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iTouch

46 durable postsStarted 2007-09-24Latest 2010-02-15
#46355Post 1 of 46

So my brother (who's visiting from India) bought the 16 gig iTouch over the weekend in NYC. I was skeptical about its abilities i.e. merely an iPod with tons of eye-candy stuff - [B]but[/B] I must admit I have fallen for it dearly. In addition to the fantastically smooth scrolling, the web browser and the contacts list, the one feature that I missed in my 3rd gen iPod and was happy to see it in the iTouch is the ability to "Shuffle" tracks from a playlist. In my 3rd genner, I could only shuffle the entire ipod and not songs from my playlist. The widescreen photo viewer is a handy tool that I could see myself getting used to.

I'll give it a 4 on 5 (not 5 on 5 cause it's a 16 GB mp3 player for $399 - $432 after taxes)

#920153Post 2 of 46

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danm....i better save my money, to expensive for me!!

#920193Post 3 of 46

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:drool:

#920626Post 4 of 46

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you mean iPod touch?

#920649Post 5 of 46

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Maybe he meant the iGasm?

#920764Post 6 of 46

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Apple is sending me laser engraved ipod Touch tomorrow. I chose to have it engraved with "Just wait and see" because on the iPod Nano i have now i have "Its gonna be a lovely day, for you and me". Both from the Brancaccio & Aisher song "Its gonna be a lovely day". :)

#920775Post 7 of 46

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Mine is going to have just the title of my favorite track of all-time. Kinko, The Child Loving Clown

:Anal: :RockOn:

#920946Post 8 of 46

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hehe, Kinko ...

i still dont get it why everyone is so excited with those iPods, iPhones, except that i have to admit that they are stylish.

if i needed a player, only thing i would think about are those ZENs, or maybe some of those Chinese stuff, cheap and cool, and you can change them every few months.

#921369Post 9 of 46

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Fashion statement.

#1314095Post 10 of 46

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Got an itouch for christmas, anyone know of any cool apps they could recommend, i'd appreciate it!! :)

#1314168Post 11 of 46

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So far downloaded isquint to convert avi files to watch movies on the itouch.

#1314507Post 12 of 46

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[QUOTE=floridaorange;819130]Got an itouch for christmas, anyone know of any cool apps they could recommend, i'd appreciate it!! :)[/QUOTE]

Sweet! I LOVE my itouch. Its on me all the time sometimes even more than my phone...lol

I have a few fav apps that I love -

  • Skype
  • Shazam (music)
  • Mint (money manager)
  • Flixter (movie stuff)
  • IMDB ( movie stuff)
  • Tap Tap Revenge (games)
  • Facebook
  • ebuddy (IM)
  • Bejeweled (games)
  • Tetris (games)
  • Evernote (organizer)
  • Fandango
  • Google Mobile App
  • Google Earth
  • Backgrounds
  • TextPlus
  • Eat This Not That
  • Battery Master Free
  • NASA App
  • iTranslate

I also have a whole bunch of books :)

#1314516Post 13 of 46

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DoodleJump and FlightControl are some sweet games.

#1314568Post 14 of 46

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thanks, so using Itunes is my only option for adding apps, unless it's jailbroken right?

#1314614Post 15 of 46

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skype on iTouch + mic and hphones = free calling in USA.

#1314686Post 16 of 46

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[QUOTE=floridaorange;819678]thanks, so using Itunes is my only option for adding apps, unless it's jailbroken right?[/QUOTE]

Correct. Plus once it is jailbroken, you can get some really sweet themes, backgrounds, etc.

#1314687Post 17 of 46

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[QUOTE=Kamal;819727]skype on iTouch + mic and hphones = free calling in USA.[/QUOTE]

and Canada :p

Seriously Skype is the best thing EVER since sliced bread.

#1314791Post 18 of 46

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anyone here personally jailbreak their itouch? how long does it take, how difficult is it?

#1314798Post 19 of 46

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When I first got my original 1st gen itouch 3 years ago, jailbreakin was slightly tricky and took me a while to figured out.

Do you have a 3rd gen itouch? If so its pretty straight forward and will not take longer than 10 minutes. However it a tethered jailbreak. Forgot to mention earlier Winterboard app is a must have as well.

#1314810Post 20 of 46

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[QUOTE=dusk;819942]However it a tethered jailbreak. [/QUOTE]

Yes 3G...

...tethered?

Did you notice your itouch functioned slower in general after it was jailbroken?

#1314889Post 21 of 46

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Pandora is a must have app as well.

I've never had the urge to jailbreak mine. there's such a wealth of apps on there already, not sure that there's anything only accessible via jailbreak that seems worth the trouble, IMO. Never really looked into it, though.

#1315100Post 22 of 46

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Nope never had an performance issues after the jailbreak.

The tethered jailbroken itouch will reset once you power cycle off. However you will not lose your settings. I agree with toasty, there is definitely a wealth of apps even without the jailbreak, however if you enjoy fiddling around and hacking gadgets, then its a must do :D

#1315114Post 23 of 46

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i just joined itunes without a credit card and added shoutcast radio...

#1315130Post 24 of 46

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I didn't really think about Shoutcast Radio, but that would be sweet to have.

#1315133Post 25 of 46

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^It's similar to sirius, but free.

I installed iCall, it works really well...now I can make free calls from my itouch, no jailbreaking necessary.

I also installed an app called "where" and love it...

#1315193Post 26 of 46

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Is iCall similar to Skype? Skype is a free app as well.

#1315197Post 27 of 46

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I think icall simplifies things a bit... you download it and then dial to make calls, that's it.

#1315354Post 28 of 46

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Google Voice is (supposedly) coming to iPhone / iTouch via a web add on of some sort.

#1315362Post 29 of 46

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^^^ Yup was pretty excited when it launched on the blackberry.

#1319826Post 30 of 46

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added and recommended apps:

[IMG]http://appstorehq-production.s3.amazonaws.com/worldseriesofpokerhold-emlegend-iphone-82020.40x40.1257380693.50256.jpg[/IMG][URL="http://iphone.appstorehq.com/worldseriesofpokerhold-emlegend-iphone-82020/app"] World Series of Poker [/URL]- awesome app

[IMG]http://mallow.wakoopa.com/avatars/000/158/441/normal.jpg[/IMG][URL="http://iphone.appstorehq.com/realracinggti-iphone-78881/app"]Real Racing GTI 2010[/URL] - really fun

[URL="http://www.tenjin.org/RemotePad/"][IMG]http://osx.iusethis.com/icon/osx/remotepadserver.png[/IMG]RemotePad[/URL] - Use my itouch as a remote for macbook [URL="http://www.appsafari.com/utilities/414/txtdrop/"] Txtdrop[/URL] - send texts from itouch

[IMG]http://idx-images.cisdata.net/acnt/images/572/AR288572/file_manager//Linkedin_icon.jpg[/IMG][URL="http://iphone.appstorehq.com/linkedin-iphone-59687/app"]linkedin[/URL] - works well

[IMG]http://a323.yahoofs.com/coreid/49b6d608id94zul1re3/knzDwmUmc6OehJGKgENwy._FGik-/1/tn48.png?ciAgMZLBHLUvXghw[/IMG]- thanks Toasty

#1320042Post 31 of 46

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[URL="http://www.blackra1n.com"]www.blackra1n.com[/URL]

Jailbreak done in less than 2 mins.

#1320692Post 32 of 46

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My latest addiction - Glow Hockey. Lol

#1321157Post 33 of 46

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Anyone know any djing apps kinda like virtual dj that can run on the touch?

#1321405Post 34 of 46

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[QUOTE=dusk;823932]Anyone know any djing apps kinda like virtual dj that can run on the touch?[/QUOTE]

Yeah - TouchDJ : [url]http://www.amidio.com/index.php/iphone-music-apps/touch-dj[/url]

Kind of expensive for an iPhone/iTouch app though.

And apparently it only uses it´s own licensed tracks, so it can´t access your iTunes library, but that´s more of an Apple limitation than the developer´s fault, and no developer can get around this at the moment, really.

On a side note, I bought the Novation Automap app (also available for iTouch) and now I can assign some of my MIDI controls to this app, effectively controling some of my Ableton Live FX with my iPhone 8)

Everyday I´m amazed at what this thing can do!

#1322336Post 35 of 46

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Thanks for the info Kinetic... I will give it a try. I was looking for something that could pull tracks from my library but I suppose apple may have a problem with that eh.

#1322341Post 36 of 46

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iLOL'd

#1322351Post 37 of 46

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[QUOTE=Kinetic;824222]Yeah - TouchDJ : [URL]http://www.amidio.com/index.php/iphone-music-apps/touch-dj[/URL]

Kind of expensive for an iPhone/iTouch app though.

And apparently it only uses it´s own licensed tracks, so it can´t access your iTunes library, but that´s more of an Apple limitation than the developer´s fault, and no developer can get around this at the moment, really.

On a side note, I bought the Novation Automap app (also available for iTouch) and now I can assign some of my MIDI controls to this app, effectively controling some of my Ableton Live FX with my iPhone 8)

Everyday I´m amazed at what this thing can do![/QUOTE]

It cant play tracks from your library on your ipod, but you have to upload the tracks you want to mix seperately, so you can put your own tracks on.

#1322543Post 38 of 46

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[QUOTE=floridaorange;822429] [IMG]http://appstorehq-production.s3.amazonaws.com/worldseriesofpokerhold-emlegend-iphone-82020.40x40.1257380693.50256.jpg[/IMG][URL="http://iphone.appstorehq.com/worldseriesofpokerhold-emlegend-iphone-82020/app"] World Series of Poker [/URL]

[/QUOTE]

Been playing multi-player vs. other players over the web, pretty cool!!

#1322748Post 39 of 46

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iShout - [URL]http://jeanmatthieu.free.fr/ishout/index.html[/URL]

Good stuff.

#1322749Post 40 of 46

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^sweet, I'm currently tuned into:

THE BUZZOUTROOM: ... Chilled-out Ambient Downbeats

good timing dusk

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