MystyrMystyry
03-13-2011, 10:40 PM
These Apple iPod Touches seem pretty nifty, but being only wi-fi (and not mobile broadband) they're not quite the ever ready worldwide university in a pocket I'd hoped for. As a general device they're quite amazing when compared to the original iteration and even to my first couple of computers, and they feel so good in the hand - lightweight and insubstantial that carrying them anywhere is not a problem
You can load them with books, magazines, audiobooks, music and movies and just about anything including (admittedly crappy) games, but should you require a specific piece of information immediately you're better off calling or texting someone with a net connection to google it for you rather than hunting down a wi-fi location
If it's just sitting in a coffeeshop with wi-fi it's fine because you can access the day's web papers and whatever floats your boat, but not so handy for a walk in the park - though you can easily enough just downoad all the info you should need for the day in the morning and update when you get home
Photo quality isn't actually a quality at all, but if you shoot a short video you get the bonus of acceptable quality (and animated) merged with sound which isn't the case in a traditional photograph, so thumbs up, though it isn't a Canon s95 so you shouldn't expect it do be
Sound is excellent in earbuds, and tinnily worthless via the built-in speaker which is only there for short facetime calls anyway
Now to the touch screen - this retina display really is the business as reading text is as clear as a printed page, and navigating through the icons and menus armed with only an index finger or thumb is actually a lot more fun than I'd anticipated
Conclusion: We may not have our promised jetpacks, but this thing is beyond any Jetson's marvel (apart from the cars) and really feels 2020 A.D. - everyone should have one
You can load them with books, magazines, audiobooks, music and movies and just about anything including (admittedly crappy) games, but should you require a specific piece of information immediately you're better off calling or texting someone with a net connection to google it for you rather than hunting down a wi-fi location
If it's just sitting in a coffeeshop with wi-fi it's fine because you can access the day's web papers and whatever floats your boat, but not so handy for a walk in the park - though you can easily enough just downoad all the info you should need for the day in the morning and update when you get home
Photo quality isn't actually a quality at all, but if you shoot a short video you get the bonus of acceptable quality (and animated) merged with sound which isn't the case in a traditional photograph, so thumbs up, though it isn't a Canon s95 so you shouldn't expect it do be
Sound is excellent in earbuds, and tinnily worthless via the built-in speaker which is only there for short facetime calls anyway
Now to the touch screen - this retina display really is the business as reading text is as clear as a printed page, and navigating through the icons and menus armed with only an index finger or thumb is actually a lot more fun than I'd anticipated
Conclusion: We may not have our promised jetpacks, but this thing is beyond any Jetson's marvel (apart from the cars) and really feels 2020 A.D. - everyone should have one