iPod Touch, should I get one?
When mrc80238was out visiting he let me fondle his iPhone for a while. Ohhhh. I've had iPhone envy for some time because some of the moms at church have them. When I show up for an event on-time, and the next earliest person shows up 10 minutes late and uses her iPhone to check e-mail while we wait for the rest of them, I develop even more iPhone envy.
Luckily, mrc80238also pointed out to me that the iPod Touch does nearly everything the iPhone does, except be a phone and have a monthly service charge. That's the main thing I didn't want with the iPhone.
I already have a cell phone. It takes pictures and costs me $5/month for all the minutes I would want to use, which is approximately 4. I see no need to pay $600+ over the next two year contract agreement for 4 minutes per month of phone time.
Nearly everywhere I go and would want to use net access has wifi (Church, Little Gym, if pre-school doesn't have it we could probably donate it to the school for less than the cost of a monthly service plan) so the iPod touch looks very tempting. I've stopped carrying a palm pilot, my old one won't hold a charge anymore, and I need to carry my calendar and contacts with me again.
With some comparison shopping, it looks like I want the iPod Touch 32GB version. The 8GB doesn't have as fast of a processor, and 40 hrs of movies with 32GB should be more than enough so I don't need 64GB. I think Amazon's price of $279 is the same as Costco's, but I should probably double-check. With our outrageous 9.25% sales tax, it's cheaper than Costco as long as Costco is $255 or more, and I seem to remember Costco being $279 too.
So, dear friends (and family) is there any reason why I shouldn't get myself an iPod Touch? It's the same price as my first Palm Pilot so many years ago. I really need to duplicate that functionality again with a mobile calendar and address book, and the iPod touch does so much more.
--Beth
Luckily, mrc80238also pointed out to me that the iPod Touch does nearly everything the iPhone does, except be a phone and have a monthly service charge. That's the main thing I didn't want with the iPhone.
I already have a cell phone. It takes pictures and costs me $5/month for all the minutes I would want to use, which is approximately 4. I see no need to pay $600+ over the next two year contract agreement for 4 minutes per month of phone time.
Nearly everywhere I go and would want to use net access has wifi (Church, Little Gym, if pre-school doesn't have it we could probably donate it to the school for less than the cost of a monthly service plan) so the iPod touch looks very tempting. I've stopped carrying a palm pilot, my old one won't hold a charge anymore, and I need to carry my calendar and contacts with me again.
With some comparison shopping, it looks like I want the iPod Touch 32GB version. The 8GB doesn't have as fast of a processor, and 40 hrs of movies with 32GB should be more than enough so I don't need 64GB. I think Amazon's price of $279 is the same as Costco's, but I should probably double-check. With our outrageous 9.25% sales tax, it's cheaper than Costco as long as Costco is $255 or more, and I seem to remember Costco being $279 too.
So, dear friends (and family) is there any reason why I shouldn't get myself an iPod Touch? It's the same price as my first Palm Pilot so many years ago. I really need to duplicate that functionality again with a mobile calendar and address book, and the iPod touch does so much more.
--Beth