Apple iPod touch 16 GB (1st Generation) OLD MODEL by Apple Computer
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Digital camera reviews of Apple iPod touch 16 GB (1st Generation) OLD MODEL
Digital camera Review: AMAZING little device.
Summary: 5 Stars
This iPod is just amazing. I don't mind at all it's 16GB capacity, I just made a list of my favorite song and that's fine. I don't need to have all my 4000+ songs at a time. To all those that are angry at the iPod touch for not having e-mail capability and third party software, remember, "This is an iPod!" nothing more and as an iPod it ROCKS!Digital camera Review: AWESOME DEVICE AND IT IS THE FUTURE OF THINGS TO COME......
Summary: 5 Stars
Note: I would have almost certainly purchased the iphone over the touch, but I live in an area that is not serviced by AT&T. As a result, no iPhone for me. Consolation prize - the touch.
This device is truly amazing.
1) Size and WT - unbelievable! I am a long time palm, windows mobile, smartphone, iPod user, and this is truly the first device that I can put in any pocket (pants, shirt, jacket) and it is comfortable to the point that I don't know it is even there.
2) Multimedia Capabilities - out of control. The best picture I have ever seen on a device of this nature. It is actually enjoyable to watch a movie on this thing. Although time consuming, it is easy to use handbrake to get any dvd I want onto my iPod Touch. Along with making movies enjoyable, the beautiful screen combined with the multitouch make viewing pictures equally as enjoyable. The music - it is an iPod, enough said.
3) PMI - I have two macs and all of my personal management information is iCal, Mac Mail, Mac Address and a .Mac account, etc...When I had a palm or WM device I always needed some 3rd party software to make them communicate with my Macs. Now the iTouch syncs all of this data perfectly and the address book and cal on the Touch have a great GUI combined with multitouch to make it easy and a pleasure to use.
4) Internet - by far, and I mean by far, the best Mobile Internet Browser and Mail program out there! I never thought I would use mail or a web browser on a mobile device until I used this device.
5) Maps - awesome, especially with the new ability locate your position. Only shortcoming is that you should be able to save maps that you create so that they can be used and referenced when a wifi connection is not available. Maybe this can be done and I am not aware of it, but if not it is a slight shortcoming. When you have an iphone you are almost always connected, either by cellular radio or wifi, so not as big of a deal. However, with the Touch you are not always near a wifi hot spot/access. It would be nice to make a couple of maps for reference and download/save them to your device and then when you are in the car, away from a wifi connection, you could access/view the saved maps and data just as it would be if you were online in real time.
6) Other - the clock, calculator, stocks, weather - ok, not bad but nothing special - again, similar to the comments above, with stocks and weather it would be nice to store the most recent data so that it can be accessed off line.
7) Multitouch - awesome, I forgot the name of the company they bought who pioneered this technology. At any rate, what a great acquisition it really helps to turn a great device into an amazing device. Makes web, mail, pictures, and many other things much more enjoyable.
Overview - Spectacular, microsoft could only dream of this, and they should have had something like this in mind when they started their Origami project. The device is amazing as is and its potential as PDA/mini computer is great. It could be the first full fledge mini computer/PDA and be the first its kind to allow people to leave there laptops at home (selectively of course - depends on the needs of the trip, but in the past the idea of leaving the laptop at home and replaced by a pda for any type of trip was unheard of). This device is no longer an iPod and has the potential to be the best PDA ever created.
WHAT IS MISSING AND NEEDED TO MAKE AN AMAZING DEVICE NEAR PERFECT!
1) GET that SDK package out and bring 3rd party native applications to the device....
Short List:
isolo
skyscape medical software
splash id
dataviz office (bring both ms office and pages, numbers, keynote to the iphone/touch)
multifunctional calculator and convertor
epocrates/drug reference
games: good texas hold em, backgammon, yahtzee, chess, etc..
That is my short list of stuff that I use often on palm/wm and would love to have on my Touch as it matures in to the best PDA ever made.
2) Bluetooth: it would be nice to have bluetooth so that the touch could use wireless headphones. Wireless syncing would be nice. Communicate with other devices, such as a car radio where you could stream music, etc...The iphone has bluetooth and a cellular radio inside of it and is not that much bigger so it can't be a size/space issue.
3) NOTES Program - they have something called notes but the damn thing doesn't sync with NOTES in Leopard Mail and it should. Without syncing it is 10% useful, with syncing it would be 95% useful.
4) Larger memory capacities - it is clear that the iphone and touch will never see a hard drive, nor should they. The SSD/Flash memory saves on space (and the size of the device is perfect - reaches a nice balance), battery power, and is more stable. Unfortunately, it is expensive and slightly limiting at this time. The multimedia capabilities of this device demand more memory and this will even be more important as 3rd party software blossoms. The 32GB touch is a great step forward (although pricey).
5) Cut/Paste/Copy/highlighting capabilities - need to be added. The magnifying and moving the curser thing is great and can stay but really need these other editing functions.
6) Minor cosmetic thing - it would be nice to be able to replace the background on the home pages with whatever picture one wants instead of a black screen. Analogous to desktop wall paper on computer. The device has something called wallpaper but it doesn't work like this.
7) As battery technology improves hopefully better batteries - last longer, less heat, and smaller.
Digital camera Review: Absolute must-buy!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the ultimate iPod, and a must-buy for music lovers. Anyone claiming otherwise is an obvious anti-Apple hater and should be ignored. The ONLY reason one shouldn't jump at the chance to buy this thing is because they have more than 16 GB of music, and even then...
The people talking about the messed up display for dark colors have no clue what they're talking about. Apple already released a fix that takes care of that issue completely. This is a beautiful piece of hardware.
Digital camera Review: Absolutely Cool!
Summary: 5 Stars
Just a short review....This iPod Touch may just be the coolest gadget I've seen outside an iPhone. It does almost everything- and it does it all quite well. I highly recommend it as an iPod but also as an internet appliance. The only things really missing is a camera and microphone. (It would be nice to have an internal speaker, too.) But I'm very impressed with the quality, speed, and functionality of the device. Quite simply, it blows everything else away!Digital camera Review: All in one small package
Summary: 4 Stars
Bought the 16gb version and updated with the new January update adding mail, etc. It makes this fine item even more complete! Love it! Battery life can be short at times, but what do you expect with such a large case.