Apple iPod touch 16 GB (1st Generation) OLD MODEL
by Apple Computer
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Customer Review: Stunning Technology By Apple!
Summary: 5 Stars
Received this 16GB ipod touch (1G) for a week now but still stunned by Apple's amazing technology! I've used a few ipods before but none of them can compare to this one. It is simply the best portable device on market. It is very user friendly. Get on line is so simple when you're in a hot spot. The Apple's App Store is amazing. It has so many useful software for free! Even for those who need to pay, the price is very reasonable (mostly from $0.99 to $5). I remember I'd paid more than $15 to buy a dictionary software for my Palm PDA. Now with the same $15 I can buy more than 10 app software for my ipod touch!
The good thing for the ipod touch is it uses the same firmware with the iphone. That means all the software for the iphone can also be used by the ipod touch. There are tons of them. So I recommend you to get the biggest memory that you can afford. 8GB is simply not quite enough. The difference between the 1G and 2G is so little. I would recommend to save the money and get a bigger memory for the 1G ipod touch. You would appreciate to have more built-in memory than the extra volume button and a built-in speaker on the 2G. I would love to see Apple to put a memory expansion slot on the next generation ipod touch.
Last advice is Don't Buy This For You Kids. It is so fun, addictive and so portable, they will have a very hard time to put it down and finish their homework!
Customer Review: One of THE best devices
Summary: 5 Stars
First of let me say what an anti-mac comsumer I am, and how the Ipod touch however has convinced me into considering switching back to Mac. It is basically a handheld computer with some cool free apps you can load word and excel documents, and play hours of games, surf the web amazingly and its so easy to use. I love it and it is definitely the best device I own. I use it for everyhting from shopping lists, to calculus and chemistry homework, to dog whistle, to games, to my own personal photo album, plus I download my favorite tv shows and movies and periodically switch them out after i watch them, I use the bible app for quick references and google earth constantly, plus i use it to study for SAT's when i'm not busy. The only real draw backs are that it has no camera but, and no built in mic but I got over that pretty quick. It really is a toy that can play music and surf the web. Its great for pretty much anyone and I'm so happy i got mine. It feels great in my hand but make sure to get a good reliable case because if it falls on something hard its probably going to break. Hundreds of apps are available and I really have no complaints, if you want something that can surf the web (with in hot spots) download and save e-mails, play games, and listen to music along with hundreds of silly and very useful/entertaining applications then this is the perfect product.Customer Review: Boy, I love this little device!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is my first iPod. At first I was looking for something small that I can show my baby's pictures around. Even though iPod touch is not cheap but it has a large display and it is very small, and that's exactly what I need.
After purchasing it, I realized I can use it as a PDA as well. It sync up with my outlook calendar, I can check my GMail, and I can even check my company e-mail from browser! And I can use Google map to check traffic condition before leaving the office. I used to carry my laptop computer around the office a lot, but now I just need my iPod!
I really like its interface. It is just simply cool! Many of my friends download the hacked version of s/w and they can run a lot more s/w in their iPod/iPhone. But since I use my iPod to check e-mail as well I think I'll stay with what I have now.
Another thing I really like is the Podcasts feature. I've subscribed to one Podcast about tips for Photoshop, free of charge!
Well, there are a few things I don't like about this iPod touch, though:
1. You cannot copy/paste in the browser. I really hope they will support this basic function soon...
2. You cannot download games to iPod Touch, unless you use the hacked version.
3. It would be nice if it has a speaker.
4. It would be nice if it supports Bluetooth.
Customer Review: ipod touch 16 gig
Summary: 5 Stars
Recieved the ipod touch for my birthday and was and still am very pleased with the device. I really love the wi-fi connectivity, though certain plug ins like flash and the like don't work in the browser... yet anyway, so in line videos for example don't work on websites from my experience.
I'm a newbee to itunes with regards to databasing pod casts and such, so I am having problems sorting out my pod casts because they don't show up directly in the podcast link on the "ipod touch's" music section. I ended up creating a playlist for my pod casts.
You can get additional features like facebook. Typing on the screen is a learning process, but I like the editing feature where moving your finger around text shows a magnifying glass of your text enlarged. I wish some alternate keys like commas were directly accessable, but it's a learning curve.
Videos on the unit are really great but I think your arm will get sore holding the unit up in front of your face while you watch it. The little acrylic stand is cool, but not always practical for watching. (like lying in a tent, or reclining in bed.)
Having an i-pod compatable stereo really makes this unit shine as opposed to always having it playing directly in your ear.
In all, I'm still loving it well after a month of ownership.
-S
Customer Review: Nice PDA, poor MP3 player
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought the iPod touch as a replacement for a 3G iPod. While I find it to be a useful PDA for checking weather, browsing the web, keeping track of my calendar, and reading email, it is much worse as an MP3 player than the iPod:
1. For podcasts, it lacks the podcast description. You get the name, but Apple left out the description of what the show is about. For podcasts without descriptive names, this is a great loss.
2. There is no eyes-free operation when playing music. The screen locks up after a little while, after which you need to pick up the iPod touch and unlock it to access the controls. You can hit the menu button twice, but you still need to be looking at the ipod to see where the controls come up.
3. The ability to look at music horizontally or vertically means that many times it shows you the wrong thing. Not all the controls are visible in the cover-flow view, which seems to be the one that the iPod defaults to when you lay it down on a table.
4. No ability to rate songs as you listen. On older iPods, you could rate a song while you listened to it, but the iPod touch does not seem to have this ability.
Overall, the iPod touch feels like a PDA with limited MP3 and podcast playing capabilities, rather than the other way around.