Comments on: Disappointed in the iPod touch http://www.distantparts.com/2007/09/05/176/ Random thoughts from a far off place Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:23:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Steven http://www.distantparts.com/2007/09/05/176/comment-page-1/#comment-11227 Steven Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:05:54 +0000 http://www.distantparts.com/2007/09/05/176/#comment-11227 Thanks Andrew, As you know, I'm not a shrinking violet when it comes to opinions on gadgets :-) Thanks Andrew,

As you know, I’m not a shrinking violet when it comes to opinions on gadgets :-)

]]> By: Andrew http://www.distantparts.com/2007/09/05/176/comment-page-1/#comment-11226 Andrew Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:58:58 +0000 http://www.distantparts.com/2007/09/05/176/#comment-11226 I knew you wouldnt disappoint. I read all the hype about the Itouch and thought, what will Steven think about it. Sure enough you had your views published. Well done distantparts I knew you wouldnt disappoint. I read all the hype about the Itouch and thought, what will Steven think about it. Sure enough you had your views published.

Well done distantparts

]]> By: Stephen http://www.distantparts.com/2007/09/05/176/comment-page-1/#comment-11112 Stephen Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:37:22 +0000 http://www.distantparts.com/2007/09/05/176/#comment-11112 By the way Shuttle=Shuffle above. I don't mean more features than a Space Shuttle! Though that is rather lacking in features, as I remember. Another good thing about the iPod Touch though, is the price - ISTR the iPod Nano wasn't much less than that when it first came out. By the way Shuttle=Shuffle above. I don’t mean more features than a Space Shuttle! Though that is rather lacking in features, as I remember.

Another good thing about the iPod Touch though, is the price - ISTR the iPod Nano wasn’t much less than that when it first came out.

]]> By: Steven http://www.distantparts.com/2007/09/05/176/comment-page-1/#comment-11108 Steven Thu, 06 Sep 2007 09:49:24 +0000 http://www.distantparts.com/2007/09/05/176/#comment-11108 I really want an iPod touch, but like when the nano was released, I can't imagine using one enough to justify a purchase. With free WiFi and lots of travel (like you), it's a must buy, unless you buy an iPhone instead. Can't make my mind up about the new nano. I like the extra features, but I can't help but think that video on a 2 inch screen with 4Gb of storage (on the base nano) is going to be little more than a novelty. I definitely think the old nano looked better, but the new one is still a decent upgrade. My old 2Gb black nano isn't going on eBay anytime soon though. I really want an iPod touch, but like when the nano was released, I can’t imagine using one enough to justify a purchase. With free WiFi and lots of travel (like you), it’s a must buy, unless you buy an iPhone instead.

Can’t make my mind up about the new nano. I like the extra features, but I can’t help but think that video on a 2 inch screen with 4Gb of storage (on the base nano) is going to be little more than a novelty. I definitely think the old nano looked better, but the new one is still a decent upgrade. My old 2Gb black nano isn’t going on eBay anytime soon though.

]]> By: Stephen http://www.distantparts.com/2007/09/05/176/comment-page-1/#comment-11104 Stephen Thu, 06 Sep 2007 07:01:17 +0000 http://www.distantparts.com/2007/09/05/176/#comment-11104 I wasn't expecting one so I wasn't disappointed, and it wouldn't put me off buying one. It will be a better device once WiFi is ubiquitous (and as my WiFi is effectively free, I don't have to worry about cost), but as a media player that can download new content on the move, WiFi at coffee shops, pubs, stations etc should be good enough. The only thing that puts me off buying one right now is that Apple also slashed the iPhone price in the US, so perhaps when one finally gets released in the UK, it will be affordable. Worth waiting to see, anyway. I think they're making a mistake with the new Nano though. I like my Nano's form factor, the new dumpier Nano seems to have been done solely to add video but surely there's still a place for a music-only player with more features than a Shuttle? Battery life on all these devices looks pretty good mind. I wasn’t expecting one so I wasn’t disappointed, and it wouldn’t put me off buying one. It will be a better device once WiFi is ubiquitous (and as my WiFi is effectively free, I don’t have to worry about cost), but as a media player that can download new content on the move, WiFi at coffee shops, pubs, stations etc should be good enough. The only thing that puts me off buying one right now is that Apple also slashed the iPhone price in the US, so perhaps when one finally gets released in the UK, it will be affordable. Worth waiting to see, anyway.

I think they’re making a mistake with the new Nano though. I like my Nano’s form factor, the new dumpier Nano seems to have been done solely to add video but surely there’s still a place for a music-only player with more features than a Shuttle?

Battery life on all these devices looks pretty good mind.

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