Ipod Touch

[cechlin]

Anyone else disappointed?

I mean common 8gb or 16gb...Thats my music collection now what about my videos.

I cant believe I skipped the second day of school for this.

Sad thing is im still going to buy one:razz:

Heres all the info about it.

http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/05/ipod-touch-gets-official/

[BD006]

I'm a little disappointed as I thought it was going to be hard drive based, not flash.

With the larger capacities and lower price, the iPod "Classic" looks better to me.

[cechlin]

Hard drive based would've been nice.

[Bytown]

I really don't think many would have paid $500 for a touch.

[cechlin]

$399 for an 8gb Iphone

Ill just get that then.

Today has been a shocking day.

The Iphone price drop really caught me off guard.

[Bytown]

$399 for an 8gb Iphone

Ill just get that then.

Today has been a shocking day.

The Iphone price drop really caught me off guard.

It will be more then $399.You have to add gas to go down to get one plus customs.

[Ryan]

iPod Touch will be in stock on September 13. Talking to Apple right now. :p

[Madchester]

They're releasing 8 gig Cowon D2s right now... with 16 GB on the way. Touch screen capabilities with SD slot for expansion. That's a really high premium to pay for the Apple look in a touch screen MP3 player.

[sonick]

Includes wifi and web browser. Looks like it could also fill the needs of a PDA as well.

[Bytown]

They're releasing 8 gig Cowon D2s right now... with 16 GB on the way. Touch screen capabilities with SD slot for expansion. That's a really high premium to pay for the Apple look in a touch screen MP3 player.

The touch is much more then a mp3 player.

[cechlin]

iPod Touch will be in stock on September 13. Talking to Apple right now. :p


very happy to know this. thought id have to wait till the end of the month, or even early October.

[coriolis]

The Touch is.....risky, but we'll see what the market does. It's much larger then one would usually carry around, it's creeping into the PDA/PMP zone, and crippled at what those are aimed for. However, feature-wise, it sports quite a package. It's true its much thinner then PMP/PDAs however...

The nano is a winner though, no doubt about it.

[Bytown]

The Touch is.....risky, but we'll see what the market does. It's much larger then one would usually carry around, it's creeping into the PDA/PMP zone, and crippled at what those are aimed for. However, feature-wise, it sports quite a package. It's true its much thinner then PMP/PDAs however...

The nano is a winner though, no doubt about it.

If the iphone was not a big seller then i would agree.However there are alot of people that want the large screen/touch screen the touch will sell like hot cakes.

[kingsley]

I want an iPod Touch Nano

[coriolis]

If the iphone was not a big seller then i would agree.However there are alot of people that want the large screen/touch screen the touch will sell like hot cakes.

That's the thing, for the same price(though half the size), one could get an iPhone. Another point out there is that many people nowadays already have a MP3 player(usually an iPod), and filling the market with more and more MP3 players is a move to be considered. Will consumers splurge(ones who own 1-2nd gen iPods) to get a new one(in less then a few years of ownership?)? It looks like it could happen, which will be very interesting to see.

My marketing class had a small introduction on Sony vs Toshiba on the disk format yesterday and he mentioned the Sony MP3/Apple iPod relationship as well, and with the new announcement, it's going to be one interesting class :)

[Bytown]

I want an iPod Touch Nano

Touch nano would not really work.

1)The screen would be way to small.

2)The unit its self is to small.

[Jaytee]

The iPod touch is now on the (Canadian) Apple Store. $329 Cdn for the 8 gig and $449 Cdn for the 16 gig.

Ships: By September 28th

[Bytown]

That's the thing, for the same price(though half the size), one could get an iPhone. Another point out there is that many people nowadays already have a MP3 player(usually an iPod), and filling the market with more and more MP3 players is a move to be considered. Will consumers splurge(ones who own 1-2nd gen iPods) to get a new one(in less then a few years of ownership?)? It looks like it could happen, which will be very interesting to see.

My marketing class had a small introduction on Sony vs Toshiba on the disk format yesterday and he mentioned the Sony MP3/Apple iPod relationship as well, and with the new announcement, it's going to be one interesting class :)

Keep in mind the iphone is only avaible in the usa.

[MrDisco]

i want a 16gb touch. plenty of room for movies and what not.

[Ryan]

Bought an 8GB Touch to replace my 2nd Gen Mini. :)

[lowfat]

I'll be ordering a 8GB touch here, not to replace my 30GB, but an additon. I'll be mostly using it for WiFi and videos.

[Kasakato]

Keep in mind the iphone is only avaible in the usa.

Not anymore.

[Dave98]

I'm thinking of selling my 5th gen 60GB and picking up a Touch later on. I don't have more than 10GB of music anyway.

Also notice how they changed the face plates of the Nano and classic? Looks like cheap plastic now. Sure it's great for lack of fingerprints now though. The Nano just looks ugly as hell now IMO.

[sonick]

Not anymore.
Officially it is.

[jdmkidd]

I knew not buying a nano or ipod video or an iphone would payoff. Going to have my engraved.

[Kasakato]

Officially it is.

Since when did RFD do everything officially?

[Badman]

Something is not right with these new refreshed ipods. Where the coulor white?:|

They should have given at least the classic ipod that choice.

[billymadison]

Will Futureshop be carrying these Touch iPods around the 28th as well?

[jdmkidd]

Wonder how much their stock will hold out, cause I just told a few at my work and they all ordered too heh.

[billymadison]

Isn't it always a bit risky to buy first-gen models? This is what, the first gen of iPod Touch... from my experience with ipods, if memory serves me correctly, there always seems to be something wrong with the first gen ipods (first gen mini's, first gen nanos, etc). I don't know, maybe i'm paranoid ;P

[Kasakato]

Isn't it always a bit risky to buy first-gen models? This is what, the first gen of iPod Touch... from my experience with ipods, if memory serves me correctly, there always seems to be something wrong with the first gen ipods (first gen mini's, first gen nanos, etc). I don't know, maybe i'm paranoid ;P

Of course theres going to be something wrong. Sooner or later there we be a new site, www.flawedtouchplayer.com

[Arcum]

Can this take photos/video? If so, what Megapixel is the camera? Can the iPhone take pictures/video?

I'm really waiting for a device that has PDA Functions, MP3/Radio, GPS, Camera/Video, Internet (WiFi), Phone, USB transfer etc. Does this exist yet? hehe

[Dynomite2910]

I will be interested to see how cheap you will be able to get a previous generation 80GB iPod as they try to clear out that stock....

Could be the way to go... get a very good product for a very good price just because it is outdated (barely!)

D!

[Bytown]

Not anymore.


If you just unlock it your right.However that is somewhat of a pain.

[Feneant]

The touch is sweet looking although pricey.

I will definitely be picking one up at some point once Futureshop has them to use credit card rewards :twisted:

[LonesomeDove]

i want a 16gb touch. plenty of room for movies and what not.

16 GB Touch is too small for putting a lot of music and videos on it. I would think minimum would be 30 GB. If you calculated the cost per GB, the 16 GB at US$399 is way too expensive compared to the 160 GB of the Classic iPod at US$349.

Sure the iPodtouch is nice, but I will wait until they increase the memory size before I buy it. And Apple will do it during the next upgrade. They always improve or adjust the iPods every 6 months or a year.

[Diafel]

You skipped school because of an Apple announcement?

Anyways, I like the iPod touch but I'll wait and see what kind of hacking community springs up around it.

[chuckdeg]

i guess i am gonna wait. 16 gb is perfect for me but it's too expensive

But the nano seems nice tough.

[perplexed_one]

I will be interested to see how cheap you will be able to get a previous generation 80GB iPod as they try to clear out that stock....

Could be the way to go... get a very good product for a very good price just because it is outdated (barely!)

D!

+ 1

i hope the video ipod falls out of fashion :cheesygri

[mlerner]

Will Futureshop be carrying these Touch iPods around the 28th as well?

I would buy from the Apple store instead, FS marks up the price quite a bit on Apple products..

[vric]

Includes wifi and web browser. Looks like it could also fill the needs of a PDA as well.

Is there an email client ? I have seen the 14 minutes presentation video, and they don't talk about that.

If there is email and *maybe* some 3rd party software you can add, I would have to sell my PDA and get this :D

[Ojam]

I would buy from the Apple store instead, FS marks up the price quite a bit on Apple products..

huh, where do you get that idea from, they sell the ipods at the exact same price as apple.ca.

[Tha_Doggg]

I would buy from the Apple store instead, FS marks up the price quite a bit on Apple products..

I've always bought ipods at the same price as apple.ca...sometimes you get lucky and they have them on sale...you can save arpund $20.

[story]

Just imagine how much 2nd hand 4GB and 8GB iPHONE gonna be.
They have to sell at max $200 for 4GB and $300 8GB to make sense.

[bembol]

Disappointed. I don't understand why they went the iPhone route? I thinking I should save my $500 since I already have a 30GB iPod Movie.

Who knows how I'll feel when I walk into Yorkdale Apple? LOL Take my recent 24" 2.4GHz iMac, I said I would wait it out until Leopard and I walk out with one. :cheesygri

[Emancipated]

I knew not buying a nano or ipod video or an iphone would payoff. Going to have my engraved.

Engraving will read: I am an Apple fanboi!

Actually, I think I am turning into one as well except all the foaming at the mouth everytime someone says anything unpleasant about Apple like those Mac zealots.

I'll be getting one but damn, $500 for an iPod is damn expensive. They should have fitted it with the 1.8" drives. No doubt the bulk of the cost is on the screen but the flash card doesn't come cheap either.

[LonesomeDove]

I would buy from the Apple store instead, FS marks up the price quite a bit on Apple products..

They sell for the same price on Apple as Best Buy, Future Shop, and the rest.

But Apple offers free inscription with your name or messages.

And Apple does have a sale for Ipods on the big shopping day after the US Thanksgiving.

FS and BB do have periodic sales on iPods like $10 or $20 off.

[rockthecasbah]

Disappointed. I don't understand why they went the iPhone route? I thinking I should save my $500 since I already have a 30GB iPod Movie.


LOL I don't think I've ever heard of the 5th gen iPod referred to as that before :lol: ;)

Anyway, if the iPod Touch follows the route of the iPhone, there will probably be a drop in price. At least I hope because I can't justify 8GB for $329 as it surely would not be my primary portable music player. I can't go from my 30gb 5th gen iPod to 8 or 16 GB. I think it would be a really neat and fun thing to have as an "extra" I guess.

I guess the "NEAT! FUN! WOW!" factor aside for the iPod Touch, it would make more sense to just get the iPod Classic, personally. Because I am already out of space on the 30gb and I would LOVE for 80gb or even 160gb in space.

Video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vgvDiLZPYA

(And the classic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUTl9sJEAo4)

[Emancipated]

I currently have 2 iPods: 30GB video and 2GB Nano. For me, I use the Nano infinitely more than my video. Why people carry their entire library with them is beyond me. That's why you have a PC/notebook.

8GB may be a problem if you want to watch movies/episodes on them, but carrying your entire library? Crazy.

[B0000rt]

Ha ha ha ha, to all those people here in the states who went out and bought a 8GB iPhone! ha ha ha ha!

[Dave98]

LOL I don't think I've ever heard of the 5th gen iPod referred to as that before :lol: ;)

Anyway, if the iPod Touch follows the route of the iPhone, there will probably be a drop in price. At least I hope because I can't justify 8GB for $329 as it surely would not be my primary portable music player. I can't go from my 30gb 5th gen iPod to 8 or 16 GB. I think it would be a really neat and fun thing to have as an "extra" I guess.

I guess the "NEAT! FUN! WOW!" factor aside for the iPod Touch, it would make more sense to just get the iPod Classic, personally. Because I am already out of space on the 30gb and I would LOVE for 80gb or even 160gb in space.

Video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vgvDiLZPYA

(And the classic: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUTl9sJEAo4)

Well, the iPhone got the drop in price because of the release of the Touch. I don't see the Touch's price dropping anytime soon. Especially since, when at that price point, the 8GB version is only $110 more than the 8GB Nano. If anything, it'll get a bump in size several months from now but that's about it.

[ADRiiAN`]

Do you guys think that Apple would do a "Trade In?"

This iPod Touch looks amazing, I would love to trade in my Ipod 30GB and upgrade to a iPod Touch, obviously i'll pay for a trade =P

Im just disappointed in the low amount of the GB space. I guess they wanted to make it slim, so they went with Flash. I only have 5 GB left of 30GB !

[i6s1]

If I didn't have an ipod, I'd buy one. 16 gigs is enough. My music takes up 20 gigs, but it's not like I couldn't get by without "The Year of the Cat" and stuff like that. 10 gigs for music is fine, and that leaves enough room for 10 movies.

[Viper]

meh, I'll save my beans for the Cowon Q5 which should be released later this month. Much more fuctionality, and its a touchscreen PMP too.

[MrWizard]

I will hopefully be placing my order in the next few days.

[j3fan]

Well, the iPhone got the drop in price because of the release of the Touch. I don't see the Touch's price dropping anytime soon. Especially since, when at that price point, the 8GB version is only $110 more than the 8GB Nano. If anything, it'll get a bump in size several months from now but that's about it.

Yes, this is what happened. Appl is not known to drop prices a couple of months after its release. Look at all its previous hot items, they usually drop prices when new products are released or add new features and keep the same price point.

If they kept the iphone at $599, the ipod touch will eat into the iphone sales....$300 more from the ipod touch 8gb just for the phone feature? It makes sense to drop the price so that the ipod doesn't hurt the iphone sales and they want to grap a big chunk of the mobile device market share....without a price drop, everyone will pick up the ipod touch instead of the iphone.

[j3fan]

They sell for the same price on Apple as Best Buy, Future Shop, and the rest.

But Apple offers free inscription with your name or messages.

And Apple does have a sale for Ipods on the big shopping day after the US Thanksgiving.

FS and BB do have periodic sales on iPods like $10 or $20 off.

Personally, I wouldn't get the inscription, getting it engraved will be harder to sell it once a new ipod version comes out....

[j3fan]

Engraving will read: I am an Apple fanboi!

Actually, I think I am turning into one as well except all the foaming at the mouth everytime someone says anything unpleasant about Apple like those Mac zealots.

I'll be getting one but damn, $500 for an iPod is damn expensive. They should have fitted it with the 1.8" drives. No doubt the bulk of the cost is on the screen but the flash card doesn't come cheap either.

8gb is plenty for me...i'm surviving on a 4 gb first gen nano right now....i think i'm gonna get myself an iphone in oregon, where it is tax free...woot!!!

[prvt10]

I hope a chinese company will sell a knockoff for half the price or td bank will offer it free as a special promotion next year. I had a pocket pc for awhile. It was incredibly convenient and cool. But I lost it and this iphone touch is just what i need.

[ClubberLang]

*awaits HD based version or drop in flash prices 'cause 16 GB ain't cutting it*

[j3fan]

I hope a chinese company will sell a knockoff for half the price or td bank will offer it free as a special promotion next year. I had a pocket pc for awhile. It was incredibly convenient and cool. But I lost it and this iphone touch is just what i need.

Apple patented the multitouch, so you definitely won't get the same user interface...they can produce a regular one with just a regular touch screen like what is on a gps system, but can't use the same multi touch feature...

[jadoocian]

Apple patented the multitouch, so you definitely won't get the same user interface...they can produce a regular one with just a regular touch screen like what is on a gps system, but can't use the same multi touch feature...

whats the multi touch feature?

[j3fan]

whats the multi touch feature?

Here is a demo with the iphone:

http://www.apple.com/iphone/technology/features.html?feature=touch

Basic touch screen can only respond to single finger touches, on the iphone, if you flick your finger, it will scroll smoothly, regular touch screen doesn't know if it's a flick or a regular touch. multi touch can also respond to multiple finger gestures, like pinching the screen, or moving two fingers apart (these are used on the iphone to resize windows/pictures).

[MizuRyuu]

wow... really nice to see that i'm not the one who is disappointed with the implementation of the ipod touch...

does iphone have wifi? i know they can connect through the mobile network, but never really heard anything about wifi...

[flito ray]

is okay. no bluetooth makes it a deal break for me tho

[mark_in_2k]

is okay. no bluetooth makes it a deal break for me thoAh, but maybe it does have Bluetooth...

Look at the icon in the top right corner, next to the battery icon...

http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/2007/09/ipod-touch-with-bluetooth.jpg

Yeah, you've seen it before, that's the iPod touch. But take a closer look at the upper-right corner of the display. See that little icon? Right, Bluetooth, as in the not announced Bluetooth radio in Apple's new iPod touch. Is this just a snafu from Apple's arts-and-charts team or something more say, AVRCP and stereo A2DP related? At this point, Apple's not saying and we don't know. But you'd better hurry up and click that Read link because that Apple-harvested picture won't be around for much longer.

It would make sense as the achitecture is very similar to the iPhone.

[Ojam]

I think it is just a mistake, it is the only shot that shows it, and it is on the german site.

[Bytown]

Disappointed. I don't understand why they went the iPhone route? I thinking I should save my $500 since I already have a 30GB iPod Movie.

Who knows how I'll feel when I walk into Yorkdale Apple? LOL Take my recent 24" 2.4GHz iMac, I said I would wait it out until Leopard and I walk out with one. :cheesygri

There is so many people that want the style of the iphone.The widescreen/touch/internet etc.All of these features would not work on a reg style ipod.

[Ojam]

at first I was rather "meh" about the ipod touch and the classics were more appealing, I like the coverflow, the cost of the 80gb, the more I look at the ipod touch, the more I'm sort of starting to like it, I really don't like the size though, I wish they would have used a HDD instead. idk, I wouldn't be getting the 160gb classic because it is thicker then the 80gb, so it is really at a minimum a 50 dollar different. Also the nano is nice because of the thiness, looking at it from the front you'd think it was real thick, but from the side shots it is really very thin. Kind of sucks that the discontinued the orange shuffle, that was my favorite colour choice, I bought one for taking to the the driving range, I just clip it to my collar.

[joshmxpx]

I think I'll be perfectly fine with my $69 20 gb Creative Zen...

I don't really see the advantage to apple products, and I've never wished that I could watch movies on a two inch screen... It would be interesting to see how many people buy ipods because they're ipods, or because they are seriously interested in all the features blah blah blah

I constantly have this debate with my sister-in-law, since I know for a fact the only reason she bought an Ipod was for a status symbol, because I pointed out a half dozen other players with similar plus more features, and significantly lower price, and she had no reason for preferring an Ipod besides the fact that they "look cool" and "everyone has them"

I understand that they're are quite good quality and stand behind there products, but I can't see why people would pay over $600 for an mp3 player...My friend in college got a 2nd gen 20 or 40 gig and spent over $700 on it (warranty, access., etc)

[Emancipated]

Did Apple mention what the battery life would if you use it for Safari and Wifi?

[Outphase]

the main reason I got an iPod was because of iTunes; I had a Zen Extra 30 gb before and although the player was alrite (great sound quality), managing my collection was horrific on that thing, the software was bad, didn't recognize foreign languages in the library management program (even though the player does). Drag and drop sucks hard when you're trying to manage more than a few gigs of music and trying to make playlists.

[warpdrive]

I currently have 2 iPods: 30GB video and 2GB Nano. For me, I use the Nano infinitely more than my video. Why people carry their entire library with them is beyond me. That's why you have a PC/notebook.

I have both a Video and Nano. I prefer to use the Video. My Nano doesn't fit all my music (I have about 20GB worth inr 200CDs ripped).

I prefer to use the video on shuffle mode. This is better than picking and choosing albums because often, the shuffle picks a song I forgot about and I'm glad to hear again

Laptop? Sorry, I don't like carrying a 4-5 lb device just to hear music.

[Rekognize]

Does anyone know if the iPod Touch has the same port as the older iPods because I have an iPod dock adapter in my car connected to my deck and that would suck if the Touch has a different port. :confused:

[Emancipated]

Yes, the same proprietary port.

[Phr3sh]

The Ipod touch is pretty cool, but for that price i would definately rather wait until the Iphone *officially* comes to Canada and just get that

[j3fan]

The Ipod touch is pretty cool, but for that price i would definately rather wait until the Iphone *officially* comes to Canada and just get that

That is what I'm doing....If the iphone wasn't the same price as teh 16gb ipod touch, I wouldn't have get the iphone, but since the price point are similar and 8gb is enough for me...i'm gonna take the plunge and get the iphone...i was initially gonna wait for a 3g iphone, but the prices of an iphone is so attractive....even the 4gb iphone is at $299....i paid more than that for my razr when it first came out.....

[spol]

Apple patented the multitouch, so you definitely won't get the same user interface...they can produce a regular one with just a regular touch screen like what is on a gps system, but can't use the same multi touch feature...

That's some seriuos fanboy act right there. Apple only registered the word "Multitouch", they neither invented or own anything else beside the name.

[Bytown]

The Ipod touch is pretty cool, but for that price i would definately rather wait until the Iphone *officially* comes to Canada and just get that

I have no interest in paying $150 in data fees.That is why i got the touch.

[j3fan]

That's some seriuos fanboy act right there. Apple only registered the word "Multitouch", they neither invented or own anything else beside the name.

http://www.macworld.co.uk/ipod-itunes/news/index.cfm?newsid=18340&pagtype=allchandate

[kocoman]

What is the brand/model of the flash drive in the iphone/ipod touch?

[ShadowLess]

Squigily??lol

[jcutner]

Has anyone found the iPod Touch in any Apple Stores in the GTA yet?

[VorteC]

I checked Yorkdale, no luck.

However I did order one online.. it'll be here in 3 days.

[xetrog]

I checked Yorkdale, no luck.

However I did order one online.. it'll be here in 3 days.

Hey VorteC, when did you order yours? i ordered mine a couple hours after the Apple Store went back online on sept. 5 and mine is still showing as Not Yet Shipped (16gb version)

[ShadowVlican]

just saw the new ipod mini at eaton's centre's APPLE store

FREAKING SWEET.