Yes! Yes! I confess -- I want an iPod Touch!

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<p>And it’s on sale at Amazon! 1st gen 16MB for $219.99 – I missed my chance for the $199.99 price, darn it!</p>

<p>Please talk me in or out of buying it – the indecision is killing me!!!</p>

<p>I should put the money into something like… shoes that don’t have holes in them and pants that aren’t frayed along the bottom and the college fund, but … but… is lust always a bad thing?</p>

<p>They are just so cool, and I want one! There! I said it!</p>

<p>:: stamps feet ::</p>

<p>:: catches falling vase ::</p>

<p>Man. I guess that works only when one’s feet are smaller than mine! :D</p>

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<p>The recent commercials I have seen make it look pretty great. I don’t listen to the iPod I already have, so don’t look to me for justification. You’re on your own there. ;)</p>

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<p>I listen to the MP3 player I gave my H for Christmas a couple of years ago, thus depriving him of it!</p>

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<p>Ooooooooh… maybe that’s my justification. I’d be giving him his MP3 player back! He’s likely to want it, since he’s starting a new job on Monday and will be riding the subway!</p>

<p>Let me check the overnight shipping charge…!</p>

<p>:D</p>

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<p>Ha ha, owlice! My mom, a 67 year old self-admitted gadget hound, got one just this week! The reason? “I want to play that cool marble game, like on the commercial!”
(Keep in mind, she is retiring her 80G “old” iPod Classic. I think I will adopt it!)</p>

<p>It’s really cool but she hasn’t found out how to download the marble game yet!</p>

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<p>I hadn’t even thought about having the marble game… iiiiiieeeeeeee!!!</p>

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<p>Get it! I love my iPod Touch. I have Super Monkey Ball. The video looks great on it.</p>

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<p>Clue me in…what’s an IPod Touch and how is it different than a regular IPod that plays music?</p>

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<p>They’re not that cool.</p>

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<p>iPod Touch is basically an iPhone without the phone or camera. It has a full browser, WiFi, and access to all the cool Apple apps. It also plays videos in the nice widescreen format.</p>

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<p>OH, sounds nice. </p>

<p>My poor kids have a regular IPod and a regular basic cell phone.</p>

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<p>I have an BNIB Ipod touch lying around unused - courtesy of Best Buy’s no lemon policy. I offered it to son and he turned it down. Said his 3 year old palm pilot & pay as you go cheapie phone is better for his needs. He is perfectly happy with his clunky (5 years old) first generation MP3 too. </p>

<p>I don’t care what the d says, I am not giving it to her, she already took my then top of the line Ipod classic (courtesy of a bank promotion). </p>

<p>Brother and sister can be so different.</p>

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<p>Look, munchkin… out the window! It’s Bigfoot! See him? See him?</p>

<p>:: looks for iPod Touch box ::</p>

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<p>Just bought one for D2! She is also a gadget girl. Her Ipod Classic got a hole in it when she stuffed it in her track backpack and it was speared by her cleats!!! Hmmm…I think there had to be some force to it! I’m also getting H a Nano (so I can steal it and use it during my day workouts since he goes to the gym in the evening!)</p>

<p>She also has Verizon’s version of the Iphone but won’t put music on it. Gahhhh! Why did we pay for that phone if you’re not going to use it to it’s full capabilities???</p>

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<p>I got a free one in Aug. as part of the “buy a mac and get a free ipod touch” deal. Actually, it would have been free but I upgraded for $100 to the 16mb version. Still, it was a great deal. I put it away and plan on giving it to S1 for Christmas (S2 bought one on his own when they first came out).</p>

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<p>When car shoppinf recently for cars kids can’t afford, I was surprised to see that ipod docks were in every car. Clearly, lot’s of us are buying them!</p>

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<p>Why not just get an iPhone (if the monthly cost isn’t a problem)? It’ll make one less thing to carry around.</p>

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<p>D and I gave H one for his birthday this past May. He says it is the BEST gift he ever has been given. He loves it and uses it constantly. I have tried, but my tired, old eyes have trouble seeing the screen no matter how much I enlarge it - LOL! I have a Nano (not the newest version, but similar) and it suits me just fine.</p>

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<p>I can’t talk you out of buying it. After reading your post, I just bought one from Amazon for $219. total! Its for D2 who has it on her list! I checked it out on the apple web site, and the same i pod (16 mg) would have cost $319.00 (including tax) </p>

<p>The only difference I can see is that Amazon doesn’t offer engraving? I wonder how Amazon does this? Hope everything is legit. I am very excited. Thanks!</p>

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<p>Just realized that the higher priced one from Apple is a second generation! The one I bought is a first generation i pod. I just researched the features. One good feature of the 1st generation touch is that it charges with most iPod accessories (that we currently have) and the 2nd generation doesn’t. The second generation has external speakers which would be nice, but I’m OK with the 1st one.</p>