Can you buy an iPod Touch....
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Build up suspense and eagerness to buy the product - so you get a boom of pre-ordered and release week orders too.
The fact they're an American company explains why the Americans have some more availability or choice than we do - which is understandable.
£240 for a measly 16GB player with crap battery life who's only redeeming feature is a touch-screen. Are you mad?
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A big old screen. And a Wi-Fi web browser.
What is the cheapest mobile device you know that's got wi-fi?
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22 hours of music playback? Yeah, its eclipsed by the iPod classic in the battery department but I wouldn't say it was a flaw.
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Video is "up to 5 hours" iirc. Everyone understands the semantics of "up to" but usually I find Apple's estimate pretty accurate.
I haven't read any third party reports on battery life, so I potentially stand corrected. I wont know for sure until I get mine.
I haven't read any third party reports on battery life, so I potentially stand corrected. I wont know for sure until I get mine.
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PSP £99.
But that's not touch-screen, and is a lot bigger......
"With an excellent interface and elegant design, the iPod touch is simply the best portable media player ever made."
One persons opinion doesn't mean much. How many times have you heard that phrase? I have heard "the best xxx ever made" plenty of times. It doesn't even have a radio or voice recording.
Sorry to be pedantic. But the question was "What is the cheapest mobile device you know that's got wi-fi?". And thats the answer he gave, it doesn't mean that is the only device with wifi cheaper than the touch....
If the question was "what is the cheapest mobile device you know that's got wi-fi, has a touchscreen, and is ~ the same size as the touch." Then a Palm Tungsten TX @ £170 would be the answer.
One persons opinion doesn't mean much. How many times have you heard that phrase? I have heard "the best xxx ever made" plenty of times. It doesn't even have a radio or voice recording.
Sorry to be pedantic. But the question was "What is the cheapest mobile device you know that's got wi-fi?". And thats the answer he gave, it doesn't mean that is the only device with wifi cheaper than the touch....
If the question was "what is the cheapest mobile device you know that's got wi-fi, has a touchscreen, and is ~ the same size as the touch." Then a Palm Tungsten TX @ £170 would be the answer.
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I fly out to the US on monday, I just called the local apple store out there, and they are in stock, so no waiting around for me! 
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Just be wary peeps. People are having serious issues with the screens and black colours. Learn more here: http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=354772
Quite a lot of "bad screen" issues points to "a bad batch"...
So it might not be the entire Touch range to be poo on the video front, with negative blacks and awful viewing angle...
Hopefully this bad batch stays in America and the rest are good - last thing I want is to buy the Touch and have to hope I win the lottery at the same time for Quality.
So it might not be the entire Touch range to be poo on the video front, with negative blacks and awful viewing angle...
Hopefully this bad batch stays in America and the rest are good - last thing I want is to buy the Touch and have to hope I win the lottery at the same time for Quality.
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Yeah hopefully this wont be a problem. I'll reserve my judgement till I actually see it with my own eyes. I nearly didn't buy a MacBook due to people moaning about "cpu whine" and "glossy screen is too reflective" but they turned out to be non-issues for me.
I'm starting to wonder if it was a good idea to get my engraved now though...
I'm starting to wonder if it was a good idea to get my engraved now though...