gonna decide on whether to purchase an ipod touch or iphone.. any help here?

if its the touch, i might be using it by tomorrow!

dont worry about the screen quality, i can assure you that its lovely. managed to play around with it earlier.

This post has been edited by blu3chip: Sep 29 2007, 12:42 AM

using my new touch to type this out. interesting toy! would recommend it to anyone especially since apple has stated that their new iphone batch cant be unlocked anymore!

lol sorry guys, im currently in melbourne and the touch was released here 3 days ago, reached stores on friday.

bought myself the 8gb one as ive already got the 30gb ipod video. not sure whats taking m'sia so long to release their ipods, just for everyone's info its selling for $419 AUD here.

im happy with my purchase. feel free to ask any questions if needed. cheers.

This post has been edited by blu3chip: Sep 30 2007, 09:23 AM

a couple of simple pictures taken with my w880i.. sorry for the quality.











This post has been edited by blu3chip: Oct 1 2007, 09:32 AM

most people who manage to play around with the touch will eventually want one.

so far no complaints from me regarding the touch.

its been pretty good to me, acceptable battery life, perfect screen quality, and like lordsapt mentioned earlier, it definately turns heads.

the reason why its been commented by some people that the touch constantly sucks out its battery life is probably because it looks the same when its locked and switched off. most new users would assume that the touch is off as soon as it goes into its powersaver mode.

as for the wi-fi, its definately user friendly with only having to input a secured wireless network's key once and it'll auto-connect by itself and store the settings so you won't have to keep 'hunting' for the password.

imo, the main thing its missing would probably be a speaker. watching youtube on it is interesting and hassle-free but its no use sharing videos with a group of friends unless you've got multi-earphones.

This post has been edited by blu3chip: Oct 2 2007, 10:43 AM

link for current ipod touch users to make full use of the lovely album art feature!

www.albumart.org

just leave the factory screen protector on and cut off the bottom part which sticks out!

im yet to do it though.. anyone dare to use a blade after viewing the youtube scratch test videos?

lol im replying with the touch again.. had a friend to help out in using the blade to cut off the bottom part of the factory screen protector!

managed to do it without a single scratch so ive basically got myself a pretty good protector now! LOL

definately going to jailbreak my touch,

those who've gone through it - anything i should know before trying to do it? and it'll be great for more tutorials on how to do this properly.

for those who are too damn lazy to look for the post by stringfellow, ive copied it for you guys:

"A very time-consuming tasks, but achievable. Twice i screwed up Springboard/Summerboard modification/patch, in the end, had to resort to restoring twice, and doing the manual copy via logging on the iPod Touch's Wifi IP address via FTP. Then you have to change the permission of EVERY SINGLE FILE you FTPed into the Touch to the "0755" Octal value, a couple of reboots (turn off, NOT SLEEP!), and im done.

Managed to get Mail, Notes, Calendar (with editable entries!), Weather, Maps, as well as Stocks.app , which is privy previously to iPhone only, running happily on the iPod Touch. ApolloIM and TONS of other Summerboard themes as well, and you can see, Nemo and Marlin says hi!

All this needed the files that are copied over during installation, to be marked with the specific permission Octal value "0755". Click on "Properties" when you selected a particular file in your chosen FTP/SSH client (CuteFTP, WinSCP, etc) and make the necessary adjustments. This need to be done since most of the programs appearing on AppTapp/Installer.app are made for iPhone and they still carry the "0644" Octal value. Some of these programs will play nice with iPod Touch, while others will absolutely refuse to work at all, unless you change its Octal value. And some may even refuse to load at all, and boot you off to Spring/Summerboard.

The compatibility list of what's working on iPod Touch and what's not can be found @ http://www.ipodtouchfans.com/wiki/index.ph...n_Compatibility

How to start jailbreaking into iPod Touch using the 1-click Windows solution, using the TIFF exploit , can be found @ http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%20/2007/...ndows-solution/

How to install iPhone apps (Weather, Stock, Notes, MobileMail and Maps) guide can be found @ http://www.ipodtouchfans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1659

At the moment, i DO NOT recommend newbies to try this, it is pretty time-consuming, and the results may vary. Like i said, i've gone through two Restores before making it right, so if you do go forward with this, do it cautiously. Im here for any questions if anyone have them."

This post has been edited by blu3chip: Oct 18 2007, 09:32 PM

edit: zc_squash has made up a lovely step-by-step guide for all of us - http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/537380

lets all thank him.

has anyone managed to jailbreak their touch without having to restore?

the front doesnt really need a protector, its been tested and proven that its totally scratch-proof. as always, its only the trademark ipod back cover which gives you the problems.

This post has been edited by blu3chip: Oct 22 2007, 08:53 AM

lol how can it be 'waste-ish' to have more applications at your disposal? im sure you'll think otherwise if/when you get one.

lol too lazy to update mine after the whole jailbreak process.

whoa the gelaskins are interesting. might get one for my touch.

just noticed a gelaskin banner when i was walking to my workplace! its the gadget shop in one utama, near memory lane and rotiboy. will check it out later either after work or during lunchtime!

better to purchase from australia and claim the 7% gst. either way $419 still comes up to a cheaper price compared to the RM1350 in kl. at least thats what i did.

head to any authorised apple dealer and they would be able to help you in regards to any warranty issues.