iPod nano 4th edition

This is for you if you want something tiny that can play music or videos.  I like this iPod’s features: shaking the Nano will shuffle your songs, movies, music, slim.  You can use your Nano to workout and still get to see video’s if need be.  The 8 gig model starts at 149.99 but from Apple, expect more from resellers.

I would recommend this to someone that mostly uses their iPod for music and doesn’t want something bulky.  The video option might sometimes be useful but I don’t see anyone taking much advantage of a 2″ screen :- .

New iPod Touch 2nd generation

I have the first generation iPod Touch and looking at the features of this version is not much different.  One thing that I really want from this iPod Touch is the speakers!  I always have my head phones unplugged since they always get in the way so this would definitely solve the issue.  Other than the speakers, its the SAME THING, apart from a few minor changes like Genius which I haven’t heard good things about.  Some people that reviewed it call it a marketting ploy in order to get you to buy more music.  I believe it! Find out more on the Apple site as there is a video that explains the new features.

I would still buy the new iPod Touch since its 100$ less than I paid for the first generation.  Well, as soon that I get rid of my current iPod I will probably get the 2nd generation Touch.  I really want the speakers!

I have an iPod Touch and I was comparing data speeds with the iPhone which was suprisingly disapointing.  My sister has the iPhone 3g, we both installed Speedtest on our devices and ran a few tests.

iPhone (3G):  253 kb/s

iPod Touch (Wireless): download -> 1445 kb/s

iPhone (Wireless): 838 kb/s

I’m not sure why my iPod Touch would have that much faster wireless data speeds?  More disappointing is the fact the 3G was that slow.  I also checked to see the coverage in Ottawa which is where we were but I’m not sure how accurate this map is as I don’t trust what Fido/Rogers would advertise.   So was she on 3G?  If she was there is no comparison to wireless!

3G Zones in Ottawa