[DM-MUG] MiFi & iTouch

[Matthew Nuzum]

I bought the 3rd Gen ipod touch and it came with a wired stereo
headset w/ microphone. I don't need to use the bluetooth to use the
mic. I use it for skype calls and it works perfectly.

One thing the iPod touch doesn't have that an iPod does have is a
camera. Also, push notifications don't work the same on the iPod as
they do on the iPhone because the ipod has to be awake (w/ the screen
on) to get a push notification.

If you're a sprint customer (guessing from the fact that you're asking
about the mifi) you may want to consider getting one of the android
based phones. I have the Hero and it's a great phone. Not as good as
the iphone (plastic vs. glass/metal) but the internet is great, I get
excellent 3G/EV coverage, there are lots of developers adopting the
phone and the app store is growing daily. I think there is another
Android phone coming out any day now as well so you get to choose the
experience you want.

There's also the Palm Pre which is probably the most talked-about
smart phone in the developer community currently, and it's brand new,
lower priced sibling called the Pixie.

On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 11:44 PM, Allen Kiddoo <adk at 52761.com> wrote:
> earphone has extra ring on plug for mike- bestbuy has them- about $35
> if I remember right. I don't have one.
> speaker will play any sound but quality is lowest of fi. Don't own
> bluetooth headset-
> so I can't comment on bluetooth and mike function.
>
> Allen Kiddoo
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 11:30 PM, Matt Stanton
> <inflatablesoulmate at brothersofchaos.com> wrote:
>> Nice.  I guess the earphone upgrade with mic you're talking about is a
>> bluetooth deal, or do they have a special 1/8th" jack that has an extra
>> conductor that is still compatible with a standard stereo headphone
>> jack?  As far as the speaker is concerned, yeah, mine has the ability to
>> make that little clicky noise, but I've never seen any option to play
>> music or video sound out loud...  Maybe I just need to look through the
>> options again.  My ipod touch is getting pretty old, and the battery no
>> longer holds a charge for more than a few minutes.  I use it mainly in
>> my car, hooked up to a cd player with a line in jack.  If I was rolling
>> in money, I'd definitely get a new one.
>>
>> Allen Kiddoo wrote:
>>> I have a 2nd gen with latest software (3.1.2)- now has bluetooth and
>>> always had a speaker. Microphone can be added with earphone upgrade.
>>> So only thing I'm missing is GPS and the $$/month bill to ATT.
>>>
>>> Allen Kiddoo
>>>
>>> On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 10:54 PM, Matt Stanton
>>> <inflatablesoulmate at brothersofchaos.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm not sure what the differences are between the ipod touch 2nd gen and
>>>> the iphone these days, but the ipod touch 1st gen didn't have the 3D
>>>> graphics processing chip that the iphone has.  Also, you're not going to
>>>> have the obvious parts:  GPS, Bluetooth, Speaker, Microphone...
>>>>
>>>> Chris R Kavanaugh wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello
>>>>> Sort of, it uses wifi signals to extrapolate its position within 50
>>>>> feet or something like that. I mean google maps works well enough but
>>>>> its no GPS replacement, especially when your not near a wifi signal.
>>>>> Then its lost. My daughter and wife both have one and love them, they
>>>>> are more mobile computer than ipod. And no monthly charge. Regards Chris
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Christopher Ransom Kavanaugh
>>>>> chris at kavanaughgallery.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Nov 7, 2009, at 7:45 PM, mauri booton wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> If I had a MiFi mobile WiFi to use with my iTouch, what couldn't I do
>>>>>> with my iTouch that I could do with an iPhone? I already have a cell
>>>>>> phone... so don't need to do the AT&T thing. I know the iTouch doesn't
>>>>>> have the GPS chip ~ but do the apps that do that kind of processing
>>>>>> also work with the triangulation information that Apple has developed?
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