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iPod Touch’d

My 16GB, Apple iPod Touch

So, by now, if you know me - You’re probably already sick of me AND my new iPod. That’s right, I bought the new iPod Touch. Based on reviews of the new crop of iPod’s, I made the plunge. Actually, I was very much conflicted about what to buy. On one hand, I wanted to upgrade my cellphone from my current Motorola SLVR. On the other hand, I wanted to upgrade my puny 4GB iPod Nano to a media player that would hold a more substantial amount. Bear in mind, my entire music collection is nearly 200GB (about the size of a standard harddrive that might come with a new computer these days). Imagine filling that up with nothing but music (most of it carefully categorized by: Artist/(Year) Album).

But I digress. I could have settled both needs with the Apple iPhone (review) - but based on reviews and some slick marketing antics played by Apple this early in the products life, I decided wholeheartedly against it, for now. The only option left in the new crop of iPods that quelled my thirst for geek points was the iPod Touch. Neither the iPod Classic or new iPod Nano had touch screen capabilities, nor could they access WiFi networks like the Touch.

As you can see in the picture above, it displays web sites beautifully in its built-in Safari web browser. I’m accessing Google.com from an unsecured Linksys router on someone’s network FROM THE PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART. I’ll report back with my own pro’s/con’s of the iPod Touch later in the week.

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The large photo above was taken on my - Photowalk: Art Museum / Water Works

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09/26/2007 | Life, Philadelphia, Photography, Technology | Comments

2 Responses to “iPod Touch’d”

Posted by: Patrick Haney - 09/27/2007

I wish my iPhone had 16GB of space, but at least it does all that phone stuff that I need it to do. If you really want to impress people with that thing, show them the iPod mode with Coverflow. That always gets me oohs and aahs.
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