ipod touch!

Josh and I were at an Apple store on Sunday and checking out the ipod touch that I’ve been pining for as well as the macbook air… not so much pining for that one. So we went to a few websites with safari, checked out the mail and music … and it was pretty sweet. Typing on it was easier than I thought. Some people prefer tactile response with real buttons.. but I gotta say the touch screen was pretty impressive. Spur of the moment Josh bought it for me I still need to get a case to protect it. I’m still in that common new-ipod-fear-of-dropping-it stage because it’s so dang slippery! It’s a lot thinner than I thought too, especially for 32GB.

I think the biggest draw back for people that prefer the iphone is that it’s only wifi not like the iphone that can use GSM networks for web access. So I started a list of places that have wifi in my town and there’s quite a few.. every Panera bread has free wifi, a few hotels nearby, almost every coffee shop that’s NOT starbucks or coffee bean/tea leaf has free wifi (Peet’s coffee, Java ‘n Jazz, etc.). Even the golf clubs in town have free wifi. Who knew?!

An iphone was just not for me because I spend way too much time on my iPod and usually kill the battery pretty quickly.. so with all the features on the iPhone that can kill the battery even faster i’d be phone-less quite a bit. iPhones cell phone plans also start at $59.99… which is far far more than I can afford or would like to even spend on a cell phone bill… (I’m at $25/month right now and doing just fine).

Overall I’m very impressed with the iPod touch on day 2 of owning it… Google maps is my favorite application. I’m a little bummed that all the free 3rd party webapps require internet connection. For those that don’t require internet, you will need to “jailbreak” your ipod, which would void the warranty and could have unexpected results… which is too much of a risk for me after all the money that was spent on it!