I haven't poked around on both a lot, but isn't it more like the ipod touch is an iphone without the phone? Are there any other differences major or minor?
Mike On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 10:36 PM, Michael Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > John Duncan Yoyo sez: > > >> An I-pod touch is a MP3 player with extras, > >> > >> A Palm is a PDA Personal Data Assistant that keeps data like calendars > >> appointments etc. Its main function is keeping data for you, not MP3 > >> playing. > > Not exactly right. The iPod Touch can sync with Address Book and iCal > just like the iPhone can. Entry can be made into the calendar and > contacts, too, for sync to your comptuer. Also, it can be used with > MobileMe for the email, calendar, addressbook pushing and all. See > <http://www.apple.com/ipodtouch/features.html#calendar> and <http:// > www.apple.com/ipodtouch/features.html#contacts>. If you're in an > enterprise setting using MS Exchange, there is this: <http:// > www.apple.com/iphone/enterprise/>. > > The iPodTouch can access the App Store, as well, and there are tons of > apps ready for use, many free or very low cost. More apps are being > added daily. If you find a used iPod Touch at a good price, updating it > to 2.0 software so it can use the App store is just $20. Someone asked > in another email if there was a writing application. See as examples: > > <http://textguruapp.com/> ($4.99) > <http://magicpad.proximi.com/> ($3.99) > > So, the answer as to whether the iPhone/iPod Touch can be a replacement > for a Palm/other PDA device is yes and no. It really depends on what you > need, how you work, etc. A writing application on a Palm/other PDA might > do something the iPod one does not and vice versa. One would have to try > it out, most likely, to know if one or the other works the way you like > to work. Stop by an Apple Store and give one a try. Talk to the > employees there to see if you can try out certain apps (several have > demo modes); they reset the computers and everything each night or week > as far as I know. To say the iPod Touch is an MP3 player with extras > really does not do justice to what those "extras" are. > > > -- > Michael Lewis > Off Balance Productions > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.offbalance.com > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
