Published on September 30, 2007 By IRaidedTheFridge In Personal Computing
So while I respected the 'coolness' of the ipod touch, I didn't think much of it because of its lack of storage. But today, I walked into best buy and played with one, and WOW are those things cool!! I mean seriously... I don't know how they do it in such a tiny package. My girlfriend's going to kill me for buying one, but I'm just going to sulk around until I do.  Anybody else have one yet?
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on Sep 30, 2007
Talk me out of an iPod touch!


Nope, in fact I want you to buy two, that way you make up for me not buying one!  
on Sep 30, 2007
Talk me out of an iPod touch!


Warning - here's your reason not to buy an iPhone.
The iPhone looks like a truly sweet gadget
on Sep 30, 2007
The iPhone is made for AT&T, so Apple really is "junking" people out of anything except to abide by the service that they signed a deal with. There are many phones on the market that are only available for specfiic providers, so Apple is really no different.


Yeah, we have pre-paid phones here in Oz that are a fraction of full price when you pre-pay for all your calls with a certain provider....but as HG said, all of those phones are available for connection to a provider of your choice at the full retail price.

Seems to me, Apple's iPhone is fairly much full price at US$500 + ....and ANY currently available phone at that price here in OZ would be UNLOCKED to access a wide CHOICE of providers.

I know that if I had paid $500+ for a phone, I'd want to be able to connect to a provider of MY choice....one that I could kiss goodbye in an instant if I didn't like the service, coverage or pricing policy, etc.

At least with our pre-paid phones here in Oz, we have the opt out for another provider for a fee. Apple does NOT afford its customers that opportunity, therefore, the locked in to ONE provider iPhone is exorbitantly priced at $500+

Nope, the way I see it, the iPhone being tied to AT&T is another one of Jobs' idiotic exclusivity things...like iTunes and OS-X running ONLY on HIS hardware. It's like he's catering to a niche or fanboi market, rather than the real world/market, meaning he dropped the ball on sales and handed MS the lions-share of the market on a silver platter.

No, but I have an iPhone, and I don't think you would regret the purchase.


Sorry, ID, but I have to argue this notion of "purchase" here. Now you either purchased it or you didn't...and if you did then IT IS YOURS, NOT Apple's. I can understand purchasing a license for MS or Apple software, but this is a phone, for heaven's sake, and I've never heard of any other mobile phone manufacturer forcing consumers into using only one provider for 2 years, with no opt out opportunity.

Land of the free? I could see this happening in a dictatorship or communist regime, where the State manufactured items and forced consumers into running them only on State run service providers, but this is the US of A we're talking about here. Where in the hell was Jobs' head when he came up with that brainstorm!



Mate, I use player for alog of reasons. I'm sportive guy, I need something to follow me while doing something. I cant listen to the same music, plus Sometimes I like other songs, but I dont have enought space.


Ok, so you wanna carry around 8 gigs of toons, say, well you can still buy a player for the fraction of a touch iPod price and enjoy different tunes all day just as well. But then again, I can listen to tunes all day and not hear the same one twice on my 1 gig player....and overnight it takes less than 15 minutes to refresh the playlist for the next day, easy.
on Oct 01, 2007
Once you go apple, you won't go back, because of agreements hell.

For example, i(can't)Tunes.
on Oct 01, 2007

Warning - here's your reason not to buy an iPhone. Objectionable content within (but it's pretty funny)

Maddox's take on the iPhone


Maaaan that's a cracker link,key pads rule
on Oct 01, 2007
Talk me out of an iPod touch!


Right after you buy it...
on Oct 01, 2007
For example, i(can't)Tunes.


I recently heard somebody complaining that their brand spanking new u-beaut iPod will ONLY install downloaded iTunes....NOTHING else, no MP3's from his PC, not like his previous iPod did.

It's that idiotic exclusivity thing of Jobs' again....and probably not the way to try garnering a captured market.
on Oct 01, 2007
I recently heard somebody complaining that their brand spanking new u-beaut iPod will ONLY install downloaded iTunes....NOTHING else, no MP3's from his PC, not like his previous iPod did.


Where did you hear them complaining? I've never heard of that and it hasn't happened to me - I just bought a new Nano and it works fine.

Did he forget to drag all his tracks into iTunes or did he stuff up the options on the auto-fill?
on Oct 01, 2007
Did he forget to drag all his tracks into iTunes or did he stuff up the options on the auto-fill?


Dunno what his problem was exactly, the cause....it was part of a gripe-fest between two acquaintances of mine....one was bitching about his Ipod and iTunes, the other about his Mac dying a painful death. I was just listening...too hard to get a word in edgeways.
on Oct 01, 2007


Ok, so you wanna carry around 8 gigs of toons, say, well you can still buy a player for the fraction of a touch iPod price and enjoy different tunes all day just as well. But then again, I can listen to tunes all day and not hear the same one twice on my 1 gig player....and overnight it takes less than 15 minutes to refresh the playlist for the next day, easy.


Yup, I feel much better when I know I have all my favorite songs there.

on Oct 01, 2007
Talk you out of one? How about this $399-$499 Considering you can get another player with tons more storage than what the iphone has, and besides you can use the extra money to buy a superb set of "Buds"(Bose Triport) to listen to all your tunes. Personally I have a Creative Zen VisionM with 30GB that I got for only $149.
on Oct 01, 2007

Here's the most compelling reason not to buy an iPod Touch or an iPhone right now.  It's actually the most compelling reason to delay any purchase of a new shiny Apple gadget:

1st Generation Product

Apple's 1st gen gadgets are sexy and sleek and attractive, but they're usually very buggy and lacking in features.  If you feel the iPod Touch is simply a must-have item, cool your heels until the 2nd gen model comes out in a few months that will address the 1st gen's failings, and round out the feature offering more.  Right now, the Touch just seems lacking in tools and applications.

on Oct 01, 2007
Sorry, ID, but I have to argue this notion of "purchase" here. Now you either purchased it or you didn't...and if you did then IT IS YOURS, NOT Apple's. I can understand purchasing a license for MS or Apple software, but this is a phone, for heaven's sake, and I've never heard of any other mobile phone manufacturer forcing consumers into using only one provider for 2 years, with no opt out opportunity.


Having a phone tied to a certain provider is nothing new.  My previous provider Sprint, would only allow phones that were branded Sprint, not a free for all choice. 

Regardless, people who purchased the iPhone knew that AT&T was going to be the sole provider in the U.S. for years to come, it was no secret.  I personally would like a choice, but I knew what I was buying and chose to accept it.

It would be nice that you could buy any cell phone, and use any provider, but unfortunately, it just doesn't work like that most of the time.


on Oct 01, 2007
It would be nice that you could buy any cell phone, and use any provider, but unfortunately, it just doesn't work like that most of the time.


Right. My Kyocera Strobe works with only a limited number of providers. While many providers support it, not everyone does.

That's just the price you pay for getting the phone of your choice.
on Oct 01, 2007
I can't believe Apple did it, though. I mean, I can see the other companies limiting, but Apple? They're never done anything to limit the choices of the consumer ever before.

As for the iPod touch, don't buy it. It's total junk. You're not paying for the MP3 player, you're paying for the 'iPod' name. It's like buying clothes that say American Eagle or Abercrombie & Fitch all over them. You're not paying for a lousy T-shirt, you're paying for the name.

So, if you buy stuff just for the name, pick it up. If you don't want the name, buy something without an 'i' in front of it. Save yourself $100, and you can get your girlfriend something too.
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