I was thinking of getting a iPod touch, should I do it?

Post by **bicostp** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 3:17 pm

Edutainment wrote:I heard iPhone was good for browsing, but that iPod Touch wasn't so good. I don't know the details.

That doesn't make sense. The Touch is the iPhone without the phone, same software, same screen, same everything but the lack of phone and shiny trim.

theelk · Post by **theelk** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 4:32 pm

bicostp wrote:
Edutainment wrote:I heard iPhone was good for browsing, but that iPod Touch wasn't so good. I don't know the details.
That doesn't make sense. The Touch is the iPhone without the phone, same software, same screen, same everything but the lack of phone and shiny trim.

The only reason I can think of is that there's no EDGE in the Touch. But as long as you have Wi-Fi, you should be good.

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 5:03 pm

Dr. KillGood wrote:So should I get one, I mean if I got a laptop it would only be for surfing the internet and maybe You Tube and a cheap laptop is still $400 with a 4GB HDD)VS a iPod touch with a 8GB HDD.

Why would the Eee be your only other option? For $400 on ebay, you could get a pretty nice laptop, just get one with a 12-13" screen if you want something smallish.

Harshboy wrote:Oh, and Dr. KillGood, use a Spellchecker.

He usually spells stuff right, he just uses the wrong word.

Dr. KillGood · Post by **Dr. KillGood** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 6:26 pm

vskid wrote:
Dr. KillGood wrote:So should I get one, I mean if I got a laptop it would only be for surfing the internet and maybe You Tube and a cheap laptop is still $400 with a 4GB HDD)VS a iPod touch with a 8GB HDD.
Why would the Eee be your only other option? For $400 on ebay, you could get a pretty nice laptop, just get one with a 12-13" screen if you want something smallish.
Harshboy wrote:Oh, and Dr. KillGood, use a Spellchecker.
He usually spells stuff right, he just uses the wrong word.

I use the spell checker in firefox. >_<

Bibin wrote:Excerpt from http://www.pocketheaven.com/boards/viewtopic.php?t=6199

The apps i have:
Safari: Good. Web browsing good.
-Mail (from iPhone): Simple, but fast, and works very well with my Gmail account.
-Calendar: Yay, dates...?
-Contacts: ...
-MobileChat: Nice! Works well with AIM, MSN, and Yahoo.
-YouTube: Nice and simple viewer.
-Stocks (from iPhone): Couldn't care less!
-Weather (from iPhone): More useful than it sounds.
-Calculator: Yay?
-Notes (from iPhone): A good notetaking app with some cool visuals and an emailing feature.
-Books: a good solid ebook reader.
-Google Maps (from iPhone): This is sex, in an app.
-Settings: ..............
-Finder: Good for file management.
-SMBprefs: Lets you configure themes and icons.
-Installer: the jesus of the iPone or iPod. Gives you access to so many apps.
-NikoTalkie: Only useful if you make a mic, but if you do, it's a WiFi phone.
-Rainbowlight: a screen colour changing app. Good flashlight.
-Search: Search your contacts and emails.
-Screenshot: Yep!
-Sysinfo: Like TaskMan.exe
-Term-vt100: a good terminal.
-Vnotes: a voice notes app. Also only good if you make a mic.
-NES: a great NES emulator. The current release gets about 1-2 frameskip with sound. Not bad.
-GpsPhone: a good GBA emulator. I can comfortably play with about 3-4 Frameskip.
-iphysics: a cool little physics game.
-iphoneSynth: a cool synthesizer.
-Hum: it's odd.
-Sand: FALLING SAND.
-Sketches: a good yet buggy drawing app.
-Vnsea: an AMAZING VNC client.
-WeDict: a dictionary. Simple, but good.
-Stumbler: a Wi-Fi stumbler.
-Clock: Yay?
-DropCopy: lets you dragon drop files between iPods.
-iPong: a pretty bad Pong game.
-iDigger: boulderdash!
-ContraSense: an odd but interesting driving game.
-Sendsong: lets you send songs to an email address.
-Mixup: word scramble. Well coded.
-TextEdit: Like a boring version of notes; lets you save anywhere.
-Pedometer: a pretty decent pedometer app that works.
-ToDoList: VITAL for plan-making. A good to-do list.
-Lights off: a fun Lights off clone. Very polished.
-Multitouch: a cool scaling and rotation demo.
-Level: works as a leveler (those little yellow things with bubbles inside)
-Othello: Simple but working Othello game.
-iSnake: tilty snake. Odd; good though.
-Scribble: cool gravity drawing!
-Graffiti: a cool graffiti chat.
-Metronome: keep time!
-MusicQuiz: just like he music quiz app from the old ipods.

So I can use AIM and MSN on it!? SWEET!

And play pong, even better!

Jongamer · Post by **Jongamer** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:58 pm

I know this is somewhat off topic, but my DS Lite + R4 has everything but the multi-touch screen, and the high storage capacity.

You can do VOIP on the DS.
Full speed NES emulation.
a decent Snes emu
Moonshell and LMP can play a handful of popular music codecs (.mp3 .aac .wav etc)
Movies in moonshell
Has the whole Nintendo DS game library plus GBA library.
Can do AIM, MSN through a Homebrew web browser.
2 screens

(not really a plus, but how many devices have 2 brightly lit full color LCD displays and still have decent battery life.
The audio quality may not be top notch, but it is still around PSP`s audio quality plus like x2 battery life of the PSP.

okay back on track, personally Im a Zune person, just the name ipod sends chills up my spine.

Edutainment · Post by **Edutainment** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:53 pm

bicostp wrote:
Edutainment wrote:I heard iPhone was good for browsing, but that iPod Touch wasn't so good. I don't know the details.
That doesn't make sense. The Touch is the iPhone without the phone, same software, same screen, same everything but the lack of phone and shiny trim.

Apparently the software is not the same. I read it on... somewhere. If I knew where I'd link it.

Dr. KillGood · Post by **Dr. KillGood** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:11 pm

Edutainment wrote:
bicostp wrote:
Edutainment wrote:I heard iPhone was good for browsing, but that iPod Touch wasn't so good. I don't know the details.
That doesn't make sense. The Touch is the iPhone without the phone, same software, same screen, same everything but the lack of phone and shiny trim.
Apparently the software is not the same. I read it on... somewhere. If I knew where I'd link it.

Can the R4 DS browse the interwebz?

gamemasterAS · Post by **gamemasterAS** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:14 pm

The Nokia n800 is obviously better. The only thin the touch has on it is smaller size and a larger fan base.

lifeisbetterwithketchup · Post by **lifeisbetterwithketchup** » Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:16 pm

Dr. KillGood wrote: Can the R4 DS browse the interwebz?

Just grab the DS Opera browser. (Note that you need the RAM expansion to use it)

dudex77 · Post by **dudex77** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:11 am

lifeisbetterwithketchup wrote:
Dr. KillGood wrote: Can the R4 DS browse the interwebz?
Just grab the DS Opera browser. (Note that you need the RAM expansion to use it)

DSOrganize has a decent web browser built in actually. Obviously the official opera one with the ram expansion is better but the homebrew one's serve their purpose of providing a free alternative.

Adam G · Post by **Adam G** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:51 am

A quick question about the iPhone, I haven't really considered it or looked into it all all.
I assume that the cell connection works for Safari and MobileChat (Examples), is this true?

Post by **Black Six** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 8:46 am

Adam G wrote:A quick question about the iPhone, I haven't really considered it or looked into it all all.
I assume that the cell connection works for Safari and MobileChat (Examples), is this true?

If you have a data plane for the phone, yes.

cowsgoquack101 · Post by **cowsgoquack101** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:01 pm

I think an EEE would be a better choice for $300, or at least for me. It'd be fun to run games on(which I've seen it run oblivion). That'd kick some ass on the bus...

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