree with you. The Touch is NOT just an iPod.
 
touch or phone as PDA

So I live in the boonies where AT&T doesn't work, and am replacing my PDA. I was going to get the ipod touch, but like the camera option of the phone(and am surprised it is the same price). Which would be better as a PDA the touch or phone without phone service (I usually use wifi)
 
dukebound85 said:
so what do you want? data service for free? seriously

the only thing really that differentiates the iphone from ipt is that it has

1) bluetooth and crippled at that
2) gps (which the old iphone doesnt have)
3) mic (why does an ipt need a mic?)
4) camera which is really the only iffy one the ipt maybe should have but then again, its not that big of a deal as a) all phones have cameras hence why on iphone. b) no ipod has a camera
5) phone and data service
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2nd gen iPod Touch has a mic.
 
PSP is just a gaming device yet it has a gps addon, mic for skype, camera addon
Cell phones use to be just phones now look at the stuff they can do
Archos PMP has gps addon too
Cowon has gps addon, bluetooth, flash support

So how is it so far fetched to expect the ipod touch to have these things too?
 
puffnstuff said:
PSP is just a gaming device yet it has a gps addon, mic for skype, camera addon
Cell phones use to be just phones now look at the stuff they can do
Archos PMP has gps addon too
Cowon has gps addon, bluetooth, flash support

So how is it so far fetched to expect the ipod touch to have these things too?
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because apple has a product out there with all those capabilities maybe?
 
that product also requires a 2-year contract and would come out to thousands of dollars to own.
 
MattZani said:
Its not Just an iPod.

It can surf the web, play video's, play games, send and recieve email, sync calendars and contacts with your PC.

It is far more a PDA than an MP4 Player.
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I agree. It's an iPod on steroids. Web, email, apps, etc. is not an iPod in the iPod sense.
 
TEG said:
Exactly. It is dumb to expect more from the iPod line.
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Exactly. It's dumb to expect an iPod with a web browser. If you want that, buy an iPhone.

It's dumb to expect an iPod with a push email client. If you want that, buy an iPhone.

It's dumb to expect an iPod with Google Maps. If you want that, buy an iPhone.

It's dumb to expect an iPod with You Tube. If you want that, buy an iPhone.

It's dumb to expect an iPod with Nike+ built-in. If you want that, buy the accessory.

Oops.
 
It's much more than an Ipod.

Even if it were only an Ipod the controls are amazing.

My 60 gig video Ipod is only a $400 paper weight.
 
it's for apple dummies that will fall into it, what can you expect from them?
 
It's not an ipod

the issue is it is not an ipod. Yes they did a dumb naming thing (probably because the ipods sell so well) . I have an ipod, and no urge to upgrade it. The touch is a perfect little PDA (I do wish it had the camera and even gps though). Not all of us like/want cell phones. We have them, we don't like AT&T - all sorts of reasons the iphone is not right for us. So they screwed up the marketing, but made a great product.
 
MattZani said:
Its not Just an iPod.

It can surf the web, play video's, play games, send and recieve email, sync calendars and contacts with your PC.

It is far more a PDA than an MP4 Player.
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I'm in agreement with this. The last pda I had was a dell Axim X30 high which could pack a powerful punch, but I sold it a year ago because it just didn't mesh well with my Mac work needs. Having the new 2nd gen Touch is a almost a relief--had no idea how much I missed the functionality of a pda while sitting in a doctor's office, etc. Around here we have so many wireless access points that it just made sense to get another pda-like tool.
 
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