I have had the iTouch for a couple weeks now, got to use it, and have some comments that may be helpful to others, or maybe someone has a solution for me.
I do not like the handling of the music and videos through iTunes. Stinks. Limited. Editing services for albums, artists, etc, clumsy. I guess if it looked like a spreadsheet, should act like one. But the ipod works well with music and videos.
The user interface is superior to anything I have seen. Motion detect, landscape and portrait mode ops - great. the two-finger zoom controls and scrolling - top notch.
The lack of the ability to use the iTouch as a storage device for documents - BIG NEGATIVE. There is a work-around though.
Sound and picture quality - top notch.
My Favorite applications (all free versions):
- Skype
- FileApp Pro
- Free WiFi
- Accuweather app
- Reversi (game)
- Flycast
- Dragon Dictation
- iHandy Level
- Many news and services apps (USA Today, Drudge Free, WSJ, etc..)
I called Apple/iTouch support the night I bought the unit, to ask what happened to the use iPod as storage. They removed it. I talked about how the iTouch was geared to the Dumb user, and left power users out in the cold. He agreed. Apple support is good and honest. I said that I am a power user and would like to use the iTouch as a true PDA device, and support said that Apple is going to release an office suit for the iTouch. Cool. They will have to sync/make storage available.
In searches and discussions in the office, there are ways to make iTouch storage available. Most will restrict the size of storage. A product i use doesn't and works well. It is called FileApp Pro (free version). I loaded up with pictures, PDF and word documents, and son-of-a-gun, they all opened, as well as web pages. The catch is they have to be FTP'd into the device. Not a show stopper, but now I can carry component and system spec sheets with me.
I have this other program, that also has clients to store text documents. Called Documents 2, but cannot access per directions.