iPod iTouch

[[AK]Clay]

Anyone have one? One thing I don't like about it is you have to go through iTunes to transfer music to it. Is there a way you can treat it like a hard drive and just transfer your mp3's direct to it?

[[AK]Squidly]

No, you'll need to use iTunes. In my experience that's a huge benefit rather than a negative. Spend a month using iTunes and you probably will wonder why you ever resisted.

I own an iPhone, and my father-in-law owns an iPod "Touch". While we both are very happy, the best is yet to come. The SDK is in beta now, and in June developers will be coming out with a boatload of applications (downloadable directly to the devices via wireless.) You won't be disappointed with the purchase.

[[AK]StitchJones]

Clay, while the I-Touch is plugged into your PC, it will show as a mounted drive where you can use that free space to store various files, if you so need too. This of course also holds true while plugged into a Mac. However these files will not show while using the Itunes application. Other then the status bar at the bottom saying 'Other Data' So for Movies/TV/Music/Photos/Podcasts, you'll need to use the Itunes to manage and deal with that data. From windows explorer you can toss your documents, spreadsheets, onto the device.

Enjoy!

to one-off since we are on the subject. To convert your own movies to be played on the I-Touch is as easy as downloading "Handbrake". There is a Win32 and OS X version. The conversion quality and performance is awesome for a freeware program.

[[AK]Squidly]

While you may be able to transfer the mp3 files to the iTouch, you'll need to load them through iTunes to play them.

[[AK]StitchJones]

Double files! What better way to eat up space!

[[AK]Brorlis]

Clay I finally gave in a few weeks ago and got me one of these. I hate to say it but Squids right. After a few days of playing around with Itunes its become my new favorite tool in the shed. Give it a whirl, you WONT be disappointed!

[[AK]Clay]

If you're quick:
http://www.woot.com/

$290 for a 16 GB iTouch is a Hell of a price.

[[AK]The Beast]

Aye. I missed it.

[[AK]Clay]

OK, now I'm annoyed at Apple. They want me to pay $10 for the updated software for the iTouch.

I've been holding off jailbreaking it, since I thought the 2.0 software would give me everything I wanted. Now I'm irritated. Has anyone jailbreaked their iTouch yet?

[[AK]Squidly]

Jailbreaking is ridiculous.

And don't get annoyed at Apple. Get annoyed at Sarbanes Oxley accounting requirements. Apple has to charge something for upgrades that significantly change the behavior of a product. The Touch gets credited to Apple's books immediately in one lump sum. The iPhone is spread over 2 years, and so is exempt from a software upgrade cost.

And for crying out loud, it's only 10 bucks. You'll spend more than that in 5 minutes in the APP store, and be thrilled doing it.

More on the fee charged for upgrades altering existing behavior.