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iPod touch Should iPod Touch have 3G ability?
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Should the iPod Touch make calls?
It already can... If you're on WiFi, are subscribed to a compatible VoIP service such as Skype, and either have an appropriate headset or use the 4th generation iPod touch as a speakerphone.
But that's not the point the OP is driving at.
What the OP actually wants, is basically the same conceptual functionality as the 3G iPad (ie no phone calls asked for or needed), but shrunken down to the form factor of the iPod touch.
I'd rather they add some kind of GPS, even if its just the A-GPS of the wifi iPad.
That'd be the only thing I can think of that if added to the 5G I'd be upset about not waiting for... seeing as I've already waited this long.
That'd be the only thing I can think of that if added to the 5G I'd be upset about not waiting for... seeing as I've already waited this long.
I understand. I use Skype extensively and have a subscription for unlimited landline calling.
The point I was making is that what he really wants is an iPhone. I guess we're not quite there with service providers requiring a calling plan that he may not need.
My iPhone bill for data is $20 and i get 6GB of data, much better than you 1GB, so don't know what you are talking about there. Then another $35 for my unlimited calling, unlimited text, and caller id/voicemail. $55 total isnt bad and far from $100 that you say people pay.
An iPod Touch that could also serve as a Skype-only phone would be very useful to some people such as myself who do not use a cell phone on a regular/daily basis. All they'd have to do is include the 3g capability and data plans that the iPad currently has. I understand the reasoning of some people who say this would undercut the iPhone, but I am not very sympathetic to the reasoning of "we could offer this product but it's too good, so we're not going to."
I too wanted an iPhone without the ridiculous monthly costs (I currently live in Canada) or an iPad 3G that could fit in my pocket. I didn't want a MiFi as I wanted to carry around just one device.
So I bought a used iPhone 3GS from a teenager I met through Craigslist, unlocked it (factory unlock through iTunes) and got an iPad data only SIM. By using a SIP client and Google Voice I get free calls and SMS to North American numbers, plus the device has a semi-usable camera (as opposed to the 1990s camera in the iPod Touch) and a GPS which is useful. It's a bit bulkier than the iPod Touch though, and the screen isn't as good.
So I bought a used iPhone 3GS from a teenager I met through Craigslist, unlocked it (factory unlock through iTunes) and got an iPad data only SIM. By using a SIP client and Google Voice I get free calls and SMS to North American numbers, plus the device has a semi-usable camera (as opposed to the 1990s camera in the iPod Touch) and a GPS which is useful. It's a bit bulkier than the iPod Touch though, and the screen isn't as good.
Cuz it'd be cheaper.
I also posted this question a while back. Having used an iPhone on occasion , I'm beginning to hate the iTouch more and more because of the sporadic wifi where I live.
I absolutely cannot justify spending $100 or more on a cell phone to have 3G. And an iPhone is the only way I'd go.
Yes, $15 per month for 250MB of data (data is expensive here but I don't make many calls and am often around wifi). I followed the information posted here: http://iphoneincanada.ca/forums/showthread.php?10078-Using-Bell-(or-any-other)-iPad-plan-on-iPhone-4