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15/05/2008 17:14:15
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>>Does anybody have iPod Touch? From the look of it, it seems to be iPhone without Phone. Is this correct? If you have one, do you find that 8Gb is enough memory?
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>I don't have one, but from what I understand, it is pretty much like you say ... an iPhone without the Phone part. They make them bigger than 8gb (16 and 32), but I'm guessing you're wanting to buy the least expensive, right? <g>
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Are you implying that I am a cheapo? <g>. Not at all. Just frugal <g>. Actually, truth to be told, my wife said 8 gb in probably enough and I suggested we find out more information.

What we also found out from a write up on Amazon that the iPod Touch is not exactly iPhone without phone. Here is the copy of the review:
No, the iPod touch is NOT a "phone". Activation is via Apple's 
iTunes website. You are confusing this mobile device with the 
iPhone. Both are WiFi enabled, however the iPhone also supports 
Internet access via ATT cellular network called "EDGE". To access 
the Internet from a WiFI device, you can do so with the iPod touch 
either via a wireless home network, or a public hotspot, such as in 
most McDonald's restaurants and Starbucks. If you are an existing 
ATT DSL Internet subscriber, you can gain basic service hotspot 
access "free" via the ATT WiFi network. All you need to do is take 
your iPod touch to within 150 feet of one of these establishments 
and select "AttWiFI" as the Network SSID to connect to, then launch 
your iPod touch Safari browser and try to connect to any Internet 
website. In the process, Safari will be redirected to the ATT WiFi 
network access login home screen. Enter you existing ATT DSL 
subscriber user name and password. If you are NOT already an ATT 
DSL Internet subscriber, you can still gain public hotspot WiFi 
Internet access but first you will have to sign up for an account 
and pay a monthly charge. You can also login by redeeming an ATT 
gift (or prepaid) card, or paying for limited access with I believe 
is around $8 per day, or 3 or 4 bucks per two hour session. Of 
course, there is nothing about any of this in Apple's user guide 
for the iPod touch. But, for such a WiFi intensive mobile device, 
this is the kind of thing people need to know to use their iPod 
touch to its full potential wherever you go. 
So, we are not sure if this will be what Nicole will get. Ideally we would love to get her iPhone but we already are paying for Verizon cell phone contract (that still has a year to go).
"The creative process is nothing but a series of crises." Isaac Bashevis Singer
"My experience is that as soon as people are old enough to know better, they don't know anything at all." Oscar Wilde
"If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom; and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too." W.Somerset Maugham
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