ok so i wasn't that lazy after all:
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Apple today took the wraps off of one of its most anticipated products, a full touch screen iPod. Essentially an iPhone without the GSM radio, the new iPod touch incorporates the iPhone's 3.5-inch, 480 by 320 pixel screen with multi-touch technology. The device retains the iPhone's Wi-Fi radio, which helps it to browse the Web using Safari, or stream videos using the included YouTube app. You can even buy music over the new iTunes Wi-Fi store.
The new iPod touch will be available in two flash memory configurations. The 8GB model will retail for $300, while a 16GB flavor will sell for $400. Apple claims that users will be able to listen to 22 hours of music, or watch five hours of video on the device. Both models should be available by the end of September.
eh...
ever since i got to play with the iphone at an apple store i've been thinking about getting a phone with a good web browser, something similar to the iphone but not as expensive. so far my only options are a t-mobile sidekick, helio ocean, or the iphone. every other phone i've seen is more business centric with featuers i dont really need so why pay the money for it, ya know? but im still on the fence with the three phones i mentioned for the following reasons:
Sidekick - ... yeah i dont see myself with this. I love text messaging my friends but i dont want to look like one of those "tweens" - 20-somethings that want to be all trendy and customize my sidekick with different face plates and keep it on a holster on my belt for the world to see.. but thats just a superficial reason. my main gripe about it is i hate the columned display of the browser, it just annoys me, especially since the trackball.. which shouldnt even be called a trackball since i think it only detects vertical motion,.. sucks at scrolling. on top of that the screen isnt very bright which makes the picture quality pretty dull. its like the dsphat screen compared to a dsl screen, brighter screen = win. Also the keyboard sucks because the buttons are tiny and stiff, and i hate how you have to flip it open to dial on that god awful keyboard.
the only positive thing i can think of is that since i already have a t-mobile plan, i can get the phone discounted. too bad i dont want it.
Helio ocean - at first i was afriad this phone was a little thick but i've seen video comparisons and its not much thicker than the sidekick, which i've seen in person a million times and have held in my pocket on occasion to see how bothersome it could be. its not too bad. i like the dedicated alpha-numeric pad on this phone; it'll be easy to dial without having to look at the keys (unlike the sidekick). the web browser can be displayed in its regular format or single column mode, so thats nice. the 3g network its on, from al accounts ive read, is pretty fast. the keys on the qwerty keyboard look more comfortable than the sidekicks, though in one review they did point out the top row of keys is pretty close to the phone, making it uncomfortable for users with bigger thumbs. I've never actually seen or used this phone in person so im not sure if that would affect me, but from all the research i've done most reviews are positive. My one big concern is that its a new company. I recently heard amp'd mobile went bankrupt from a friend who was suckered by their advertising into getting their phone, which under-delivered in her eyes. Im afriad of getting a helio and signing on a contract, only for the company to go bankrupt then i have a bricked device and no more phone.
iphone.. ugh ugh ugh its just to damned expensive. the only two things i like about it are the web browser and the touchscreen. browsing is so easy on that thing, but for $600 and only 8gb its just not worth it. the touchscreen just doesnt work for all things though, mainly as a phone! you cant really dial without looking so i'd have to get accustom to using the phonebook to make calls. i dont like using phonebooks for important numbers because i know i'll end up forgetting the number and if im ever stuck without MY phone and have to call someone important from somewhere else.. im screwed. also when it comes to typing the keys are so tiny.. they have all that space on screen and it goes to waste with such tiny buttons. im sure once you get the hang of it you can type away pretty fast but its still so easy to make a mistake.
now theres this ipod touch that has the mobile browser i want with the cool little touchscreen but doesnt fill my need for a phone + browser or a good mp3 player. my old mp3 player is basically dead and the 20gb it came with was only a fraction of my music collection. i need more than 16gbs, sorry. and again, for $400 i feel like im getting pretty ripped off.. i can get the helio ocean for less than that, and i still get the phone features! sure i can only max out the space with a 2gb sd card but i dont think the extra 14gigs on the iPod touch are worth the extra price.
oh and while im ranting, i wonder when they're going to relase the ipod video+ or whatever, im not talking about one with video playback, im talking about one with a camera. the iphone finally added a camera to an ipod (not sure if it does video too though) so when will the ipod have a camera that takes pics/video?? i figured it would of happened way before trying to turn an ipod into a phone..
it makes more sense to me to be able to take and store pictures and videos with my ipod and transfer them out to a pc than the other way around. why the hell would you take time to upload a bunch of crappy photos of you and your friends just to show off on your ipod, you cant do anything with them after that. atleast if the ipod had a camera thered be a reason to have those stupid pictures on there, then you can upload em to your pc and share them with your friends. the opposite of that is just a pointless dead end and it irks the sh!t out of me.. ugh
/end rant (sorry)
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