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iPod touch: Everything But the Phone

Posted 2007-09-05 23:17 in New-Products by Kali Hilke

Apple announced the iPod touch today, and it looks hot. Kind of like something we’ve seen before… Well, it seems like the heart and soul of the iPhone, sans phone.

It boasts a touch screen that functions in the same way as the iPhone, and a beautiful (well, it looks that way on our computer screen!) 3.5” widescreen display. One can only assume that it’s the same glass screen used for the iPhone; we’ll keep you posted.

The touch screen needs no stylus, of course, and it uses the sliding lock function of the iPhone, and same interface. Cover Flow, the eye candy album art feature, is there, as well as WiFi built right in.

You’ll be able to browse the web using Safari, check your iCal events, flip through your contacts in Address Book, download content from the new iTunes WiFi Music Store, use YouTube, and of course, listen to your music using the iPod touch.

There are two models of the flash-based iPod touch:
8GB: $299.99
16GB: $399.99

(In other news, it looks like the 4GB iPhone has been quietly discontinued…)

More to come, of course!

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  1. The iPhone is great in the states if you can live with ATT ..

    But Att tend to be spotty at best Nation-wide …. but Verizon is a bit better coverage wise

    Using the iPhone internationally even just making call on wifi seems a good choice but ….. users report racking up huge data charges as the iPhone does auto checks … We are talking about hundreds of dollars accumulated over a weekend trip..

    Ok heart of the matter …....

    I am a photographer & travel quite a bit in the States & Canada no worries really … though the roaming in Canada if you don’t have a plan gets to be a bit pricey bit were are in the ¢ per min not the u$s per minute

    Internationally easy to stay in touch with clients on the road to a point … with the MacBook multiple im clients iChat , Yahoo Messenger , MSN Messenger , Skype , eMail ...google yahoo & .mac ....

    Yea there are wifi phone choices skype & other Voice over IP choices I have even tried some of the wifi phones they are ok but some thing else to carry & that is all they do ….

    But internationally standard Mobile Phone is a real hassle , except for Peru I don’t travel to the same country on a regular bases , most of the world is GSM but companies don’t have enough joint operating agreements …

    If I was going to the same country routinely no real issue couple of GSM phones … but I don’t hit the same countries over & over again .

    I travel mostly in the Americas the one thing that is standard in just about every hotel is 802.11g

    I am not just talking about the posh places but hotels & inns that charge u$s 5-15 have wifi …. & a isp connection that is much faster then my 1500 k/bs Verizon DSL at home in the states …

    If there is a VOIP application for the Touch this could be huge .. an expanded Adium or better iChat application with Skype could be huge Really über über über über Über Really über über über über Über HUGE ….....

    This would go a long way to solving my last communication issues … perfect no but a bit of a solution

    Not to mention the the world wide travellers communication tool , The lonelyplanet.com thorntree forum is full of question of this sort … there are some Wifi pda’s sub notebook but the Laptop is most economical & versatile choice ….. if you could up load your full rez jpegs to iphoto via your iTouch hmmm …

    Not to mention set Apple up as a major VOIP … think about how many people would sign up for a mac account if you could also get phone calls . ....

    Steve did mention a bit ago some changes at .mac were coming …


    — Charles C. Stirk Jr.    2007-09-06 15:27    #

  2. But can you send email with an iPod Touch? The video specifies that the keypad comes into view when on the URL field, but no mention is made of being able to enter text anywhere else. One would think that if this iPod could be used for email, that that fact would be mentioned.


    — David L Steinhardt    2007-09-09 13:33    #

  3. World traveler here, I use the Dell Axim with Windows mobile for Yahoo Voice and Skype, works very well, I have local phone numbers on multiple continents; however, I would unload the Axim on eBay in a heartbeat if I could get Skype and Yahoo voice on the iPod touch. You can forget cell phone plans, what a giant rip off! I don’t want to have to answer my phone unless I am having coffee anyway, thats what voice mail is for. Please get to work on it folks!


    — michaux    2007-09-14 01:36    #
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