Just got my ipod touch!!!

GrooveWarrior · #1 12-03-2007, 11:40 AM

My wife surprised me with an early Christmas present (I think she was afraid I was going to go get one on my own).

I got an 8GB ipod touch. I've had it since Saturday, and it delivers. It's a man-toy. I'm 32, and most of my colleagues are older than me, and they have been nuts over this thing today. It is all Apple said that it was and more. The biggest thing for me is that it has full iCal functionality, and is my new PDA.

Anyone else got one yet?

IAmTheDood · #2 12-03-2007, 11:54 AM

boo ..

i'm happy with my treo 700p ..

and i bought a zune 2 80gb for my birthday present last week. :P

teedub · #3 12-03-2007, 12:07 PM

So is it essentially an iPhone minus the phone and camera? Web functionality using Wi-Fi and all that?

iamlowsound · #4 12-03-2007, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by teedub

So is it essentially an iPhone minus the phone and camera? Web functionality using Wi-Fi and all that?

Ya, it is the ipone with out the phone and camera with wifi. I was going to buy one this week because they are on sale, but I ended up buying some stuff on here last night, see my sig.

lowsound

elros · #5 12-03-2007, 01:09 PM

Cool, congratulations!

Full iCal functionality, does this mean you can easily add calendar events?

iamlowsound · #6 12-03-2007, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by elros

Cool, congratulations!

Full iCal functionality, does this mean you can easily add calendar events?

Yep, with a full touch screen keypad. Plus you can hack these things and put ROM emulators on them. I know a guy with every mario ever made on his.

lowsound

GrooveWarrior · #7 12-03-2007, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by elros

Cool, congratulations!

Full iCal functionality, does this mean you can easily add calendar events?

Yeah, you can add events directly on the ipod touch. You can choose where it syncs when you sync it back up. The only thing that would make it perfect is if you could choose which calendar to file it in when you input it. Now you just have to change it on your computer when you sync it.

The internet part is great. It's the real internet, not some lame version for cell phones.

I'm loving this thing. I have had multiple people say that they couldn't believe it really does all the stuff like the commercial shows.

This is a dream for mac lovers who have a different cell phone service for their job (like me), because it is a palm pilot for mac, essentially.

teedub · #8 12-03-2007, 02:06 PM

It seems like it would be a great idea, especially for Canadians, since our cell phone providers won't offer affordable plans for the iPhone when it's finally available. Can you sync all your contact info to it (e-mail addys, phone #)? I may opt for one of these OVER the iPhone since there's no extra plan needed to operate it. But I'll likely wait for the 2nd Gen.

GrooveWarrior · #9 12-03-2007, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by teedub

It seems like it would be a great idea, especially for Canadians, since our cell phone providers won't offer affordable plans for the iPhone when it's finally available. Can you sync all your contact info to it (e-mail addys, phone #)? I may opt for one of these OVER the iPhone since there's no extra plan needed to operate it. But I'll likely wait for the 2nd Gen.

Yes, you can sync all of your contacts as well. This is already kind of second generation, as they have already upgraded the operating software. The very first ones that shipped had a much more limited set of functions than the current ones. In my mind I considered the iPhone itself a first generation of the itouch to work out bugs.

I love it.

IconBasser · #10 12-03-2007, 03:27 PM

my uncle brought the 16 gig version to my house a few days ago when he was visiting. That thing is AWSOME!!!

teedub · #11 12-03-2007, 04:50 PM

Well, I'm a bit of a gadget freak myself, but I'll likely wait until the price comes down a bit. I realize you're really getting your money's worth with all the features, but it's still out of my price range. I'll keep fiddling with my DS lite and iPod mini for a few more years.

steve21 · #12 12-03-2007, 07:17 PM

I'm waiting for at least an 80 gig version of an iTouch before I buy.

IconBasser · #13 12-03-2007, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by steve21

I'm waiting for at least an 80 gig version of an iTouch before I buy.

I'm waiting for a 30.

GrooveWarrior · #14 12-04-2007, 05:01 AM

Yeah, I honestly don't need all the space. I've got over 800 songs on there, along with a host of pictures, and two videos and I still have half of the space left. I really can't envision a time when I'll need more than that. I can't imagine anyone needing more than that.