My "big" Christmas present for this year came in the mail the other day -- a lovely, new 32 GB iPod touch. I convinced my mom to let me futz with it so that I could put my music on it so that I could actually use it on the day I get it. (You see, I'm having Christmas at my sister's house, so I wouldn't have access to my stuff.) Of course, I couldn't just sync music and put it back... No, I had to have some fun first.
As the device has been out for a while and virtually every other nerd on the internet has already jizzed themselves over the iPhone, I don't think I need to reiterate the device's many amazing uses. That said, I am thoroughly impressed by many of the free applications that are available in the app store (Google Earth, UrbanSpoon, AIM, 5800+ Drink & Cocktail Recipes, Free Translator, Stanza, last.fm, and AroundMe are some of the most useful ones) and using the device is fantastically brisk and easy.
So yes, short of not having phone functionality, the iPod touch is one of the funnest and most useful gadgets I've ever acquired -- it really is a nerd's panacea! Syncing took forever, but hopefully it only hurts the first time...
I'd still like more storage space since my digital copy of Juno weighs in at 1.5 gigs and I'm expecting Wall-E and the Dark Knight to be the same. Add to that the video podcasts that I watch regularly (Tekzilla, the Totally Rad Show, Diggnation) and there's still a far cry from enough space. Plus, there's still a lot of music that I wish I could carry around with me. My library is almost 50 gigs and I'd like to think that at least half of that is worth listening to most of the time.
So, in an alternate reality where the iPhone came in 64 GB or 128 GB flavors and service month-to-month wasn't $60, I'd hit that so hard my pelvis would shatter into dust. But as it is, I'm very happy with just a 32 GB iPod touch. Heck, I even found a video on YouTube that tells you how to text for free using the AIM app, so now the touch really is just the iPhone without the phone.
As the device has been out for a while and virtually every other nerd on the internet has already jizzed themselves over the iPhone, I don't think I need to reiterate the device's many amazing uses. That said, I am thoroughly impressed by many of the free applications that are available in the app store (Google Earth, UrbanSpoon, AIM, 5800+ Drink & Cocktail Recipes, Free Translator, Stanza, last.fm, and AroundMe are some of the most useful ones) and using the device is fantastically brisk and easy.
So yes, short of not having phone functionality, the iPod touch is one of the funnest and most useful gadgets I've ever acquired -- it really is a nerd's panacea! Syncing took forever, but hopefully it only hurts the first time...
I'd still like more storage space since my digital copy of Juno weighs in at 1.5 gigs and I'm expecting Wall-E and the Dark Knight to be the same. Add to that the video podcasts that I watch regularly (Tekzilla, the Totally Rad Show, Diggnation) and there's still a far cry from enough space. Plus, there's still a lot of music that I wish I could carry around with me. My library is almost 50 gigs and I'd like to think that at least half of that is worth listening to most of the time.
So, in an alternate reality where the iPhone came in 64 GB or 128 GB flavors and service month-to-month wasn't $60, I'd hit that so hard my pelvis would shatter into dust. But as it is, I'm very happy with just a 32 GB iPod touch. Heck, I even found a video on YouTube that tells you how to text for free using the AIM app, so now the touch really is just the iPhone without the phone.
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Yeah the big thing fo rme is the space, also I just got a 80 GB Classic last year with Christmas money.
I guess having limited space helps me "trim the fat" though, there is music (demos, live sets, etc.) which exhibit quality that is just not up to par with something I could listen to in the car or at work. This keeps my hard drive on my computer as sort of an archiving / media access tool (ala TVersity and the 360) and the Ipod as my on the go, efficient, listening equivalent.
So far I've been able to do this with my existing library of music (managed to get 100 Gb down to 80), but as I attain more It's getting harder and harder to find stuff I can or want ot get rid of.
And I don't even do movies. I'm sure you understand how hard it is to get rid of music, my mood is so varied and I loathe the possibility of wanting to hear something and it not being there because I forgot how cool it was.
For example I forgot my ipod at the apartment today :(.
Hopefully the technology will become more affordable as more adopt it. Knowing me by the time I get a touch they will be on to the iPodMind.
I meant obtain not attain. lol
Well, having the last.fm app does give you access to more music. For instance, I could listen to one of your channels or find an artist and listen to that channel.
Pandora also has an app available.
oh really?
hmm
Yes, it's pretty sweet... Except for the audio quality. I mean, what do you really expect streaming over Wi-Fi, you know?
That reminds me: Must upgrade headphones for iPod ASAP. Considering Etymotic's ER-6i or Ultimate Ears' Super.fi 3.
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