Apple iPod touch 8 GB (2nd Generation--without iPhone OS 3.1 Software) [Previous Model]
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Customer Review: Fun, but not for long
Summary: 3 Stars
The iPOD touch is fun and has so many cool features and free apps, I am glad I got it as a gift. Oh, and the best part is the quality of the picture is awesome. I love watching videos on this thing. The screen is small. But, we all know that. I can't knock apple for that, it isn't like they are hiding that fact. It works with encrypted wireless networks.I don't know where other reviewers are getting that complaint from. Overall I like my iPOD because of all it can do. However, it has some limitations which make the price ridiculous.
1. The battery power lasts 2-3 hours when using games and many apps. (Lasts long time with music though)
2. The sound is inferior to other iPODS. I have a Nano for music.
3. 8GB for the price is ridiculous. Because you are left with 7 with all the programs it comes with.
4. You have to charge this thing so often, I fear the battery will be destroyed. I am not expecting this thing to last a year at this rate.
5. This goes for all iPODs. I hate the limitations apple puts on music so you can't transfer between Mac/PC and to other MP3's. For what they charge, Apple products should be more useful, not less useful, than other MP3's
Like I said, I am excited because this was a gift. But, I would not buy it with my own money. If you do decide on a touch, it isn't a bad purchase. But splurge on the 16GB at least, it may even be worth it at that price. I admit I have an issue with iPOD's because of apple's policies limiting it's use. But, both of mine were gifts, so who am I to complain too much.
Customer Review: Hold your purchase for 3G version
Summary: 4 Stars
I love my iPod touch 2G. It had all the great elements of update from 1G. It got the volume button and cheaper price. It's metal back is better than iPhone 3G and it's slimmer and lighter in weight too.
I have following good, bad and ugly for this product -
The Good -
1. Calendar, Clock, Photos, Safari
2. Free Applications (Facebook, Remote, Games)
3. Accelerometer
4. Bright beautiful 3.5" display
5. Built in speaker
6. Light weight and sleek.
7. Greenest iPod ever. (See specs)
The Bad -
1. Battery life with Wi-fi enabled
2. No button to pause/play/skip
3. Accurate rewind/forward in Audio Books is difficult
4. Cannot use as flash storage
5. Display is not true 16:9 (like N97 will be!)
The Ugly -
1. Indian iTunes Store is handicapped. No Music, No Podcasts and fewer applications.
2. Users cannot replace battery
3. You'll have to pay $9.95 to upgrade the FW to 3.0 and unlock Blutooth.
Bottomline - If you've waited till now, wait a little more for iPod Touch 3G. The FW 3.0 beta was declared on 17th March 2009, the 3.0 loaded iPod Touch is not too far.
Besides this what I'd really love to have added are following
1. Built in Microphone
2. Built in GPS
3. Add FM Radio
Apple - If you are listening - Kindly throw in the above three also! :-)
I hear they may throw in an OLED display. That would make me purchase the next version. Until then, happy waiting
Customer Review: Excellent Product
Summary: 5 Stars
I love the Ipod Touch. I couldn't live without it now. I thought it was a little pricey when I bought it but it does so much that I found out why it's so pricey and it's well worth the money. There were only a few things I don't like. The fact that it doesn't tell you much about what comes on it when you buy it and in my opinion it really should come with some kind of game on it even if it's a free one. The instructions really don't tell you how to do a lot of things and so I had to do a lot of searching on the internet for answers. Also if you plan on using it to view movies or videos on your TV be warned that you can't just buy the cheapest A/V cable there is. I went through 3 or 4 before I finally got it to work. And if you plan on buying a dock for it and using it to connect to your TV, you can only use the Apple A/V cables because of the chip in the cable. You can hear sound with any cables but you have to have Apple's to get the video to work. In my opinion, I would think they make enough money off of you when you buy it and you really should be able to buy cheaper things for it. The games and applications are pretty reasonably priced. There are some really good free games and apps and others that start at .99 cents and go up to 9.99 or more. So if you are looking for a an awesome MP3 player to listen to music on and that you can play games on and make grocery list and keep track of just about anything you can think of, and do it just by touching the screen, then you will love this product. I know I do.Customer Review: This is a nightmare
Summary: 1 Stars
This is the worst product I've purchased from Apple. I've recieved my ipod touch less than a week ago and it is of no use now.
After synchronizing it to itunes it stated there is a newer version of the firmware so i clicked the update button. Now the new version is not working on the system and everytime I click restore error 13 and error 14 is appearing in a window.
I've run all the diagnostic test and nothings hapening. I've sent a service request to apple, but just trying to send an email to them is another nighmare. You have to go through a million and one pages before you can do so.
Everything that needs to be added to the ipod touch must go through itunes, and what is worse you cannot just click one item from your playlist and add it to the ipod touch play list. You have to synchronize the entire system all the time. Such a waste of time.
I've recently purchased a psp for my son and the ease of adding music, videos, ebooks, adiobooks is so much easier. Even if you're not using psp manager you can do so using windows.
Not to mention there's a lot of ghosting on the screen of the ipod touch when I'm watching a movie. The psp is much sharper for viewing movies.
After being excited about this product especially for the calender features and the video capabilities I'm so disapointed because I spent a whole lot of money for a pack of garbage that isn't working.
Customer Review: Wireless - so why does it require a PC/Mac to activate
Summary: 3 Stars
I'd give the device four stars were it not for one stupid design/legal/copyrightnazi decision. You CANNOT use this device at all until you've connected it to a PC or MAC and fire up I-tunes to activate it.
That's right. This is a wireless device, but you can't use it until you connect it - by an old fashioned wire - to another device. Lame. Lame. Lame. What year is this Apple.
It's not just a minor gripe either. I use Linux, which means I DO NOT use I-Tunes, nor will I. So I had to wander over to a net-cafe with I-tunes on their boxes to activate this.
I also blame Amazon for not warning people that they will need either a Mac or a PC to activate this. Mac and PC requirements are given, but there's nothing to indicate that those mean anything more than that you need particular configurations to sync to i-tunes. You'd assume that with a wireless device you would be able to fire it up, configure it, connect. Nope. Amazon should clearly indicate this. So should Apple.
One final annoyance. The Apple copynazis decided to encrypt their database in the 2.x firmware in a way that effectively prevents you from downloading playable files to it via any software other than I-tunes.
Another annoyance: You can't download mp3's to the thing via the wi-fi connection. Remember that apple add way back when with all of the drones staring up at the screen. Well now those drones, that screen: THAT's MAC.