Geeks.com, a popular shop for computer parts and mp3 players sent us over the second generation iPod Touch 8 GB for a review. Check in for more!
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OSNews is not a big site like engadget or gizmodo, so we can't always secure devices right when they come out directly from the manufacturer. Geeks run a shop that have both new and refurbished older devices, so this way we are at least able to get some of these devices for a review -- at some point.
The only way to review the 3rd Gen. iPod would be for the editor to buy it from his/her own pocket (since OSNews doesn't usually expense these).
Maybe we will do the 3rd gen. review next year. ;-) ;-)
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Uh huh. Well, they "brought" Flash to Linux as well and just look what a high quality job they did with that one. Just because they're creating Flash for other platforms doesn't mean it will run well by a long shot, and Adobe's track record on platforms other than Windows is abysmal to put it miledly.
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I have a 1st gen Touch and use it all the time. Its great! I have a Pre for a phone and its not even in the same ball park! The Pre sucks rocks.
As for flash! screw it! move on to open technology HTML5... I block most of the flash as it is (on my browser) and can't wait for it to go away!
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2005-09-21
I have a 2nd gen ipod touch and after owning ipods previously, this was a breath of fresh air, I was pretty skeptical, and didnt know if id like it, but was surprised indeed. Only downside would be Itunes tie in, but I actually use it quite a bit now that its DRM free (and that it has an absolutely unrivaled catalog, and it happens to carry alot of jam music/electronica that I listen to).
Sound quality isnt the best ever, but its a freaking mp3 player, I have my denon/paradigm setup for critical listening.
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I remember in the 1980s, my friends around Tokyo would rent cassettes and make copies right away. So few people would see this as a problem so it's no wonder that they're still concerned about copy protection. I thought that even Avex removed protection from its CDs, though.
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For all the arguing over what it should be, it's a good music and video player and applications work reasonably well.
It was surprising to me that the iPod touch was faster than the same generation iPhone. I read several users complain about choppy game performance from the 2nd gen iPhone. Game play is reasonable but battery life could be better.
I was disappointed that the Bluetooth inside was unused but it works well enough with iPhone OS 3.x, except for using the microphone on my Motorola S9 stereo headset. I'm hoping that they'll rememdy that soon, especially since that was the featured stereo headset in their advertising.
People can complain about the sound quality, but they're mobile devices. I have to be skeptical about any mobile devices sounding good, except on paper.
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nothing could be better than ipod 2 gen
What Else you are expecting:
Height:
1.8 inches (45.2 mm)
Width:
0.7 inch (17.5 mm)
Depth:
0.3 inch (7.8 mm) including clip
True volume:
0.26 cu inch (4326 cu mm)
Weight:
0.38 ounce (10.7 grams)1
for iPod shuffle in anodized aluminum
0.61 ounce (17.2 grams)1
for iPod shuffle in polished stainless steel
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I can't help but be of two minds on this issue. For one, while I get along fine with Push notification for stuff like instant messaging, I agree that it is not sufficient in situations such as voip where you need to take a call within 30 seconds or so. However, my experience with Windows Mobile devices has shown me exactly how bad a lot of background services running can be, both in memory consumption and in a very quickly drained battery. I think some sort of compromise needs to happen here, perhaps approved background services could run and be under the user's control when needed (look at WM where the user has no control over services except with registry hacks or 3rd party tools). I know a lot of people don't like the idea of approved apps and consequently won't like the idea of approved services, but I don't see any other way that won't turn the iPod Touch and iPhone into a mess. Of course, before Apple could be trusted with this, they need to start consistently applying the same rules to all apps submitted. Requiring apps to be approved isn't what hacks me off, it's the illogic of some of the decisions involved.