Do you know of any good applications for an ipod touch?

IPod Touch?

  • Does it make sense to get an Ipod Touch because I can't afford an IPhone? I really would like to get an Iphone. However, it would be a bit expensive for me right now. I already have an android phone bought a couple years ago, that I don't like- not user-friendly, does not pick up wifi often, screen too small, camera not good, etc. I was thinking I could get an Ipod touch which is much cheaper than the iphone and keep using my other cell phone for calls. I do have wifi in my apartment, but I live in a country (China) where wifi is not as readily available nor as reliable as it is in the States (you can get wifi in coffee shops etc but it's not that common in other places unless you are paying for it. It can also be spotty). I really like the Itouch though and would use it for various applications such as chinese-english dictionary (offline), skype and other instant messenger services to contact folks at home, camera function, and useful apps good helping me organize time/life. I could also use it when I go back to the U.S. to contact people in China through the instant messaging services. I am just wondering if there is something I am missing here, and if buying the touch doesn't make sense at all....or if I should just be saving up for an iphone. My knowledge about technology is pretty basic so feel free to assume I don't already know whatever info you want to share :)

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    I have an iTouch and a dumbphone. It works pretty well for me in the US, especially since I spend most of the day in a university area where there's always wifi. I'm not sure how it would work out if I didn't have easy wifi access. Here's what I most use it for, in no particular order: 1. E-mail: I check it as soon as I wake up, and this way, I don't need to open my computer before I leave for work. Or I will check it occasionally when lying in bed and reading. 2. Todos and shopping lists: There are dedicated apps for this, or you can use the simple Notes app. 3. Yelp: I can bookmark places and the app saves the bookmarks offline, which is very useful when wandering the city. This may be less relevant in China, though. I no longer use Groupon, but when I did, it saved me the trouble of printing out coupons when I wanted to redeem them. 4. Maps: I generally look up directions in advance and leave it so it's available later without wifi. In dense cities, I'll duck into a Starbucks to find directions in a pinch. 5. EBooks: The screen is small, but it doesn't bother me too much. I mainly read on public transit or waiting rooms. 6. I try to restrict some social media browsing like Facebook and Twitter to the iPod, since it's a less comfortable than the computer, and therefore wastes less time! 7. Music (obviously). I have an old model without the camera or mic. If it did, I can think of many other uses... mainly as a primary camera, since the photo quality is not bad at all.

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Just as a point, you know you can get an unlocked iPhone 4 for the same price as a new iPod Touch these days (or at least you can when I look at US pricing.) That's what I would do.

DarlingBri

Ooh, if you are studying Chinese you HAVE to have an iTouch (or iphone, and probably a good android phone would work as well). I used to study Chinese and got an iTouch for the dictionary. It seriously revolutionizes the study of Chinese - no more looking up words in the dictionary by stroke number or radical or what have you, which just totally blows. With the touch you can just draw in the characters to look them up (though be aware that the searches sometimes seem to care about stroke order). It is so, so worth it just for that reason alone.

imalaowai

I also have an iPod touch and a dumbphone. I find that more and more apps assume you have internet access, and with my home wifi's unreliability, the Touch is little better than a music player and game device. It's starting to get really irritating. If you have wifi access, the Touch is great. If not, then it's a headache.

Liesl

I have an Android phone with no contract, the 4th generation iPod touch, and a first generation iPad, and I use them all, sometimes at the same time. If you want it and you can afford it, you'll find a way to use it. (For me, this is just what Apple does to my brain.)

girlmightlive

I have an iPod touch and a simple cell phone. The iPod touch works great. Only downsides to it in relation to the iPhone are not having Internet service everywhere (though I can get that on my phone, it is just very basic, but it has allowed me to check my email in 'emergency' situations) and as a specific subset of that issue, I can't use the google maps app when I am stuck in the middle of nowhere (or merely someplace without wifi) to find my way home.

thesnowyslaps

I'm late looking into this thread, as I'm only now wondering about whether to get the iPod Touch 5th Gen. But I thought it would be worth adding that, at least in the UK, it is quite feasible to buy a "http://www.uswitch.com/broadband/compare/mifi_mobile_broadband/" device to give you wi-fi access where and when you need it. A pay-as-you-go one would easily cover me for the few occasions when I want to use wi-fi only devices someplace where I don't have wi-fi access.

philipy

I love my iPod Touch. I use it with an LG Android phone. The phone uses up battery quickly, so I only use it for GPS/phone/camera sort of things and use the iTouch for pretty much everything else.

jenfullmoon

Another way to use the ipod touch requires some advanced planning. Before leaving one's computer print a pdf of something... (the bus schedule, an email, driving directions, etc.). Save this pdf to your drop box account. Use the drop box app on the ipod to favorite the document. Any "favorited" document will be saved to the ipod.

oceano

Yeah, ipod touches are amazing. Get one.

Sebmojo

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