Originally Posted by iain:
“well, yeah - that's kind of the whole point, surely?
no more 'd'oh! i wish i had such and such an album with me....'.
if i'm out and about, i often think on the spot what i want to listen to - so if i have my whole collection, i know i'm going to have it.
that's the whole beauty of it.
Iain”
Ian this is not related to what you wrote but does the Touch now have the back light timer function? The way I use my 5.5 Video I am constantly searching through and switching between music, audiobooks, podcasts and video and when I last used a Touch the only function that would come close, at least in terms of protecting battery life, was the auto off (I think that's what it is called)function but it was a major pain to have to press either button and then slide my finger across the screen to then be able to move on to something else. It is the primary reason why I returned my 32 gig Touch.
I want to be able to have the back light go off to conserve battery power and still have quick and easy access to the device. At the time I couldn't believe Apple didn't have such a common sense function, especially as the previous iPods had it.