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Old 08-09-2007, 08:34
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oh yes - the day it comes out, can't wait!!

I'm a gadget freak and I love it!! I'm sure I'll regret it as soon as a newer, better, bigger one comes out but then hey, I'll buy that one as well!!

By the way, I'm not an apple fanboy, I'm like this with everyones gadgets
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Old 08-09-2007, 10:15
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Will it only play video downloaded from the iTunes store?

I notice that someone said it doesn't support DivX, i'm not going to buy stuff from iTunes so i can watch it anywhere when i've already bought the DVDs!!!
If you plan on ripping stuff yourself, fine ... just rip it into a format it can handle (H264 etc).

If you plan on downloading stuff (torrents etc) then be prepared to do a bit of converting unless you stick to downloads in a format it can handle (the minority). The MP3 of online, downloadable, video is DivX/Xvid .... if you want to play those on it, you'll have to convert them.
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Old 08-09-2007, 13:14
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If you plan on ripping stuff yourself, fine ... just rip it into a format it can handle (H264 etc).

If you plan on downloading stuff (torrents etc) then be prepared to do a bit of converting unless you stick to downloads in a format it can handle (the minority). The MP3 of online, downloadable, video is DivX/Xvid .... if you want to play those on it, you'll have to convert them.
iSquint is free and does a great job of converting to H.264. No drop in quality and a much smaller file size.
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Old 14-10-2007, 12:25
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Yip.....just got mine from the States whilst on holiday.......superb
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Old 14-10-2007, 12:57
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I have one. Its an amazing device.


For people who use bit torrent for films/tv shows, try podtropolis.com for your torrents. Everything on there is already formatted to work on an iPod/iPhone.
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Old 15-10-2007, 17:19
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got one t'other day. quite possibly one of t he best gadgets i've bought. sorted me out watching series 3 of entourage on the train to cornwall...
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Old 15-10-2007, 17:48
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Just ordered one yesterday! It's gonna be a long wait until it's delivered I can tell you
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Old 16-10-2007, 00:58
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I have the 80g and I only ever listen to about 200 different songs, the 16g on the touch is a good thing IMO as any more is a waste just space to carry unused tunes
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Old 16-10-2007, 22:24
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I got mine yesterday from the Apple Store in Boston. £200 for the 16G model. Ha ha ha.

It's just great.

I'm using it now watching Basil Brush using the YouTube app streamed in my hotel room with WiFi over my iBook internet sharing.

The portable web browser is just excellent.

The video player is fantastic.

I'm really delighted with it.
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Old 17-10-2007, 09:34
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I was in the Apple Store in London last Saturday, and the ONLY reason I didn't buy an iPod Touch... (the £269 version) was that they were out of stock!

Might go back next Saturday week and see if I can buy one (along with Leopard OSX)!

P.S. Does anyone know if they do a student discount on the iPod (if I actually go and buy in the store)?
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Old 17-10-2007, 16:51
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I got mine yesterday from the Apple Store in Boston. £200 for the 16G model. Ha ha ha.

It's just great.

I'm using it now watching Basil Brush using the YouTube app streamed in my hotel room with WiFi over my iBook internet sharing.

The portable web browser is just excellent.

The video player is fantastic.

I'm really delighted with it.
£200! how did you manage that?
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Old 17-10-2007, 23:57
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i love mine, did the hack thing today and got mail, notes, maps, weather and some games on it. It just gets better and better.

Anyone else hacked it?

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Old 18-10-2007, 00:48
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Anyone else hacked it?

Yup.

Will be giving this to my girlfriend though in Nov 9th when I pick up the iPhone.
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Old 18-10-2007, 11:46
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Apologies in advance if this question sounds stupid, but I am not very techy!!

I've just ordered a iPod touch for my OH's b'day.

As he's freelance I am interested to know if he can check his emails on the go (providing he's got Wi-Fi reception (I know that much!).

And will he have to log on to the email webpage (ie. hotmail.com) or will he ba able to install outlook express on the ipod?!?

Many thanks!
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Old 18-10-2007, 13:34
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or will he ba able to install outlook express on the ipod?!?
Hah!

The iPod Touch doesn't come with a mail client but it does have a browser so he should be able to log in to Hotmail's website. Whether it will work in Safari or not (the browser that the iPod Touch uses) is down to Hotmail though.
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Old 18-10-2007, 14:31
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£200! how did you manage that?
Err... As the post says, I bought it from the Apple Store in Boston. For the avoidance of doubt, this is Boston MA and not Boston in Lincs.

With the great exchange rate at the moment, it's costing approx £200.
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Old 18-10-2007, 14:48
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Err... As the post says, I bought it from the Apple Store in Boston. For the avoidance of doubt, this is Boston MA and not Boston in Lincs.

With the great exchange rate at the moment, it's costing approx £200.
while you're there pick me up an iphone. cheers!
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Old 18-10-2007, 16:12
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Anyone else hacked it?
Was thinking about doing this today! Did you use the touchdev website?

Did it go ok?

Simon
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Old 18-10-2007, 20:49
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Was thinking about doing this today! Did you use the touchdev website?

Did it go ok?

Simon
yes... at my second attempt.

i followed the posts in the forum at mac rumors, and used ijailbreak 2 (i think there's a version 3 now) and cyberduck.

mucked up the first time and lost access to all my music and videos... didn't know to reformat first or stop the connection to itunes!

re email, at the moment the touch can only do web email with safari. If you hack it and put on mobile mail from the iphone it works with real email. (its really very good actually, am seriously tempted by iphone now)
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Old 18-10-2007, 21:40
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Im running Mobile Mail too. Its really nice, though lacking in some features (mark all... delete).
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Old 19-10-2007, 00:52
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Im running Mobile Mail too. Its really nice, though lacking in some features (mark all... delete).
don't know if this will help you but if you do a little swipe to the left on the arrow > by an email a red delete button appears

just discovered it will display word attachments too
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Old 19-10-2007, 02:39
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don't know if this will help you but if you do a little swipe to the left on the arrow > by an email a red delete button appears

just discovered it will display word attachments too
Yeah I know the swipe to delete feature (you can also delete Videos this way to save space), but I get a lot of email so it can become quite tedious when all I want is to select say, 20 emails and then delete them all in one fell swoop.

Mobile Mail can display Word and Excel files, as well as images and PDFs.
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Old 19-10-2007, 08:37
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Err... As the post says, I bought it from the Apple Store in Boston. For the avoidance of doubt, this is Boston MA and not Boston in Lincs.

With the great exchange rate at the moment, it's costing approx £200.
I had assumed that a friend of mine had bought my one (8gb) from the same place whilst staying in Boston but in fact they found an electronics gadget shop in Cambridge MA whilst visiting MIT and got it for around the £150 mark.
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Old 19-10-2007, 20:33
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Im going to New York tomorrow so ill get mine for $100 (£50) cheaper! Im so excited!

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Old 19-10-2007, 22:56
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I got mine today, the 8GB'er.

I love it, can't stop playing with it. I so want an iPhone now though.
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