MP3s for me!

[Hosakawa Tito]

I'm currently in the market for an IPod for my 16 year old step-daughter. Looking to next year she will be taking some college level courses *at a local university* as part of her junior year of highschool curriculum, so WiFi will be available to her. I know nothing about Ipods or MP3 players, but I want to give her something more versatile than just a music player.

I have an iPod touch, and it is indeed pretty sweet, It is way easier to navigate through somgs. It also has some really nifty features such as wireless internet, weather updates, google earth and youtube! since you are at uni, you should have free access to wireless internet, its sooo sweet.

^^^This intrigues me, and is what I've been considering. From what I have been reading online an IPod Touch seems to have all the functions of an IPhone minus the phone. Is 16GB big enough? That's more space than my first PC had. How is the battery life? They state 36 hours between recharges, but is that accurate? Ease of use?

The price isn't cheap, $300, but that's not a real concern for me as long as you get the quality, versatility, and usefulness you're paying for.

[TevashSzat]

^^^This intrigues me, and is what I've been considering. From what I have been reading online an IPod Touch seems to have all the functions of an IPhone minus the phone. Is 16GB big enough? That's more space than my first PC had. How is the battery life? They state 36 hours between recharges, but is that accurate? Ease of use?

16 GB should be enough if she doesn't put lots of movies/tv shows/music videos on there. In terms of music, that should be enough to have easily 200+ hours worth of music (may be off a bit, it'll depend on sound quality and such), which should be enough if one has a sense of control and don't try to put every single half decent piece of music on it.

Video, on the other hand, takes up a ton of space. On my IPod, I have about 7 seasons or so worth of TV shows as well as some movies and they take up like 55 Gigs.

If she doesn't put too much video on it, the only other concern would be all the apps that are available. There are some really nice ones that are free so most people have a ton of apps on their touch, but they may take up alot of space (I don't know since I dont have one myself)

[Hosakawa Tito]

Thanks Tevash. Making decisions on keeping what's important *to you* and deleting what isn't is good training for entry into adulthood.