I'm thinking about purchasing a iPod Touch. I know a lot of you already have one. I was wondering what all of you think of it - like it or not?
Todd made a post in January, asking what apps everyone likes. I was wondering if there were any more that you discovered since then that you would recommend?
I haven't gone crazy with apps since that last post, Laurie, but obviously Stephen's TPE is a must. It won't load maps without a wifi signal, which is a bummer, but to be expected. I've been able to view some maps that remain in the cache, but that's few and far between.
I bought mine at Costco the other day. I like to record and write notes, surf the net, listen to music, watch videos, hook it into my car stereo, use google earth. The only things missing are a radio and a GPS. It's great but the one thing I absolutely hate about it is the touch screen. It gets confused all the time where I want to go, unless I enlarge the screen. It doesn't help I have big fingers. I know this is to be expected with such a small device so if you can afford it I would go with the ipad. The other thing I don't like is the battery life. I have to constantly charge it, especially If I use video. All and all its great but their are some drawbacks. I haven't bought any apps yet and be prepared to pay for all of those.
Well as far as the Ipod touch goes I love mine! Its a great tool and there are an infinite number of aps for it. To be able to use it for emailing and web browsing when traveling is a huge plus.
On my Ipod Touch (8gb), I have TPE (great program!), Clinometer, Level Sunrise and Sunset Lite, Darkness, DOF Master and Park Maps. The next time I go to Moab, I plan on adding on Brets photo guide to Arches.
I also have a Motorola Droid phone, which has GPS, and have a Level, DOF Calculator, PHOforPHO (miscellaneous photo utilities_ and SunMoon. Between these two and a handheld GPS, I pretty much have things covered.
With the pending release of the next generation iPhone, there are some rumors of a next generation of iPod Touch that will have a GPS...
Laurie, I am more of a wildlife guy instead of a landscape guy, so I use mine differenlty (plus I have the iphone), but love AccuWeather (15 day forecast for longer trips), MoonPhase which also has sunrise and sunset data, Predator Call (which has extremely realistic Coyote calls and prey calls and my favorite is iBird Pro. It is the best filed guide I have ever used with full phoots, artwork, bios, data, ranges and even sounds of thousands of birds. I even use it to call in birds to photograph and it works great with songbirds.
The latest Outdoor Photographer issue (June 2010) includes an article by Dewitt Jones on his list of best iphone apps.
I've only played with some free apps: PS Mobile, HDRforFree and Qik Video Pro. Each seems OK enough. There are lots of apps in the itunes store under Photography. Have fun exploring!
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6 repliesTodd made a post in January, asking what apps everyone likes. I was wondering if there were any more that you discovered since then that you would recommend?
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And then, of course, there's Paper Toss.
I also have a Motorola Droid phone, which has GPS, and have a Level, DOF Calculator, PHOforPHO (miscellaneous photo utilities_ and SunMoon. Between these two and a handheld GPS, I pretty much have things covered.
With the pending release of the next generation iPhone, there are some rumors of a next generation of iPod Touch that will have a GPS...
I've only played with some free apps: PS Mobile, HDRforFree and Qik Video Pro. Each seems OK enough. There are lots of apps in the itunes store under Photography. Have fun exploring!