iPod Touch Second Generation

[darthhomeyg]

Hey everybody,

With Christmas right around the counter, I was wondering if I should get the new iPod Touch Second Generation (16 Gig)? I currenty have the Nano (3rd Generation, 8 Gig), but I filled the entire memory up with music. The new iPod looks awesome with the Apps, Wi-fi, etc. If you can please post your reviews that would be great. Thanks.

- Gene C.

BTW, is there a chart that compares the amount of songs and stuff you can put on each iPod?

[tplyons]

Originally Posted by darthhomeyg

Hey everybody,

With Christmas right around the counter, I was wondering if I should get the new iPod Touch Second Generation (16 Gig)? I currenty have the Nano (3rd Generation, 8 Gig), but I filled the entire memory up with music. The new iPod looks awesome with the Apps, Wi-fi, etc. If you can please post your reviews that would be great. Thanks.

- Gene C.

BTW, is there a chart that compares the amount of songs and stuff you can put on each iPod?

The iPod Touch is great. My experience with the 2nd gen. Touch is minimal, however, I have extensive experience with my 3G iPhone, which is built on the same OS, and is basically a 2nd gen. Touch with phone capabilities.

Apps are great, there are a lot of good free ones, others you have to pay for. Wi-fi is fine, but a computer is a thousand times better for surfing the net. I only use my Wi-fi on my phone for email.

Other than that, the 16GB will hold less than twice what's already on your Nano. The problem is that apps, even the preinstalled ones take up space too. 14.75 GB, I believe, is what the 3G iPhone has free with all the preinstalled apps. I imagine the touch is about the same.

[MJ5150]

Originally Posted by darthhomeyg

BTW, is there a chart that compares the amount of songs and stuff you can put on each iPod?

The Apple website has a kickin chart with all the comparisons for songs, videos, apps, and so on.

-Mike

[JansenW]

How long did it take you to fill up the 8G? With all the great new apps out there for the iTouch, I suggest you look into the 32GB version.

[MJ5150]

Originally Posted by JansenW

How long did it take you to fill up the 8G? With all the great new apps out there for the iTouch, I suggest you look into the 32GB version.

I agree. I bought an 8GB model, and had that thing full of apps in no time, and I was only DL'ing the free ones. I returned my 8GB since it was too small and I didn't want to buy a 32GB.

-Mike

[doctorjazz]

If you're like me and like to have a ton of stuff on your iPod, I'd recommend going up to the 32GB. That's what I have, and it's a bit over half full right now with ten full-length movies, five TV episodes, and 4.5 days of music.

[NJL]

the only problem i have with my 2g 8gig Touch is that you can't play some tunes on it, even tunes you bought from iTunes... check the apple forums for details...

i use mine all the time when i go running because it has the Nike+ built right in...

[MatticusMania]

I'm curious, if you weren't to include apps or any extras, approximately how many songs could you fit in 8 gigs.

[iamlowsound]

I have the first generation 8 gig touch. I love it. I have more than 8 gigs of music, but I don't keep all my music on my ipod, I only have the stuff that I listen to the most on it, everything else is on my computer, which I use for music at home.

lowsound

[MJ5150]

Originally Posted by NJL

i use mine all the time when i go running because it has the Nike+ built right in...

Hmmm, weird. You told me it was because the touch fits real easy into the pocket of your MC Hammer pants.





-Mike

[iamlowsound]

Originally Posted by MatticusMania

I'm curious, if you weren't to include apps or any extras, approximately how many songs could you fit in 8 gigs.

What quality? The thing is, if you had everything ripped as an MP3 at 128kbs you could fit twice as many songs on it as having everything ripped as an MP3 at 320kbs. I have everything ripped at least at 320kbs and I have just over 6 gigs on my ipod and it has about 600 songs, and lots are 10+ minutes long.

lowsound

[NJL]

Originally Posted by MJ5150

Hmmm, weird. You told me it was because the touch fits real easy into the pocket of your MC Hammer pants.





-Mike

[MatticusMania]

Cool, I have some mp3s at 128 and some at 320.

I ask because I just got myself the LG Voyager, and I can add 8gigs of memory with a microSD card. I've never owned an mp3 player, so I was thinking of expanding my memoery and putting some music on it.

[Bassman7PM]

Originally Posted by iamlowsound

What quality? The thing is, if you had everything ripped as an MP3 at 128kbs you could fit twice as many songs on it as having everything ripped as an MP3 at 320kbs. I have everything ripped at least at 320kbs and I have just over 6 gigs on my ipod and it has about 600 songs, and lots are 10+ minutes long.

lowsound

+1 I just picked up a brand new 8G Touch this week by fliping my Ipod Classic 80G on CL. This thing is really nice but like iamlowsound said if you rip your music above CD quality (mine are 320K as well) you'll decrease the amount of storage. After having a maxed out 80G Classic I may eventually have to flip this for the 32G. The apps are pretty cool.

[MJ5150]

Originally Posted by Bassman7PM

The apps are pretty cool.

We have a couple threads here in OT about some of the cool apps you can put on the touch.

-Mike

[Thunderbird91]

I have a first generation touch which I love to death, but the only downfall with it is battery life. The 2nd generation improved greatly on that front, so you don't need to worry about that.

Also, I bought mine on ebay for 140 less than than retail and I got a case too. Look at ebay before you buy a brand new one. You can save a bundle.

[NJL]

Originally Posted by Thunderbird91

Also, I bought mine on ebay for 140 less than than retail and I got a case too. Look at ebay before you buy a brand new one. You can save a bundle.

oh yeah, but did you get the McHammer pants at 50% off??

didn't think so