Sep

5

wiPod: the next big thing?

Filed Under News 

Welcome! You appear to be new here (or you've reset your cookies recently). If you're new here, you may want to browse around a bit and find out what the site is about. I encourage you to register for the RSS feed or to receive updates through email. Thanks for visiting!


 If you managed to catch the today, the twitter-sphere was abuzz with it, is freshening its product line in preparation for this upcoming holiday sales season.

 wiPod: the next big thing? (image: ) As various pundits both at the event and monitoring it remotely twittered away, it seemed that Steve Jobs was at his best, once again, in front of a crowd of the converted. Gotta love live and .

What’s new in the catalogue for this season?  How about an Nano that includes .

Or, how about this thing: the iPod Touch (or as some are calling it, the wiPod): an without the .

It looks interesting; only the deluxe for me:

  • 16gb on board memory
  • 320 x 480 display
  • 802.11 b/g wi-fi
  • A bunch more stuff
  • $399.00 USD

 

wiPod: the next big thing? (image: ) For me, the wiPod isn’t that big a deal. I’m able to do most everything it can with my trusty Palm T|X. Sure, Blazer, the default browser is dated and needs updating to handle AJAX, streaming , etc. Also, an that properly syncs to Calendar would be appreciated. But to dump this and get a wiPod now is not in my cards.

But, should the battery die or the system brick, you can bet I’d be considering the  Touch as a replacement.

*** UPDATE ***

I recently went through some of the pros/cons of upgrading from a T|X to the Touch:

Downsides: Battery…replaceable by . has to be unscrewed to be opened and replaced.
No expansion cards… can take up to 2 GB. Swap and files by using more cards.
iTunes: must use it to copy and to the unit. 16GB is not enough when you have lots of and podcasts.
Price…have to buy one.

Upsides: It’s an . Stylish. . Screen is same size as . Plays more formats. New product at the beginning of it’s lifecycle, is near it’s end.
Price…own one.

 

Creative Commons License
This work, unless otherwise expressly stated, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.

Related posts:

  1. 5 reasons I won’t get an iPhone Cost. If the iPhone's listed prices were converted to...
  2. Apple iPhone and iPod Touch viewers needed I've just installed the iPhone and iPod Touch compatible...
  3. Why get an iPhone when your Windows Mobile can be just as swank? Lifehacker has this cool article showing you how to pimp...
  4. iPhoney — an iPhone skin for your Treo and Palm TX File this under the fun/cool funny, parody and homage categories....
  5. NOT an iPhone simulator An enterprising company has developed a handy little application that...

Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Comments

2 Responses to “wiPod: the next big thing?”

  1. Viajero Perdido on September 5th, 2007 3:43 pm

    Brad, the next time we meet I’ll have to show off my Nokia N800. You may just fall in love with it.

    It’s got a gorgeous 800×480 screen, Opera browser with Flash, memory expandable to 8 (or is it 16?) GB, and unlike the Palm TX it comes out of the box working. It uses standard Nokia batteries, but not the ones that were just recalled. And it looks pretty darn cool, if I may say so.

    Reply - Quote
  2. Brad Grier on September 6th, 2007 8:41 am

    I’ve heard of that gadget. And yep, I’d love to check it out. You tend to find cool stuff that inspires me (remember your Panasonic Lumix?).

    Reply - Quote