Lovin’ the iTouch iPod.
I first saw the Apple iTouch in action a few weeks ago when Austin swamp rocker Papa Mali and I were motoring up to a gig in northern Michigan. The three-plus hour drive gave us plenty of time to listen to/argue about/sing along to music and since I was driving and he was my guest, “Pops” got to choose the music. When he whipped his iTouch out of his backpack…well, I was big time impressed.
I’m not usually the kind of guy who has to have the latest and greatest toys. Let someone else be on the bleeding edge of technology. By the time I’ve decided I really can use a new gadget, it’s Version 3.5 and all the bad bugs have been eradicated from it. So I was kind of surprised that when my second generation iPod finally breathed its last this past weekend, I found myself snatching up a new iTouch.
(Oh yeah. Even “new” is new for me. Our last two ‘Pods were used eBay specials.)
But I digress. Bought the iTouch because it was cool, sure…and it holds a decent amount of tunes and pictures (I’m happy with about 1700 songs at a time) -but I also wanted one because when you flip it sideways, you can view your preloaded videos in widescreen format. This is such a great sales tool. If you’re a video producer or a photographer, you’ve got your demo reel or your portfolio right at hand…ditto for just about any other service or product(s) you provide that can be captured visually.
The decrease in song capacity? No sweat. I don’t need to carry around every album I own, nor do I want to…and it’s easy enough to resynch your song list now and then.
Of course I’m having second thoughts now…like “Maybe I should have gotten an iPhone!”
Well, let’s wait a few generations and see how I feel about it.
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August 27th, 2008 at 2:19 am
Hi Steve. We’ve always gone with the Archos - any views on comparison between the 2 brands?
August 27th, 2008 at 3:19 am
Karrie, the iTouch is basically the iPhone without the phone. Not only WiFi but a built-in browser. Memory is small, compared to the Archos, but Pandora ‘net radio player is a free downloadable app…how cool is that! I’ve heard nice things about Archos, particularly when it comes to pix size & quality, but I’ve also heard some horror stories about the fragility of the players and the company’s poor customer service. (Yes, I did look at other brands before I picked iTouch. It wasn’t quite an impulse buy!)
Steve
August 27th, 2008 at 5:18 am
Steve I never doubted for a minute that you’d have looked into it, hence my question! We need to make a few changes as our latest phones (Trion) are absolute rubbish slow browsers (I gave up using the browser months ago!) and the phones need regular re-setting as they freeze. We’ve used Archos at wedding fayres for the techno geeks to picture their wedding on their PSP at the office etc - although even those who are fascinated by the idea don’t bother to have it after the event!
Thanks for the info - very useful.