Well, recently i bought an iPod Touch 16 GB off of eBay for a fairly good price even though it was refurbished. I have since then had mixed thoughts about the iPod Touch (or as it is also called the iTouch). It has its up's and down's (mostly up's). Where to begin.. We'll start with the good aspects of this genious Mp3 design.
Some Background
I'm sure everyone has seen and heard the hype about the iPhone and all that it is doing. Well I have verizon and they denied apple's iphone (which thoroughly pisses me off) so i'm stuck with getting the 2nd best thing which is the iTouch. The iTouch, like the iPhone, has pretty much the same interface but there are a few functionality differences. They should be obvious but the iTouch can't call or take pictures. There may be more but that is basically the only big differences i've noticed. Being as i dont have an iPhone, that is all just from research.
The Design
The iPod touch design is pure genious with the all touch screen commands and the easy access on/off and standby buttons. When you first turn on your iTouch, the apps seem to be the perfect size for most fingers, not to small, not to large and make the touch screen as easy as ever. Once you touch an app, it glides onto the screen and now you've got new commands to tap, or if all else fails just press the friendly home button (which is not touch sensored) and it will take u back to the home screen. The fact that the touch screen is so very user friendly makes it the best touch screen mp3 player out there. With all the extra goodies that are yet to come, this touch wont be going anywhere soon.
Apps Anyone?
This may be the deciding feature that sets the iTouch apart from any other mp3. It sort of puts it on its 'own level' if you will. The fact that you can open up an internet browser on the iTouch and browse google for that certain answer that has been bugging you is just amazing. As long as your near a wireless router you can pick up a connection to the internet. Other handy apps including stocks, email, weather, maps, etc all add up to make this PDA like mp3 player one phenomenal investment. To top all of that, if you upgrade to the latest version (2.0.x), you will get another add-on called the "app store" where you can buy or even download for free some of your favorite apps! The possibilites are endless and that's why Apple is on top.
But...Wait..
Now that we have gone through some of the good things about the iTouch, lets touch on some of the not so good things about it. For starters, and the most annoying problem is its connection to itunes from your computer. On a good day, it will let users upgrade and restore, but other times it will continually give certain errors saying "Unable to restore error code (1604) " yadda yadda. Apple NEEDS to fix this. I understand mine is refurbished and could have a potential problem but this same error is happening to many new iTouch's also. That is the biggest problem i have had with my iTouch is just getting it to update/restore when needs be. Another smaller and yet personal problem is when i'm typing on the keypad that is offered, sometimes I hit the wrong letters only because the keys are sort of small. I realize if you turn the iTouch sideways the keys get bigger, but its still a small problem that happens.
iPod Touch Recieves an A?
Well all in all, the iTouch is an amazing mp3/wifi player and I would 100% recommend it to anyone who was in the market for a new mp3 player. Apple still has a few kinks to work out which is equally the same for every company but once those kinks are worked out, Apple will have nothing stopping them from taking over the cell phone market (with the iPhone), the mp3 player market (with the iTouch), and the computer market (with the MacBook's and Apple Desktops). Some can argue that this has already been done but Apple still has a ways to go before they are king of the market. So yea, the iTouch recieves an A from me.
- Jordan on Aug 12 said:
- I agree 99.9%
