I-touch or Nano?????

[castleview]

At age 16, I'd say go with the Touch. DH wanted to get one for our daughter, but she's 10 and I felt ridiculous getting her one. So she'll be getting a refurbished Nano. Everyone I know loves the Touch.

 

[mom2boys77]

That was my concern also but I got one for myself in September..it is awesome and you can put parental locks on it. Plus you can only use the internet where there is wifi which for us is only in our house. My ds is getting one for Christmas. OP-go with the touch..it's a lot of fun and also a lot sturdier than you would think..I drop mine frequently (not that I'd advise doing that lol) and still no problems!

Personally, I wouldn't want my kids to have endless unsupervised internet access, so we wouldnt' buy the itouch, although I know they'd like to have them.

 

[Cogswel_Cogs]

i am confused is there a lot you can't do with th 8g touch that you can with others?

 

[Minnie]

Thanks everyone for your comments

We ordered an engraved i-touch... Can't wait to see his face

 

[TDC Nala]

I've just bought myself a refurbished Touch, kind of as a consolation because I can't have an iPhone. I bought a 32g because I watch a lot of video on Ipods. 8g won't hold a lot of video.

 

[N.Bailey]

i am confused is there a lot you can't do with th 8g touch that you can with others?

I hope I am allowed to copy this here. It was the best review I'd read when I was trying to decide which ones to get, if any at all. It is a user review, so keep that in mind.

Before i start let me just tell you "what's New" with the iPod touch Third generation" :

-Faster Cpu/Double the ram/Better graphic (faster Boot time/faster loading is all what i did notice)
-Double the storage for the same old price
-Voice control (I'll explain it in a second)
-Latest firmware for free
-New Earbuds with built in remote+Microphone (So you can use voice control)

And that is everything~ depends on your needs upgrading from 2G to 3G might be not worth it.

*Important Note* : only the New iPod touch 32GB/64GB are third generation ~ (8GB is repacked 2G) Details below.

About the new Voice control function, if you love to take your iPod with you to the Gym the new feature "Voice control" is pretty cool, it does allow you to control your music via your voice, no need to get the iPod out of your pocket you can simply say "Next" to move to next song, say "shuffle" for shuffle , say "Pause" and music playback will stop etc, that is why i recommend the iPod touch over iPod classic for gym users, my friend bought an iPod classic and now he complains that the iPod classic is too heavy for him when he goes to the gym and he will have to buy another iPod "properly Nano" for his Gym, for me i use my iPod touch for the gym, it's so light that sometimes i forgot that it's even in my pocket.

After playing with my iPod touch 3g for a while i honestly did not notice any difference from the outside or the inside compared to my old iPod touch Second generation (It's supposed to be faster but i did not notice anything during music and video playback or the menus, however browsing with safari and loading facebook was faster, same thing with boot time), you properly can only notice it being faster with heavy applications since video/music playback is already fast enough with 2G.

I got the 64GB iPod 3G for [...]$, if you think of upgrading your 2G iPod touch honestly do yourself a favor and save yourself the money unless you really need that much of a storage (I do that is why i bought one), also remember that the 3G battery lasts less than 2G,(3G battery = 30 Hours of music playback versus 2G 36 hours of music playback according to apple official specs)

*VERY IMPORTANT* for the people who wants the new 8GB version, the new third generation 8GB iPod touch is NOT 3G it's a second generation iPod touch but apple did repack it/renamed it to 3rd generation, which seems to be misleading by APPLE and it's not cool at all, it is IPod Touch 2G+Updated firmware and that is it.

The iPod touch 3rd generation 32GB/64GB versions comes with a free mic+remote with the earbuds while the 8GB do not (it comes with normal earbuds), the 32GB/64GB have the New CPU+Graphic (According to apple the new cpu is twice as fast just like the iPhone 3GS) while the new 8GB use the same old CPU/Chip from the old iPod touch second generation.

Here is APPLE description on the iPod touches page about the 32/64GB versions : """Enjoy all the great features of the 8GB model along with better performance, richer graphics and voice control"""

The iPod touch 3rd generation is the same awesome iPod touch second generation was.
You can play your music/watch your videos/play games, even read your kindle books/etc "you can read amazon big description of what it's capable of if you do not know yet, it's better than what would i say because it has pictures and everything.

The iPod touch got the best browser i have ever seen in a portable device, i do not even need to carry my netbook with me anymore thanks to my iPod touch, if you hated browsing with lame browsers that crash a lot or slow (many mobile phones) trust me on this one, the iPod touch browser is not a toy or a gimmick it is a browser you can depends on, it's super fast and smooth and after using it for like a full year it has only crashed on me once!

Short list of pros and cons about the iPod touch

Pros:
-Slick,small and light device
-Great touch screen
-The BEST web browser on a portable device
-Amazing video/music playback
-App Store (Too many cool applications for Free)
-Display screen is clear and bright
-No bugs and annoying stuff a very reliable hardware
-64GB Flash based mp3 player

Cons:
-Not much of an upgrade over 2G (people were disappointed because they did not get upgrades like camera/OLED/etc)
-Weaker battery, only lasts 30 hours for music playback versus 2G iPod touch 36 Hours music playback
-Expensive for the 64GB version
-Still no FM radio without the use of online applications
-Bluetooth is still half locked

I hope my review was helpful
http://www.amazon.com/Apple-touch-G...1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1261109158&sr=8-1

 

[luvmyfam444]

Yep - these are cool - but I'm scared to death of the internet! NO way would I want my child getting on it! My neice (8) is getting one! that's just CRAZY in my opinion!

 

[Scurvy]

Yep - these are cool - but I'm scared to death of the internet! NO way would I want my child getting on it! My neice (8) is getting one! that's just CRAZY in my opinion!

There are parental controls, and you can set it so that you can't access the internet with it. Even without being able to surf online, it's still a fun thing to have. My son couldn't get online with his at first and he still loved it!

 

[jordansmomma]

DS (16) wants an Ipod for Xmas.... He's asked for an I-touch or a Nano. I think he'd really like the touch the best but we both have concerns about him taking this to school (possibility of theft or breakage) and I'm concerned about the possible distractions (games, video) rather than just music...

However, the touch would be nice for weekends when he is away from home.

I've also considered getting the touch for home/weekend use and a different player for school (study hall, ect).

Please tell me your thoughts on what to do. I need to order one soon

On Saturday at Wal Mart, iPod Nano's are $145 with a $50 iTunes gift card for free.

 

[OK!]

There are parental controls, and you can set it so that you can't access the internet with it. Even without being able to surf online, it's still a fun thing to have. My son couldn't get online with his at first and he still loved it!

Shoot, I knew full well I could get online with my Touch, only ended up doing so once, and still loved it as the best mp3 player I've ever owned (second only to my iPhone).

 

[DisneyFan32WI]

We just upgraded from a NANO to a TOUCH. Santa will be delivering it next week!

 

[luvmyfam444]

Glad to hear it has controls - of course that helps if the parents have a clue! LOL talked to my gf who is giving it to her dd 11 & asked her if she knew it had wifi & she said she had no idea. oops I'm hoping they read the manual before giving it to her.

 

[Minnie]

Glad to hear it has controls - of course that helps if the parents have a clue! LOL talked to my gf who is giving it to her dd 11 & asked her if she knew it had wifi & she said she had no idea. oops I'm hoping they read the manual before giving it to her.

I have one and the web browser 'safari' is terrible... I really can't imagine anyone using that feature all that much. The movie feature on the other hand is awesome! Great way to pass time on those long international flights!

 

[Dis Dude1]

Absolutely get the Touch! You can play games and watch videos on the Nano, and he'll have so much more to do with a Touch.