It’s taken me this long, but I finally got around to playing around with an iPod touch today (by the way, did you know that the “touch” in iPod touch is not supposed to be capitalized?) and I’ll admit, it’s just as cool as everybody thinks it is.
Despite the iPod touch being primarily a music player, it does offer a bunch of other time-wasting capabilities that’s more or less suited to my lifestyle of not paying attention.
First, there’s YouTube. Then there’s Safari, and while the browser isn’t much to begin with, it does allow me to check email and browse *most* webpages. The downside is that it wasn’t supporting much in terms of internet technologies, so some items on some pages were just left with big question marks because they couldn’t be opened, played, or simply viewed.
Third, it’s quick. Just like the iPod classic (which I own), the iPod touch is speedy. Plus, it displays everything bigger than my iPod classic screen (obviously). I like when I can see my album art from across the street.
Typing was a bit cumbersome, but it didn’t take me long to get across that learning curve. But man, if you’ve got fat fingers, forget it. The iPod touch is simply NOT MADE FOR YOU.
It is mad thin. Anorexic, even.
The screen is also not scratchable even with my fingernails! How this is possible I do not know. But I’m glad I was scratching the store demo to test its durability. Haha.
I’d consider buying one if it were not for two lacking specifications. Namely, the storage size (currently only offered up to 16GB) and the retarded asking price. Pull it down below $350 and bump the storage to at least 30GB and I’d start saving up some money. Oh, and flash storage wouldn’t be bad either.
That’s all. I’m going to stare at my iPod classic now.
