Much as I grew to loathe the Apple Macs while at university, I have fallen for the iTouch faster than Romeo fell for Juliet.
Having waited a long time and not bought one, my patience was rewarded by the release of the 32GB version, as the smaller memory iTouches would have been too small.
My brother has recently became the proud owner of a Blackberry through his work company, but beside the iTouch it looks like the bricks the elite few had in the 1970s.
The iTouch is much sleeker, more space-age. It is also much more fun to use. Touch, slide, touch, slide touch, enjoy. Indeed many hours of enjoyment can be derived from the waif-like device before any media has been uploaded.
Of course it is when such media has been uploaded that the real entertainment commences. Scrolling through your music collection has not been so enthralling since the height of 12” vinyl records, when people knew how to make album covers.
In a way, the same principle goes with the iTouch. Album covers can be scrolled through at the flick of a finger, and while seeing the cover of Bat Out Of Hell on a 3.5” screen is not as breathtaking as on a 12” vinyl, it looks good nonetheless.
As television shows are now available for download through iTunes, hopefully movies will follow, although the hard part will be deciding what to keep when space runs out.
The picture is good and the sound clear, but watching the Battle of Helm’s Deep on the small screen does not quite have the same wow factor. Also, your eyes may end up permanently crossed should you wish to watch the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy on the iTouch.
It is also a wonderful little photo album. Now I can take all of my favourite photographs anywhere, and at a decent size and resolution. Now I can gaze with a dream-like grin at the photo of Mum and myself with actor David Hyde Pierce wherever I take the iTouch, and as it does everything except the washing up, I am guaranteed to take it everywhere.
Article comments
1 - Frank
Gee Catherine... If the iTouch gets you this giddy, wait till you use a computer with a REAL operating system! You won't be able to control yourself when you get on a MAC!!!!
2 - Robert
Maybe you should use your itouch for a personal ad.
3 - Robert
I did.
4 - Ben
Just so you know, it's called an iPod Touch. Not iTouch
5 - Robert
it is called the ipod touch, but american slang has become to develope the new name the itouch, which apple is starting to consider changing the name to the itouch