iPod touch updated -- same screen, new case, Nike+ integration
By Nilay Patel 
posted September 9th 2008 12:08PM
posted September 9th 2008 12:08PM
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Looks better than WWDC tbh
You still need the Nike + transmitter. The person who wrote the blurb about the new 'touch got it wrong. There's no way your movements will be recorded on the built in receiver without the transmitter.
So, is there a way to delete songs without a computer?
Did Apple really just give iPhone users who have been waiting for Nike+ the shaft??? I'm going to be pissed if that's the case....
Meh. I wanted GPS. Dun wanna buy sum stinkin' iphone... :\
Still gonna get a touch tho.
I don't get it. They add that Nike garbage, but no bluetooth? And why don't they offer a thicker hard drive version? Imagine a 120gb Ipod touch with bluetooth? I'd be all over it the day it was released, and I'm no Apple fanboy. (Ipod 5th gen is the only apple product I've owned since the IIgs I had as a kid)
I'm going to have a very difficult time resisting selling my first gen and getting this new one. I really wanted a speaker and we got it (no, not for playing music in public, but for alarms/pda use, occasional podcasts and, of course, games), and I also really wanted physical volume controls and we got that too. It's really almost everything I'd hoped for.
That would be great if everyone used the built in speakers the same way you would use them, but unfortunately kids will feel it necessary to play their music at full volume thru the speakers, distortion and all. I feel sorry for all the high school teachers or anyone that uses mass transportation...
What's with the black spot where the camera normally is on the iPhone? Has anyone else noticed that yet? Or is it the external speaker and I'm just an idiot?
Ok, it's the integrated Wi-Fi antenna. I still can't find the speaker though in any of the pictures I've seen yet.
Still no Bluetooth? I guess they want you to buy the crappy earbuds.
the bluetooth will come... the next time Jobs presents it!
they got some marketing geniuses in Apple.
does it deliver turn-by-turn directions to those $79 earbuds via Bluetooth...no GPS, no bluetooth? But it talks to your friggin running shoes!
How much thinner is it than the 1G 8mm?
Actually slightly thicker, by all accounts.
Think iPhone 3G thin; thicker, but tapered, so it seems thinner in the hand.
I can't say that I love what Apple did here but I can understand it.
The iPhone is losing market share against blackberry so they couldn't undercut it further with the ipod touch lineup - hence no GPS for the touch and an additional selling point for the iPhone.
Clearly if they crammed a nike receiver in there they could have crammed any number of other things - gps, xm, more capacity. Nike must have a greater profit margin than all of those things.
That being said I have been waiting a long time to upgrade my current iPod from the 4th Gen iPod Photo I have and will probably go with the 32gb.
Still the touch is a device that could simply be amazing. Make it 64 gb, add xm radio and gps and then you would have something worth getting really excited about.
"The iPhone is losing market share against blackberry"
How can the iPhone "lose" marketshare to RIM when RIM is the established market leader and the iPhone is the new competitor? That doesn't make any sense whatsoever...
im pissed about the speaker and external volume controls. those are probably the worst aspect of the current touch.
so how are current touch owners supposed to get nike+? cant they just use the wi-fi?
The fact that it still has the steel back (not that crappy cheap looking back plastic the phone has) and has dedicated volume controls makes me want to get the new 32 Gig and give my old one to my boyfriend. (the speaker is a bonus, but i'm guessing it doesn't work all that well)
It's not thinner. 8.5 mm compared to the 1G at 8 mm. It is "curve" so the edges is thinner but now it will weeble wobble on the tabletop.
can someone, anyone, please tell me if the iphone will have nike+ with the new firmware????? I am dying to have it on my phone. Doesn't the iphone have all the same stuff the itouch has in terms of being able to recieve a transmiter signal?
Know one knows at the moment, but given Apple's history, I'd say it's unlikely, after all they never released it for any other iPod than the Nano in the past, even though they could've.
It's frustrating, but what can you do?
nope, nike+ dosn't work with my ipod touch 1G, or iphone.
Say it with me, kids....A-2-D-P! A-V-RCP!
this will all be a minute point when the world ends tomorrow after the Hadron Colider starts up....drink up fanboys,get all the "Apple"juice now!
It's been a good ride u bastards,see ya'll in a world with only M$ products!
when do you think the apple stores will have these in stock?
Why is the back shiny/reflective in some photos and matte in others?
Even on the Apple site.
I've seen the unboxed shots and it's reflective - so why the inconsistency?
sterobot:
Go read the reviews of the Archos on Amazon and you'll see why it isn't recommended. Nevermind the fact that they're buggy and fragile, but just the fact that Archos nickels and dimes you ever step of the way keeps me from even considering one of their products. You think Apple is bad charging for updates then Archos isn't for you. Want to use the browser on the $400 mp3 player you just bought? Goto Archos' website and pay $30 for that privilege. Want to watch videos? Goto Archos' website and pay $20. etc etc etc
You did not mention that the $400 was the list price for the 160GB model. I purchased the 80GB model 605 with the optional DVR station to allow direct video recording to the device for less than I paid for my first gen 16GB touch. My 605 has survived several drops to the concrete sidewalk, and still works fine. My previous Archos device, the AV500 did come with all accessories included, but it was much more expensive than the 605 which has more features, and a better screen. Apple has taken the a-la-carte approach as well. My earlier, more expensive ipods had a cradle, ac adapter, and sync cables included, now the cradle, and ac adapter are extra cost accessories. I have seen posts that the web browser in the new generation Archos 5 will include a plug-in for the web browser, which will be sent via email when you register the device.
Not quite the price drop I was hoping for on the 32GB, but I think 399 is close enough to the sweet spot where I won't end up defecting to Zune once my 5G Video dies in probably the very near future
What about Nike + on the iPhone ?!?! :S
Am i missing something, i am paying MORE for the Ipod without a phone. Yeah Att sucks, yeah there is a monthly bill but f you are going to pay a phone bill regardless why pay more WTF?
32GB only FTL.
The Price is a Lie for the Nano
Look at what Best Buy is selling the new Nano for
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8773062&type=product&id=1204332007749
Anyways, I can't wait to get new iPod touch. Though, I'll probably get the 16 GB version as I don't have $400. Darn.
Anyways, can't wait to Jailbreak it >:D
Is "same screen" supposed to be a selling point?
hahaha, I don't think so. Don't even know hy they mentioned :D mabe they were expecting an transformation from Touch to tablet ;) But Anyway, I dream of an iPod Touch with 16x9 720p around 6" screen.
drew, that's kind of the point.
I guess the 8GB model costs $199 and not 299 as mentioned in the article.
NOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Dang. I bought my iPod touch back in January.. this is unfair!
I WANT BUILT IN SPEAKER!! AND NEW CASE!
It's really unfair. But my family is having financial problems..
any word on the speaker quality/volume?
The speaker is completely encased. It's inside but there's no holes. They just sort of use the tiny bit of space inside the iPod Touch to "amplify" the sound. It sounds tinny and weak but it's loud enough for game sounds, beeps, clicks and chirps. Treble is there but of course, no bass or midrange.