Apple iPod touch 8 GB (1st Generation) OLD MODEL
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Customer Review: My Comprehensive Review on the iPod Touch
Summary: 5 Stars
After waiting 2 years to buy a touchscreen/fullscreen iPod (I had been reading rumors for a long time) I was finally given an iPod Touch as a gift a few days ago! It is everything I wanted, and more. Here's why:
COOL FACTOR: The iPod Touch turns heads everywhere I go. A lot of people haven't even heard of it or seen it, so when they see me using it, they're amazed. I go to college and almost everybody has an iPod. But not the iPod Touch.
FUNCTIONALITY: The iPod Touch functions like a charm because the touchscreen is smooth and surprisingly accurate. Unfortunately without a click wheel, you have to take it out of your pocket and look at the screen every time you want to use it, even if you want to change the volume. That is my only gripe, but doesn't overshadow the other things about it.
INTERNET: I use the Wifi to surf the internet more than I expected. Although it drains the battery quickly, I find it useful if I'm on campus and I need to quickly use the internet to google something, IM a friend, or check my email. Amazingly, the iPod Touch picks up wireless networks better than a computer. In any single location, I can have dozens of networks listed.
QUALITY: Fantastic quality. The iPod touch is thin as a pencil, but heavy enough to feel substantial and worth $300. The display is large, beautiful, and vibrant. The chrome back does get scratched, but this has happened with every ipod, so I recommend a full body shield (film for the front and back) to protect it, or a nice case. If you've heard that the iPod Touch doesn't "sound" as good as other iPods, that's not true at all. I found no difference in the sound, and I've been quite pleased with its audio performance.
Questions you'll deal with before making your purchase, and answers for you:
1. "The iPod Touch is over $100 more than the other iPods." True, but the other iPods (classic, nano, shuffle) don't use the latest and greatest technology. It's well worth the extra $100 for the internet, touchscreen, highly-evolved calendar, etc.
2. "But the iPod Touch only has 8 or 16gb! Why pay so much for so little space?" Yes, the Classic has 80 and 160gb of spinning harddrive space, but that doesn't compete with the flash memory in the iPod Touch. Flash memory lasts longer because it's not affected by movement such as exercise, running, or dropping. Why does it cost so much? It's newer technology. To give you an idea, 32gb is the most flash memory available, and would cost you about $1000.
3. "I need more space for all my music and/or movies." You may feel like that's true. The iPod Touch is for someone who actively uses their iPod on a regular basis, managing it, taking care of it. The iPod Classic with all its storage is for someone who dumps all their content onto their iPod and forgets about. I've learned to manage what's on my iPod Touch so that I never have to worry that I don't have enough space.
That's all I have to say for now. The iPod Touch comes with very high recommendations. You, your loved ones, and friends will be ECSTATIC to get this for the Holidays!
Customer Review: Apple 8 GB iPod touch
Summary: 1 Stars
When I first got my iPod Touch, I thought, "Wow, this will be a fun thing to have". I opened the slick Black box and took out the iPod. It had a beautiful screen(which it actually glass)and had a great look to it. I couldn't wait to load up my songs. I put the USB into the iPod than my computer, loaded up iTunes and waited. "Cannot connect to your iPod. required software is needed". After 2 hours of the same old error, I took it back to get another one. Maybe this iPod was a dud. After I got my new one, same thing. I started all over. I deleted and cleared out everything that had to do with Apple. iTunes, Quicktime and the iPod driver, everything. I reinstalled everything I needed. I worked! Maybe I actually installed something that was "required". I put in my iPod and it found it. I started to load up my songs and it kept losing a connection. I had to close out iTunes because it wouldn't reconnect. I loaded iTunes and it did find it again but it sill lost a connection. After putting on 12 songs, lost connection. If it did keep finding my iPod I didn't care if it only loaded up 10 songs at a time. After 4 hours to load up 400 songs, and 2 hours to edit them I had my iPod all set. I loaded up my iPod and went into the song section. The sound was great. Very clear and loud. Listening to about 10 songs, I heard silence. Great another problem. The song wouldn't play. Then a few more didn't play and so on. Only half of the songs played. I went back into iTunes and reloaded the songs that didn't play. Same thing. I thought maybe I was the only person who was having this problem. Go to the Apple website and to the message board. About 40 people were having the same problems.
Now for the features of the iPod Touch. It has a calculator, Internet connection for web browsing, music, settings, video, and the time. Really. After all the commercials and ads of the stupid shadow dancers, I really expected a lot more features.
For the look of it, it's really is nice. It's about the size of a Razr and has the same weight. It's very bright and clear. Very slick looking.
For the feel of it. It's great. The screen is very sensitive and responsive. When selecting, it really never got confused and selected the wrong thing I touched. That's actually a good thing about it.
For the sound. It's excellent. Just as loud and clear as my old (working) iPod.
The accessories were pretty disappointing. USB, head phones, and a stand which no one ever uses. For the booklet. Nothing. I mean yes it does come with one but it's just a legal thing. No booklet of the iPod itself. It does have a "Get started" booklet but it's nothing you already don't know.
It was very easy to use and operate. If you've used an iPod before, it will take you literally about 5 minutes to remember where all the limited features are. If you've never used an iPod, you will have a tough time.
Some of you who are reading this will say It's me and not the iPod. My old iPod; my Brother and Father's are working just fine. 3 iPod Nano's. I would stick with that until they fix the bugs and for the price to go down. Don't even think about getting this for a while.
Customer Review: Scotty beam me up!
Summary: 5 Stars
Apple 8 GB iPod Touch
Fellow human beings, we have officially now launched into a true space age like device! Space age product is the category i give this of delectable piece of silicon!
I had just gotten a unit free with our local distributor here (actually a friend's unit really!) along with any MacBook purchase (Apple MacBook MB062LL/B 13.3" Notebook PC (2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, 1 GB RAM, 120 GB Hard Drive, 8x SuperDrive) White )
This new deal from www.jarirbookstore.com in Riyadh was one of the best promotions i have seen. Within 5 days this offer went out of stock!
Anyway, the device was definitely from the future. It really is "the" mini-computer and internet device that we all pictured of having like on Star Trek!
Most notable features:
* The screen touch ability ...i cant really describe the experience u must try it to believe it (in consulting circles they use a term "experience based differentiation (EBD.) They differentiated!
*Seamless connectivity to any WiFi (that includes the Access controlled version as well..one can find the MAC address under About within the iPhone menu)
*Apple lossless audio playback: now this was the feature that my ears were shocked by. I listened to similar music on both Touch and classic iPod (apple lossless codec) and they have done something with the playback of this version! it sounds crisp and clear!
* iCal, contacts, YouTube feature are all some of my favorites as well. There is a different "feel" to having those funny videos on the fly and showing them to friends semi-intantly.
* Apps, Apps and more apps: this bit is for my friend (Waleed) who was a bit hesitant about the devices; he is a former PDA user of all other types of devices which come with a ton of 3rd party applications. Well this platform is new and is building good ground for a ton of apps: http://www.apple.com/webapps/productivity/index1.html
They have built several great productivity apps for this platform and i am sure it will eventually become mainstream development. There is no shortage on what can be made for this device!
* Last but not least: this is not a "dummied" down version of a very popular computer operating system. Folks considering this or the iPhone from the PDA perspective should appreciate that application class of this device are actually as close as u get from your standard desktop applications; example on the Safari web browser equipped on this device is in fact the same on an Windows or a Mac version of Safari.
Granted they are a bit off on the overall features but no one up to this point built a PDA application which runs like a desktop class application. (maybe they have and i am not aware of it!)
Final thought:
the iPod touch experience is seamless internet.... like what amazon.com is to online shopping!
Customer Review: Great form factor but flawed functionality
Summary: 4 Stars
I have been using a Cowon D2 for a year and also bought a Meizu for my son. Both of these use a 2+ in screen with quad-VGA resolution. Obviously, the iPod Touch's screen is a big improvement. The thin chasis is gorgerous and makes it not much heavier than those lesser machines. In terms of form factor, iPod Touch is perfect.
Compared with the Korean and Chinese designs, Apple's software team is leagues ahead. iTune is simply much more sophisticated, mature and stable, although Cowon's team does deserve some credits for efforts. Once the video is converted into the QuickTime format, loading and playing it in the iPod is as easy as it should be, but the key word is "once".
Specifically, iTune does not help you convert video from any popular formats. For this, you must either pay $29.95 for a shareware product or try one of a handful of freewares. I ended up with Videora, which works but only if the correct parameters are picked through trial-and-error. It does not do anything fancy such as subtitles. It is also extremely slow. Ripping a two-hour video generally takes 3-4 hours.
After I spent two nights getting the software in order, this iPod indeed proves a joy to carry around town. There remain, however, numerous little details that bug me. Many of these issues could have been addressed easily if the Apple design team had only bothered to look at some of the competing products. But they are Apple, and humility is not among Steve Job's virtues.
Let me list some of my gripes. First, the surface smudges easily. The Cowon has a touch screen, too, but somehow manages to make the smudges less visible. I think one reason is that the Cowon LCD screen is oriented in a way that it is best viewed when tilted slightly downward toward the chest. This reduces the reflection from the lighting usually situated above. The iPod, however, orients its screen the opposite way, making the reflection much worse.
The other problems are minor inconveniences caused by a lack of functionality. There are no real buttons for volume control. The virtual buttons on the touch screen is not sensitive enough. There is no way to keep the audio part of the video going while turning off the screen to save power. The battery only lasts 5 hours for video. Even if one is willing to take the power drain, he cannot put the iPod in the pocket while the video is running without the touchscreen being inadvertantly triggered. This is annoying because I have several video clips of opera. And, finally, the virtual keyboard is a real pain.
Overall, however, it is a definite improvement over the other MP4 players. If you can stomach Apple's closed-garden mentality and the price is not too steep for you, you will enjoy its company for many months to come.
Customer Review: Seducted by an iTouch.
Summary: 4 Stars
Purchased an iPod nano 4 GB for the 2006 holidays. Throughout the year, it provided consistent functionality, without so much as a day off. Plugged it into my car audio system with a simple cassette/cable connection. No problems with syncing, downloading music and photos. This little green media pod was perfect.
In September, 2007, the iTouch caught my 'i'. I looked at her sleek lines, read about her functions and capabilities and decided that she was the one for me. My wife asked "why?" I replied: "it's a guy thing". I scoped out ways of funding the vixen.
I sold my iPod nano and a Samsung cellular for $112. I figured I'd receive the remaining $188. from Christmas cash gifts.
Decided upon the 8GB model which I received from Amazon in two days. The look and especially the sleek feel of the iTouch are amazing. I plugged it into my computer for its initial sync. The iTunes software recognized the new machine, eradicating the last bit of reference to my beloved iPod nano. The 3.3GB sync took about 2 hours start to finish. The Touch's basic set-up and operation are fairly intuitive and all was well until I attempted a wifi connection. My home LAN is wired, but with the advise of a friend, I purchased a wireless router for my personal wifi access (don't get me started, puchasing equipment for a wireless LAN is a MAD story unto itself). I got the wifi working. I punched numbers and letters into the iTouch. I pushed the Safari, You Tube, and iTunes areas on the Touch. Her response: "cannot connect to ______, can't find server".
In the interim, I purchased the Universal Apple iPod USB Charger Kit - USB Retractable Hotsync Cable - USB Home Travel Charger - USB 12V Cigarette Lighter Charger and the DLO HipCase Leather Folio for iPod touch (Black)). Both are very nice by the way.
I began to have syncing problems with the iTouch to the point where I returned it to Amazon for a replacement.
Initially, I had syncing and drive recognition problems with the new machine but I finally resolved same.
The iTouch Information Manual provided as a PDF download from the iStore was ineffective in solving my wifi problems. The router's information on the net was very helpful and I now have access to Safari, You Tube, and iTunes which is really cool.
In summary, the iPod nano 4GB cost about $200 ($175. for the set and $25. for a case) and a couple of setup hours. She operated flawlessly.
The iTouch cost (so far) is $370: ($279. + 60. + 20. + 6.) and many hours learning about iSyncing and setting up a wireless LAN. Why?
It's a guy thing.