My views on owning an iPhone are well known here by now, I just don’t see the sense in owning one.
However I do see the sense in what they do which is why I brought an iPod Touch instead, it can do everything the iPhone can except make phone calls and do texts.
The other evening I downloaded the software update onto my iPod Touch so that I could have access to App Store, two hours later and a bit of swearing I was up and running and downloaded my Facebook app, the complete works of Shakespeare and the WordPress app, which means in future I can post anywhere at any time without the use of a computer. That being said I am posting today on my trusty old desktop.
Some people think the iPod Touch is the senseless bit of kit when you have the iPhone out there, but I would argue it is the iPhone that is the senseless bit of kit when the Touch is on the market.
Lets look at a few points to argue my case. The Touch is a one off cost of between £199 and £329 depending on the Gigabytes required and from then on it’s downhill all the way paying for your music as and when you want it and many apps are free with just a few paid for ones available.
Then there is the iPhone 3G. If you want one of these you may well get able to get the handset for free, but then you are looking at a minimum of £45 a month for a contract. If you want a cheaper monthly tariff you will be paying £99 for the handset followed by £30 a month…and this is just for the 8GB version of the phone.
I know we live in a day and age whereby our mobile phones have to do everything including the washing up, but surely in a time of economic uncertainty we should be looking at protecting our wallets a little rather than battering them every month with a luxury item. Yes the Touch is a luxury item, but it’s a one off luxury item which then doesn’t have the ongoing running costs associated with the iPhone if you don’t want it to.
I don’t hate the iPhone, I am just trying to see the sense in it when there is a gadget on the market in the form of the Touch which so obviously clashes with it. There is almost a feeling the Touch was seen as a necessary evil but isn’t really liked by the people at the top and if it did fail it wouldn’t be any great shakes to them.
I like my iPod Touch, I take it everywhere with me for music, e-mail, weather, the works. So faluire of the product isn’t a option for me.
But can someone please tell me how these two products can work together when they are so alike?
