No iPhone For Moi.
Fuck, if an iPhone is as bad as an iPod Touch, adding on the absurdly high goddamn Rogers monthly fees here in Canada, it ain’t happening around these here parts.
Sorry, Jim, that you just got one (an iPod Touch). I’m sorry I have to chop, slice and dice it. But I have to.
Bill Gates must have had a hand in its creation, because it’s just frustration. Dig: there are no games included with it, as far as I can see. I went on dozens of sites with the keywords “free ipod touch games” on my McBook but hey, I can’t download them onto my McBook and then transfer them because they’re in some bizarre format that my computer doesn’t recognize.
Then I try to download them using the maddeningly tiny screen on the uPod and I get informed that my software isn’t current. Damn. I thought I just updated it the OTHER FUCKING DAY. WHICH I DID.
But just try finding “update uPod software to current version” anywhere on Apple’s site. All this for one cheesy game?
Fuck. I think I’ll just stick to using it as a glorified jukebox, which it does very well, but any dreams of using it as a phone when it can barely function as what it advertises is simply a fantasy.
I reiterate: the future is not here yet. Sorry, Jim. This thing is going straight to my seven-year-old son. That’s who it was designed for.
i just called to upgrade to an iphone, but i was on hold too long and just hung up. oh well, maybe another day...
ReplyDeleteyou can find free games on itunes :) i've seen plenty that i plan on downloading once i get my hands on the iphone.
Oh My God!!! I could not disagree with you more!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm still poking around on it, but I can't believe how easy it is to use. How great the screen is. And on and on.
Easy to find free games, Nick--just hit the "App Store" button on the iPod Touch screen. Lots of games listed, many free. Just hit the button and they're downloaded to the Touch. You don't even have to be connected to your computer.
I just connected to YouTube, found the video for Santogold's "Light's Out"--which I love, by the way--and played it with no problem at all. Took maybe 30 seconds to find.
BTW, will be in Quebec City for a few days at the end of the month, but no side trip to Montreal--Will has to get back for a class. We're going to four nights of QC's Sacred Music Festival. Maybe Montreal in the spring...
Two free apps, from the Apps Store, worth getting: Pandora (like the music-streaming Web site) and Labarynth Lite (10-level, totally addictive game--I might even spring for the larger, paid version).
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