Pedro B

Ipod Touch

Technology is crazy now.  I feel old when I think of what was available as far as technology goes when I was a kid compared to what is available now.

By the way, it is yet another one of my family members birthdays.  Let’s all say happy birthday to James, my youngest brother.  He is a new years eve baby.   James turns sixteen today.  He loves gadgets as much as I do so I got him an Ipod Touch and I am really impressed with the thing so far.

I myself have a Blackberry Storm.  I thought about getting the Iphone 3g but I just don’t want to deal with Apple every time I look at my phone.  People love Apple, I understand that.  And people love their Iphones.

Here’s the thing that bothers me about Apple:  They always want your money.  In everything they do, Apple always has path that gets you to the Apple Store and tries to snake money out of your wallet.  The Ipod Touch is a great example of that.  The Touch has wi-fi built into it and has paths to it’s online store in more than a few ways from the home screen including iTunes and the apps area of the Apple Store.  I’m sure there are plenty of teenagers out there with this device and access to cash.  These kids have easy access to whatever songs they want and can easily spend hundreds of dollars downloading songs and not even notice it.

Okay.  I got that out of the way.  Now let me say that the Ipod Touch is FREAKIN AWESOME.  I love the thing and it makes me wonder what I’m missing out on with the Iphone.  The applications available for the Iphone and the Touch make them very competitive.  I love my Blackberry Storm and I don’t regret my purchase at all.  I can’t deal with the keyboard Apple uses for their touch devices and I just enjoy the overall experience with Blackberry.  I just hope the applications for the Storm take off similar to the iphone’s.

The first app I looked for when I was playing with James’ new Ipod Touch was a free Twitter app and I found one!  I think it was called Twitterific, not sure.  I’m going to make James open a Twitter account so that I can send him messages.