j-spek

planning to get an ipod touch!

Jay

iTrader: (1)

and...

k_r_a_c_k_e_r

iTrader: (3)

ditto..

Cynikal.Mindset

thanks for sharing...

jdesouz

ipod touch is SICK! make sure u jailbreak it and add the iphone apps (mail, maps etc)...one of the best "investments" ive made besides my car

viper_2_4

iPhone apps come with it now, no need for jailbreaking (for them at least)

It's a pretty solid ipod and internet device...at least till the iPhone can be had legit here...

Make sure you buy a 'new stock' one (one from teh Apple store would qualify) to make sure you get the one with the iPhone apps (people who bought it before a couple weeks ago had to pay $20 for hte apps)

fingolfin

question... internet wise Im assuming it runs off of wifi, but besides that and picking up random wireless networks, how would u get internet on the iphone?

jdesouz

data package ... and why would i pay 20$ for the apps when u can dl them for free?

viper_2_4

less hassle with future updates, actually being able to use the 'restore' feature in itunes (so you don't loose all your book marks and settings every time you have to do an update)...

Ya, it was kind of hard for me to justify, but htey were the only apps I used after jailbreaking....this was just less hassle, plus I might use the rental service if it ever comes to Canada, and you'd probably have to run the latest firmware...

shlammed

a little off topic, but does the iPhone work as an iPod if it isn't provisioned?

nolimtzel

i dont know what your trying to ask, but the iphone comes with an ipod button on the bottom home row.

shlammed

If you take your SIM out, does it still function as an iPod is what I'm asking.

Cynikal.Mindset

yes it does...as long as the iphone is (hack)tivated then you can use all aspects other than the phone. internet, ipod, email, apps etc etc.

on another side note, I just updated my iphone to 1.1.3 jailbroken and unlocked

shlammed

So, if you are using the phone "legally" without any hacks, it wouldn't work?

That's kinda funny.

Cynikal.Mindset

legally it would be activated on att so it would work...unless you just bought it from att/apple and didnt want to use the phone function...you would have to pay as you go it once to activate it or hacktivate it

u need to bypass the activation screen to get to the homescreen where u access the ipod and other functions not to mention itunes has to think its activated so you can actually upload/sync movie/video etc to it

shlammed

It's a way for Apple to force you to buy an iPod if you decide not to use your iPhone as a phone any more.

That's how I see it.

viper_2_4

well it's probably more to discourage not using it on the ATT network (I realize it doesn't do anyhting, but it's a step regardless, probably keeps some computer illiterate people out)...Some announcements came out saying 1/3 of iPhones sold were sold and used hacked...pretty significant...

Cynikal.Mindset

well once its activated it stays activated, sim or no sim...so if you used it as a phone before u can always use it as an ipod

shlammed

Really? Cuz the reason I asked is because of this short write up that I had found:

Apple wake up! iPhone is mine!
Mobility Today
By David Ciccone
Jan 28 2008
Many of you know I used the iPhone for five months and switched to the Blackberry Curve. Well last week I thought I would update the firmware to 1.1.3 to find out Apple would like me to reactivate my phone which it never asked me to do prior to the update? I called Apple to find out that under the so called usage rights that the iPhone not activated will not and not supposed to work as an iPod? Wahhhh? Are they serious? No offense but prior to the update I could use the iPhone as a Touch so who are they to tell me I don't have a right to use it as a iPod Touch? They even had the nerve to say to me, "if you want to use it that way buy the iPod Touch!!!!" Or sell it on Ebay?
I asked him why would my Blackberry Curve work as an MP3 player without a SIM? He said he doesn't know but those were my only two options!!
You tell me? Class action? Why is there no uproar about this?
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I just wanted to see if someone could actually confirm it.

shlammed

So i guess it's related to the 1.1.3 update only?

(and this isn't BlackBerry related just cuz he mentions the curve so dont bring that up)