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Old October 7th, 2007, 09:50 AM
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Just picked up a 16g ipod touch
Managed to get $10 off on it - whoopee.

I've got to say it is quite an impressive bit of technology.

Nice clear screen, UI very easy and fun, wi-fi not bad overall, lots of features, and SQ is acceptable.

The unit really is a technologically impressive device, and seems to be solidly constructed.
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Old October 7th, 2007, 11:49 AM
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How are you finding the absence of dedicated volume controls?
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Old October 7th, 2007, 11:56 AM
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SQ is acceptable.
Hmmm ... acceptable as in "As good as I normally expect" or "Not as good as I had hoped, but still OK"?

How would you compare the SQ to your iriver and Cowon players? Creative? Sandisk?
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Old October 7th, 2007, 12:43 PM
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did anyone not see this coming?
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Old October 7th, 2007, 02:03 PM
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did anyone not see this coming?
Yes when the P man said he was getting one a few weeks ago we were all shocked

And a world first discount of some kind for an apple product, well done
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Old October 7th, 2007, 02:34 PM
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So if your My Players section is up to date you have 27 players now. And I thought i was insane with how many I've got

Glad to see you like it though. The Wi-Fi is a cool thing IMO.
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Old October 7th, 2007, 02:58 PM
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Old October 8th, 2007, 01:00 AM
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I know the guy at my apple store quiet well since I work at a shop near them, and one of the guys gave me an ipod touch to use for 2 hours.

I gotta say, I really like the design (except for the black plastic bit at the back), but I keep getting this feeling that Apple deliberately crippled the touch's ability so as to not upset iPhone owners.
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Old October 8th, 2007, 04:34 AM
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Lack of dedicated volume is not bad as you can adjust it w/the touch screen when playing music.

SQ is about what you'd expect from Apple. This is totally subjuective, but here is how I rate the SQ of my players 1 being the best:
1. iRiver, Zune
2. Cowan, Archos
3. Creative, Apple
4. Sandisk, Mobiblu

Yeah, It's about 27 players now, although I did sell a few.
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Old October 8th, 2007, 04:35 AM
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Oh and BTW the wi-fi and the internet works awesome, guick, easy, functional.
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Old October 8th, 2007, 07:04 AM
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I had tried the Wifi Internet of an iPhone at an Apple store and found the experience just paaaaaainful with the time lag ...
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Old October 8th, 2007, 01:43 PM
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subjuective, Cowan, guick
You better take it back the keyboard is faulty
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Old October 8th, 2007, 02:58 PM
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I had tried the Wifi Internet of an iPhone at an Apple store and found the experience just paaaaaainful with the time lag ...
The iPhone does not use WiFi. Only the iTouch in the iPod line uses it. The iPhone uses either EDGE or some other way that connects to the AT&T network.
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Old October 8th, 2007, 03:44 PM
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Hahaha, it was early in the AM
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Old October 8th, 2007, 04:50 PM
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Man, you need some good headphones/IEMs instead of more daps .
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Old October 8th, 2007, 05:18 PM
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The iPhone does not use WiFi.
Yes it does.
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Old October 8th, 2007, 07:30 PM
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Yes it does.
It CAN (along with EDGE), but the person that tested it and said it was "laggy" was most likely browsing the internet on an EDGE connection, and not a broadband hotspot. Obviously, latency on EDGE is substantially higher than a wired broadband connection shared out via a wireless ap.
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Old October 8th, 2007, 07:39 PM
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The person in question said they were using wi-fi.
And, if anywhere is going to have a hotspot for iPhone to use, surely it's an Apple store so that they show off their wonder-phone.

However, that's besides the point.
I wasn't commenting on whether or not that particular person was using wi-fi, merely that the iPhone has such capabilities.
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Old October 8th, 2007, 09:33 PM
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I have to get some stupid dongle adapter for my iphone to use a good headphone with them, but I want to make sure I got one that allowed me to keep all the call answering features.
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Old October 9th, 2007, 10:34 AM
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I assumed that the iPhone I was using at the Apple store (a floor model) was using WiFi, rather than racking up cellphone charges ...
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Old October 9th, 2007, 11:13 AM
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Yes it does.
Sorry, I could have sworn I've read it doesn't use it. I just checked the specs and apparantly it does.
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Old October 9th, 2007, 11:21 AM
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I assumed that the iPhone I was using at the Apple store (a floor model) was using WiFi, rather than racking up cellphone charges ...
All AT&T plans that are available with the iPhone have unlimited data transfer, so there wouldn't be any charges (except the monthly contract charge of course).
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Old October 9th, 2007, 01:58 PM