Apple's New iPod Touch: Should You Get It?

im just a beginner using this ipod touch,but i cant connect to yahoo or you tube either,theres no manual on how to use this things,please help me with this one,im here in japan,thanks

idk i think it is ok...but seriously can 8 gb carry a lot of songs 2 like 16gb?

Ok, after reading five comments that all make the same complaint about the small amount of memory (relatively) on the touch, I can't take it any more. The touch uses flash memory instead of a hard disk to conserve space. This is not because a hard drive is that much bigger than the flash memory, inf act the flash memory is less compact. However, flash memory uses less power because there is no disk that the machine has to spin in addition to other tasks like running the monster screen on the touch. So if apple had used a hard disk, the battery in the touch would have to be massive to get any decent amount of battery life out of it. There, now you know why there is so "little" memory on the touch, so we don't have to make any more posts asking why the touch doesn't have as much memory as the others.

Ok, I actually don't have a iPod Touch, but have been looking into purchasing one. On every page i go to they complain about size. ITS A GREAT CAPACITY PEOPLE!!!!!!! I have had the Generation 1 iPod Nano for like 5 years now! It holds 2GB!!!! My friend has the generation 1 iPod SHUFFLE which hold like 1-2 GB. Stop complaining about space, and think of how much Apple iPods have improved! And, seriousely guys, it has a TOUCH SCREEN!!!! It doesn't get much better than that!

it is a really good ipod but it could get...boring

i think it is awesome with every thing that it has but i highly recomend getting the 8g and the 2nd genoration because i mean come on who is going to use 1700 dongs and apps people get real

Starting to wonder about the new Ipod 4th generation. Bought one for my son for christmas. Christmas was only 2 days ago and already on our 2nd one. The Ipod turns itself off and when you plug it in it isnt recognized at all. Alot of people are having the same issues via complaints on the internet. According to one consumer they contacted Apple and they are even puzzled as to why this happens. Starting to wonder if I did the right thing by buying this for my son.

I can't imagine why they would skimp on the storage capacity. I think having a larger hard drive would make this product far more appealing since it's the next step as a pocket multimedia center. What's the point of all these extras if you can only put on a few shows or movies and half your current library of music?

To me, the thing that is most disappointing with the Ipod Touch is that there's no support for internet radio (mainly Shoutcast streams). This may not be as much of an issue with music or podcasts, but when it comes to wanting to listen to talk stations online or any live content, this is an issue.

The Sansa Connect from Sandisk had the same potential regarding internet radio, and they limited it only to Yahoo's service to listen to their internet radio music streams.

When it comes to internet radio, the company that has made an excellent device is Rokulabs. They have the SoundBrige M1000, a wifi-based device that can be plugged into a stereo and allows you to listen to any shoutcast and WMA streams online that you choose. Now if only a company would release a portable MP3 player with wifi support that would allow you the flexibility to listen to any internet radio streams, I would certainly purchase such a product.

I have a 5th Generation 60GB iPod Video (which is almost full to capacity). As tempting as it is to purchase the new iPod Touch, the new design and functionality is not enough for me to lose over 40GB of space. Apple could have atleast released a 30GB version. 16GB will not even hold half of my media collection. This is truly a disappointment. I hope, for Apple's sake, they will release higher capacity iPod Touches in the near future.

ok geniuses - the ipod touch uses flash memory. 16 gb is pretty generous for a flash-based player. if you're looking at magnetic drive capacities like the ipod classic has, you're talking about a much thicker ipod touch - in essence a brick with a 3.5 inch screen.

better take that "promise" of 22 hours of audio battery life with a pound of salt. I have the 30GB iPod Video where the box (I still have it) promises "up to 14 hours of music playback." real life results -- 3 hours tops. I mostly play audiobooks during my daily 1-hour work outs. if I forget to recharge after 2 hours I may not make it to the end of hour 3. not my only MAJOR disappointment with Apple and their oh-so-fabulous over-hyped products.

I just did a post on the new iPods over at Highbrid Nation and I'm pretty excited. I've had my current ipod for over two years and its about time for an update.I wonder what other apps we will see for that TOUCH.

DOUG
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The iPod Touch is perfect for those hundreds of thousands of smart consumers who love the new iPhone, but are smart enough to know they cannot trust AT&T as far as they can spit!

I have been waitng for yearsto upgrade. I've had a 2g for about four years, and haven't upgraded because the iPod photo and video haven't had a big enough screen to justify the purchase. I'm an amatuer photographer, and I would like a bigger screen so that I can review my photos. I would also like a bigger screen to watch videos, tv shows, and movies on long trips. So I have been waiting for the iPod touch to come out, I've been hearing about it for about four months now. I love the size. I love the user interface. I love all the new features. But with only 16 gigs of memory, the iPod Touch is useless, to me. I understand the need for flash memory, to compensate for the larger display, extended battery life, thiner case, lighter unit, and to keep the price down. But I would have gladly payed another $100 for a unit with even 60 gigs, that weighed a little more, and was another .1 to .15 inches thicker. Very disappointing.

The only positive news out of all of this, is that given the pricing of the classic, I might be persuaded to deal with it's screen size short comings, pocket the difference, and wait for an iPod Touch with a respectable amount of memory to come out.

Currently i own a 60 g Video Ipod with about 5,000 songs on it. I use it when i dj and at the gym. I love the ideal of the new iPod touch. I wanted to get the iPhone but i had ATT once before and had no or very little service in my area.( it really sucked) I can't wait to get my hands on the new iPod touch. The ideal of being able to down load music on the fly is beautiful. I do wish it was available in a 30 or 60 g, but I'm sure well see that in time. If this thing does all it says it does with out any bugs, then sign me up right now.

I have been waiting so long to get my hands on one of these new touch screens. I was so excited to hear about this announcement. However, I can't use 16 gb of memory as its way too small. I don't know the difference between flash or magnetic memory and don't care. I expected this unit to run $500-$600 with at least 60 gb. Apple crashed and burned on this one.

I'am a new buyer, never had a pod. Don't mine spending the mony,so do i buy the 80, or 160 gb,or the the pod touch with only 16 gb.
Please explain the difference between flash or magnetic

A thinly disguised PDA, can`t wait to load this bad boy up with homebrew apps/hacks. I`m sure I`ll use the media functions, but let`s see it for what it really is.... a Unix based PDA.....Newton reborn!