ipod touch

BlissfulJumper · Dec 25, 2008

I'm getting ready to purchase an apple ipod touch( the newest one) and I was curious about the Wi Fi internet. How does it work exactly? Do I have to be near a receiver for it to work or can it work anywhere an everywhere kind of like the verizon wireless cards?
TIA

Jeff · Dec 25, 2008

BlissfulJumper said:
I'm getting ready to purchase an apple ipod touch( the newest one) and I was curious about the Wi Fi internet. How does it work exactly? Do I have to be near a receiver for it to work or can it work anywhere an everywhere kind of like the verizon wireless cards?
TIA

It only works in the vicinity of a wireless router hooked to a internet access point. It does not do cellular as The Verizon Wireless cards do.

I just bought 1 Touch (Gen 2) 2 Touches (Gen 1) and a Nano and the little Shuffle. All three of the Touches do Wi-Fi intenet.

BTW. The GEN 2 has a 32 GHz. memory and a built in speaker. SWEETTTTT!!!

BlissfulJumper · Dec 25, 2008

Jeff said:
It only works in the vicinity of a wireless router hooked to a internet access point. It does not do cellular as The Verizon Wireless cards do.

I just bought 1 Touch (Gen 2) 2 Touches (Gen 1) and a Nano and the little Shuffle. All three of the Touches do Wi-Fi intenet.

BTW. The GEN 2 has a 32 GHz. memory and a built in speaker. SWEETTTTT!!!

So the Gen 2 is the best bang for my buck and I won't be able to play on the internet during school. How do I know if I'll be connected to the internet?

Jeff · Dec 25, 2008

BlissfulJumper said:
So the Gen 2 is the best bang for my buck and I won't be able to play on the internet during school. How do I know if I'll be connected to the internet?

I don't know if it is the best bang for you buck or not. It's not as cheap as the ones available at Best Buy which are all Generation 1 Touches.

For accessing the internet you will have to pick from the available wireless access points. If they are passworded you will need that to.

BlissfulJumper · Dec 25, 2008

Jeff said:
I don't know if it is the best bang for you buck or not. It's not as cheap as the ones available at Best Buy which are all Generation 1 Touches.

For accessing the internet you will have to pick from the available wireless access points. If they are passworded you will need that to.

okay. Much easier to understand now. Apple people can be a little confusing. The Best Buy in California didn't have the gen 2? Do you know if they will be getting some anytime soon.

Jeff · Dec 25, 2008

BlissfulJumper said:
okay. Much easier to understand now. Apple people can be a little confusing. The Best Buy in California didn't have the gen 2? Do you know if they will be getting some anytime soon.

Go to best Buys Website

It is on there.. Just not in the store. I'll shoot you a link as soon as it loads... SLOWWW!!!

Jeff · Dec 25, 2008

Apple® - iPod® touch 32GB* MP3 Player (2nd Generation) - Black - MB533LL/A

Jeff · Dec 25, 2008

BTW.. It even has a Built in Speaker. I thought that was slick..

I can't even find the speaker on it. It's not too load but easily hearable for one person.

BlissfulJumper · Dec 25, 2008

Jeff said:
BTW.. It even has a Built in Speaker. I thought that was slick..

I can't even find the speaker on it. It's not too load but easily hearable for one person.

That is pretty nice to have! I wonder if Best Buy will give me a redemption code for the item I'm returning. I planned on exchanging a Zune player for an Ipod touch and paying the difference. Maybe they will have some tomorrow if not I can figure something out because they seem very nice and the Zune was not for me!

Jeff · Dec 25, 2008

BlissfulJumper said:
That is pretty nice to have! I wonder if Best Buy will give me a redemption code for the item I'm returning. I planned on exchanging a Zune player for an Ipod touch and paying the difference. Maybe they will have some tomorrow if not I can figure something out because they seem very nice and the Zune was not for me!

I actually bought a regular MP3 Player first. The next day tool it back and exchanged for a credit toward an Ipod.

But it was still in the unopened package so i dunno.

Once I figured out my LG Dare did MP3s I decided to go with IPODS for the music that I intend to buy and Rhapsody just to download mass quantities of music to figure out what songs I want to keep. Once done I buy those form Itunes

BlissfulJumper · Dec 25, 2008

Jeff said:
I actually bought a regular MP3 Player first. The next day tool it back and exchanged for a credit toward an Ipod.

But it was still in the unopened package so i dunno.

Once I figured out my LG Dare did MP3s I decided to go with IPODS for the music that I intend to buy and Rhapsody just to download mass quantities of music to figure out what songs I want to keep. Once done I buy those form Itunes

Mine is open but I only opened it for about half an hour and downloaded the software and absolutely hated it. I'm to use to the Itune ways so I'm going back to it.

Jeff · Dec 25, 2008

BlissfulJumper said:
Mine is open but I only opened it for about half an hour and downloaded the software and absolutely hated it. I'm to use to the Itune ways so I'm going back to it.

I am an old fart I guess. I never even heard of ZUNE until I was at Best Buy looking at these things.

misshelper · Dec 25, 2008

Jeff said:
I am an old fart I guess. I never even heard of ZUNE until I was at Best Buy looking at these things.

Jeff · Dec 25, 2008

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misshelper · Dec 25, 2008

Jeff said:

forceofnature · Dec 27, 2008

Jeff said:
It only works in the vicinity of a wireless router hooked to a internet access point. It does not do cellular as The Verizon Wireless cards do.

I just bought 1 Touch (Gen 2) 2 Touches (Gen 1) and a Nano and the little Shuffle. All three of the Touches do Wi-Fi intenet.

BTW. The GEN 2 has a 32 GHz. memory and a built in speaker. SWEETTTTT!!!

Do they have bluetooth? I can use my Nokia N810 to use my blackberry as a modem on Verizon network via the bluetooth option.

forceofnature · Dec 27, 2008

BlissfulJumper said:
Mine is open but I only opened it for about half an hour and downloaded the software and absolutely hated it. I'm to use to the Itune ways so I'm going back to it.

I have the 80g Zune and like the software, what I do not like is that it doesn't work with Linux. That is a drawback for me but I can live with it. Zune gives a little more flexibility with the number of computers you can connect to and downloads to multiple PC's as well as use on the Xbox 360.

I still am working on finding a cheap damaged ipod to refurbish and use with linux and rockbox. I just do not like itunes.

Jeff · Dec 27, 2008

forceofnature said:
Do they have bluetooth? I can use my Nokia N810 to use my blackberry as a modem on Verizon network via the bluetooth option.

I have not read any of the paperwork for it yet. So far I have been able to do everything I needed without reading. I do intend on reading up on it a bit though.

But as of yet I have not seen anything on it about Bluetooth. There is something called "NIKE + IPOD" but I have no idea what that is all about.

Goldie · Jan 4, 2009

I heard the Samsung touch at best buy was better than the Ipod Touch!! Anyone have any input?

forceofnature · Jan 4, 2009

Goldie said:
I heard the Samsung touch at best buy was better than the Ipod Touch!! Anyone have any input?

Check the forums at head-fi.org those guys buy everything so you don't have to. LOL

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