Apple iPod Touch
I purchased an Apple iPod Touch at the beginning of May. I enjoy music and have a nice little collection of songs from 1970 onward, but that is not why I purchased it.
I wanted the Internet in my pocket, as it were. The Touch is a little larger than my cell phone and it has one really nice feature set: WiFi connectivity and associated applications (such as a browser) that lets me make the most of the connection. I took the Touch to the eBay Live! 2008 conference that I recently attended and left the laptop at home. I knew that I didn't want to lug the laptop but wanted to still be in contact with the 'Net. I can check my Gmail account, I can use the web API to check my work email, and I can browse the web. It was really nice and fit in my pocket.
Privacy is a bit of a concern - I'd like to establish an SSH tunnel to some endpoint (or use TOR) and harden my data a bit. I could probably jailbreak the Touch and get something going, but, meh. It would also be nice to get VPN setup to my corporate LAN and/or get the Touch recognized by the corporate wireless network.
I didn't want to pop for the iPhone - a few people at work have them and they seem pretty cool, but the fees seem steep.
It is a pretty nice music player as well.
Posted at 10:49AM Jul 01, 2008 by schnee in Rampant Consumerism |