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iPod Touch One Year Later

Has Apple Done Enough to Overcome My Doubts?

The iPod Touch has been out for just about a year now (September 5th, 2007). When it came out last year, I wrote an article (Who Else Wanted More from the iPod Touch?). I thought that it was a very promising device, with several flaws that prevented me from pulling the trigger.

Well, there has been a full hardware upgrade released and several firmware releases since then. So how has Apple done to address my laundry list of wishes?

Wish List	Actual	Result
Realistic Storage	Slight Upgrade (Not even Close to enough)
GPS	Yes
Bluetooth	It’s there, BUT Apple has purposely made it unusable.
Third Party Applications and Games	Free and Paid through iTunes Store
Skype	Available with Fring Application

What’s Still Missing?

They’ve done a mediocre job of addressing some my big concerns, but what issues still need addressing?

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Use Smart Playlists to be an iTunes Genius

Make Smart Playlists Continuously Give You Interesting Music Selections Do you ever get sick of listening to the same old albums or playlists on your iPod? I know I do. Well, you can use the Smart Playlist feature in iTunes to constantly generate a dynamic mix-tape of fresh music selection. Smart Playlists are like little [...]

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Who Else Wanted More From the iPod Touch?

Nice Try, BUT, You Forgot a Few Things I read all of the rumors for the last few weeks about the funny looking Nano, the iPhone 2, and every other thing. I secretly hoped that I would get what the iPhone made me really want. A world class Portable Media / PDA / Internet Tablet [...]

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What's the Point to Unlocking the iPhone?

Wow, I just unlocked my iPhone. Now what am I going to do with it? I keep seeing all of these headlines for “iPhone Unlocked” on every blog in the lands. Who gives a damn? Am I missing something here? What is the benefit of unlocking the iPhone? It only works on GSM networks and [...]