iPod touch Just sold Zune and soon to order iPod Touch 16GB

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chima07

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I have always been loyal to Microsoft/Dell and for some reason this Zune isn't up to my satisfaction, randomly turns off, bad battery life, poor organization of music and no wifi/games to play. Kind of a dud compared to Touch.

With that said, I'm going to order my Touch and was wondering is there a difference between the 2nd generation and 1st generation? I heard that there is a Christmas Model coming out?

Are there any certain cases you guys reccommend, something slim but protective. Also, I never used iTunes before or Mac for that matter, so that should be an experience. One last thing, when I put videos on my Zune it was somewhat simple. I bought Cucusoft converter, any converter that's easy for iPod Touch, and does anyone know the number of colors on the touch, is is like 16million? or 65,000?


Thanks, I have so many ???'s and did a search already.
 
Size and weight
Height: 4.3 inches (110 mm)
Width: 2.4 inches (61.8 mm)
Depth: 0.33 inch (8.5 mm)
Weight: 4.05 ounces (115 grams)1

Capacity
8GB, 16GB, or 32GB flash drive2
Holds up to 1,750, 3,500, or 7,000 songs in 128-Kbps AAC format3
Holds up to 10,000, 20,000, or 25,000 iPod-viewable photos4
Holds up to 10 hours, 20 hours, or 40 hours of video5
Wireless6
Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)
Nike + iPod support built in
Maps location-based service7
In the box

iPod touch
Earphones
USB 2.0 cable
Dock adapter
Polishing cloth
Quick Start guide
Environmental Status ReportiPod touch embodies Apple’s continuing environmental progress. It is designed with the following features to reduce environmental impact:

Arsenic-free glass
Brominated flame retardant-free
Mercury-free
PVC-free
Highly recyclable stainless steel enclosure
Display
3.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen Multi-Touch display
480-by-320-pixel resolution at 163 pixels per inch

Audio
Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
Audio formats supported: AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV
Headphones

Earphones
Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
Impedance: 32 ohms

TV and video
Support for 480p and 576p component TV out
H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; H.264 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 3.0 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
Languages
17 languages supported: English, French, German, Japanese, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Russian, Polish
30 international keyboards supported: English (US and UK), Czech, Danish, German, Spanish, Finnish, Estonian, French (France and Canada), Croatian, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese (QWERTY and Kana), Korean, Lithuanian, Latvian, Norwegian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil and Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Swedish, Turkish, Simplified Chinese (Handwriting and Pinyin), Traditional Chinese (Handwriting and Pinyin)
19 dictionaries supported: English (US and UK), Danish, German, Spanish, Finnish, French (France and Canada), Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil and Portugal), Russian, Swedish, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
Input and output

Dock connector
3.5-mm stereo headphone jack

External buttons and controls
Sleep/wake
Volume up/down
Home

Battery and power8
Built-in rechargeable lithium ion battery
Playback time
Music playback time: Up to 36 hours when fully charged
Video playback time: Up to 6 hours when fully charged

Charging via USB to computer system or power adapter (sold separately)
Fast-charge time: about 2 hours (charges up to 80% of battery capacity)
Full-charge time: about 4 hours
Mac system requirements
Mac computer with USB 2.0 port
Mac OS X v10.4.10 or later
iTunes 8 or later9
Windows system requirements
PC with USB 2.0 port
Windows Vista or Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 3 or later
iTunes 8 or later9
Environmental requirements
Operating temperature: 32° to 95° F (0° to 35° C)
Nonoperating temperature: -4° to 113° F
(-20° to 45° C)
Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing
Maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet (3000 m)

I don't know of any other specs than what Apple has on their site.
But as I own one of these myself, I can ASSURE you that it is one of the best and you will NOT be disappointed. At all. Trust me.

You'll be beyond happy hands down.
 
Hi Chima, not sure about the colors on the screen, but I would advise you got get a agent 18 case for your iPod touch as they always seem to work a charm for my ipods.

The differences between first and second gen ipod touch is as followed:
2nd gen has improved battery life

2nd gen has a more curved back, like the 3g iPhone while the 1st gen has a more flat back.

2nd gen has had its wifi receiver (black splotch on the back) moved towards the middle, while the first had it in the corner.

2nd gen has had price cuts

2nd gen has an inbuilt speaker (very weak but still a speaker)


As to my knowledge, there will be no "christmas model" as iPods are usually released cira either march or september. You may not fear, the only thing they could really do at the moment to improve it is to introduce a 64gb model/thicker hdd based models, but at the moment, the touch prefers to stay slim and Apple are waiting for flash memory prices to drop commercially.

Hope I helped!
 
Also, to add onto the above poster, the 2nd gen iPod touch comes with volume controls as well plus support for headphones with a microphone or apple's new headphones with volume controls, a microphone, and a button to switch songs (although I don't know if they come with it).
 
also: the new touch has dual caps out so very little if at all of bass roll off which plagues zune and most (95%) of audio players on the market now. still the wonderful wide stereo separation that ipods have always enjoyed but an output that has nearly no hiss yet remains as thick and resolved even down past 25hz
 
!!!!!!!!!!THANKS FOR ALL THE REPLIES!!!!!!!!!!

Just letting you guys know, I'll be hooking this up to my dvd player in my car. I will get pics soon enough, 1 week :)
Will be a much more nicer upgrade from the Zune. I'm for sure getting the 2nd gen 16gb Zune, unless I see a killer price on a 32gb, ebay ftw.
 
chima07 said:
Will be a much more nicer upgrade from the Zune. I'm for sure getting the 2nd gen 16gb Zune, unless I see a killer price on a 32gb, ebay ftw.
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i'm confused. you're going from a zune to a..... zune? you must mean ipod right?
 
The two big differences from the 1st gen are the speaker and the side volume control.

The speaker isn't hi-fi but is very useful for playing games or showing someone a video clip.

The side volume control is great for adjusting the sound level without having to pull the iPod from your pocket and look at the screen.

Greg
 
In small and token support for your old Zune, the 3.0 update does include games, does add wifi connection to the Zune marketplace, still allows wifi syncing, and still allows wifi sharing between Zunes. It's also a free update. You might get it for your old Zune even if you do get a new iPod Touch. I compared (on my blog) the Zune 3.0 with the new Nano 4th gen, and the Zune looks like a more capable and useful player (than the Nano).
 
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