Thinking of getting an itouch, how do you like them?

[buck]

Originally posted by: bobert
So no signs of anything new or a price drop for the touch? I'm looking into getting maybe a 16gb one but don't want to buy one, then have something big happen.

I read through quite a few forums and nothing, even talked to some mac store people. I ended up getting one for $479, pretty damn cool so far, working on jailbreak and whatnot now.

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: bobert
So no signs of anything new or a price drop for the touch? I'm looking into getting maybe a 16gb one but don't want to buy one, then have something big happen.

Seeing as how it's an iPhone derivative and the only thing that changed with the 3G iPhone was the cellular chipset (the CPU/RAM/GPU/Wi-fi chips are all the same), there's no need to produce a new revision of the iPod Touch. Apple could always tweak something just for the hell of it, but that seems unlikely. The base platform won't change until a 2009 iPhone refresh at the earliest.

 

[quikah]

Are they lowering the price of the touch? Can you buy a 3G iPhone and just not activate it and use it as a touch? would be a lot cheaper.

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: quikah
Are they lowering the price of the touch? Can you buy a 3G iPhone and just not activate it and use it as a touch? would be a lot cheaper.

No, the price is not going down. And no, you can't buy an iPhone and not activate it (you have to activate it at the store). AT&T is subsidizing these things, they no doubt cost a good $200-$300 more than they're being sold for; you're not going to be allowed to walk out of the store with a subsidized phone and not have a contract to from which AT&T can recover the subsidy.

 

[buck]

Any must have downloads with jailbreak?

Jeebus, going from creative to apple is a chore in itself.

 

[ViRGE]

BossPrefs, BossTool, an IM client, MNPlight (if you need streaming radio), iSolitaire, iPhysics, weDict, and Flashlight are all rather popular programs for jailbroken Touches.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

I have an itouch and I LOVE it... really helps out on those long plane rides.

I do have two questions though...

1. Is there a good, reliable battery back up for those extra long 15 hour flights? I'm a video hog on those flights and the touch only lasts 5 hours or so... two movies and some music. I can fire up the lap top to recharge but it's a PITA.

2. WTF is jailbreak? When I google it I get a million ways to DO it but I have no idea WHAT it is.

 

[Terabyte]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
I have an itouch and I LOVE it... really helps out on those long plane rides.

I do have two questions though...

1. Is there a good, reliable battery back up for those extra long 15 hour flights? I'm a video hog on those flights and the touch only lasts 5 hours or so... two movies and some music. I can fire up the lap top to recharge but it's a PITA.

2. WTF is jailbreak? When I google it I get a million ways to DO it but I have no idea WHAT it is.

2. jailbreak allows you to put third party apps on your itouch.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
I have an itouch and I LOVE it... really helps out on those long plane rides.

I do have two questions though...

1. Is there a good, reliable battery back up for those extra long 15 hour flights? I'm a video hog on those flights and the touch only lasts 5 hours or so... two movies and some music. I can fire up the lap top to recharge but it's a PITA.

2. WTF is jailbreak? When I google it I get a million ways to DO it but I have no idea WHAT it is.

http://www.gearlog.com/2008/05...al_battery_autosen.php

 

[Raduque]

They lack A2DP. Wires FTL!

 

[silverpig]

Does the iTouch have GPS coming?

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: silverpig
Does the iTouch have GPS coming?

not sure, but the new iphone has it. My gf wants an itouch becase she wants a pda. I never really looked into it, but do you have to pay for internet on the itouch or is the internet on the iphone only?

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: silverpig
Does the iTouch have GPS coming?

Nope. The GPS functionality appears to be part of the cellular chipset since it's using A-GPS.

 

[buck]

Originally posted by: ViRGE
BossPrefs, BossTool, an IM client, MNPlight (if you need streaming radio), iSolitaire, iPhysics, weDict, and Flashlight are all rather popular programs for jailbroken Touches.

Thanks!

I have a lot of reading to do, itunes is pissing me off that it is only allowing me to upload music to only one computer. damnit, i have music at work and home. Im sure there is a way around it.