Originally Posted by
Kitdy
I have seen the iPhone used but I must say this touch screen keyboard business bothers me. I love technology yet am surprisingly tech old school - I have a CD player, I don't have a cell phone, my computers are all years old and used. I can't really justify buying really flashy new stuff because I don't think I'd use it enough to justify the money. I see many people that buy expensive tech and never use it enough to justify the money they spent on it. Part of this is due to my joblessness but even so, were I to get a job a cell phone would not be a priority, certainly not an iPhone which is a massive ripoff in my eyes.
Ferrer has it right I think - I spend so much time on the net already, why do I need a phone that connects me to the internet? Am I so dependent on it that I can't go places without accessing it? I mean it is sorta handy and if it was cheaper and faster I'd consider getting it but my buddy has an iPhone spent hundreds on it and spends probably 60-100 a month on a cell phone bill. A cheap cell phone will have many of the features of an iPhone but what it will never have is sexiness - and this is what apple products have. The fact that they are brilliantly designed is almost secondary to their (what I said about smart cars earlier and this is only semi-serious) fashion accessory status. They are hot, they are cool, everyone that's anyone has one, so you must as well. It doesn't bother me that they have all this cool stuff in them, what bothers me is frankly the cost of what you're paying for - 3G mobile internet is quite expensive at least here in Canada, and so are cell phone bills in general at least according to me. MY parent's have a cell and on the rare time a cell would be handy, I take it. This is probably around 30 times a year and even when I take it, I don't even always use it. When I'm out, it's often with friends so I could always use one of their phones and if I really need a phone and am alone, then phones are pretty much everywhere anyways. Mind you, if I could pay 10 bucks a month for absolutely unlimited calling on a cell phone and I had to lock into a contract for 3 years I'd probably do it, but this is a far cry form what it'd actually cost. As for cell phones themselves, I hardly care what I have, I guess a nicer lighter thinner shinier fancier one would be cool, but I find that the entry-level "free" ones typically have all the features I would ever need. I'm not sure I've ever texted with a cell phone and while I realise that there is some degree of practicality to texting, I am adverse to it largely as I think if you are going to talk to someone it's easier to just call them up.
Back to the iStuff, looking at the 8 GB iPod touch reveals that it is slightly cheaper than the 120 GB iPod Classic, it does have a larger screen too I guess but what I like most is that it is solid state memory - should be more reliable and I just like the fact that it has no rotating pieces - solid state may well be the wave of the future. I only have a few gigs worth of music - a vast majority of it is from my CD collection of about 120 CDs, a small amount downloaded off iTunes so I wouldn't need a huge amount of storage I suppose but I'd want to store all of my library on my iPod and never think of running out of space - advantage Classic, plus I think I prefer the classic interface. However, the touch has up to 32 GB (for 400 dollars mind you) and as I mentioned is solid state which could be handy. I suppose the choice is not too clear for me were I to get one but I am holding off until I get a job/a car with an audio jack in it as I don't really use my CD player much anyways because there are not many circumstances where I need it - when I used to take the subway an iPod woulda been superior to the CD player but that is no longer the case and mobile music outside the car is rare so why do I need an iPod if my car has no jack for it? I could buy a radio but I am cheap and I think aftermarket stereos are gaudy.
Yes I rambled but I had things to say and there is not much else to do tonight as me and my friends are all boring people and doing nothing sexy.
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