Comments on: iPod Touch and the mobile web http://www.scottmallinson.com/technology/ipod-touch-and-the-mobile-web/ web designer Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:48:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Jonny Crook http://www.scottmallinson.com/technology/ipod-touch-and-the-mobile-web/#comment-99 Jonny Crook Wed, 19 Sep 2007 10:09:16 +0000 http://localhost/projects/scottmallinson.com/?p=62#comment-99 I've just had a look at the new ipod products Apple have just announced, including the ipod touch guided tour. http://www.apple.com/uk/ipodtouch/guidedtour/ The touch looks really good - (I wonder if Apple have ditched the Media player/phone combo idea already?) but I found the way in which is makes it all seem so simple to download music from iTunes using the wi-fi feature a bit creepy. I mean, it's just a simple browse, enter your password and there you go - no mention or thought to the cost. It almost makes you believe downloading from iTunes is free! The other thing I didn't like is the way it promotes Starbucks and the way the Touch synchs in with the music played in the shop through wi-fi. Talk about corporate whores joining forces! I worry about the future generation of kids hanging out at Starbucks with their trendy gadgets listening to Mika and giving all their money to iTunes... Having said that, the Apple store on Regent St is a great place to go and play with the products - a technology funhouse! I’ve just had a look at the new ipod products Apple have just announced, including the ipod touch guided tour.

http://www.apple.com/uk/ipodtouch/guidedtour/

The touch looks really good - (I wonder if Apple have ditched the Media player/phone combo idea already?) but I found the way in which is makes it all seem so simple to download music from iTunes using the wi-fi feature a bit creepy. I mean, it’s just a simple browse, enter your password and there you go - no mention or thought to the cost. It almost makes you believe downloading from iTunes is free!

The other thing I didn’t like is the way it promotes Starbucks and the way the Touch synchs in with the music played in the shop through wi-fi. Talk about corporate whores joining forces! I worry about the future generation of kids hanging out at Starbucks with their trendy gadgets listening to Mika and giving all their money to iTunes…

Having said that, the Apple store on Regent St is a great place to go and play with the products - a technology funhouse!

]]> By: Kean http://www.scottmallinson.com/technology/ipod-touch-and-the-mobile-web/#comment-98 Kean Mon, 10 Sep 2007 08:02:08 +0000 http://localhost/projects/scottmallinson.com/?p=62#comment-98 Personally I think that Apple's methods of presenting the web onto a mobile device are almost removing the problems that developers had with other mobile devices as the iphone and ipod touch display the web in a similar way to that of a traditional computer display, but just smaller. With the ability to scroll and zoom around the webpage it provides a rick user experience never before seen on the mobile web. Thankfully blurring the divisions between computer and mobile based output. Personally I think that Apple’s methods of presenting the web onto a mobile device are almost removing the problems that developers had with other mobile devices as the iphone and ipod touch display the web in a similar way to that of a traditional computer display, but just smaller. With the ability to scroll and zoom around the webpage it provides a rick user experience never before seen on the mobile web. Thankfully blurring the divisions between computer and mobile based output.

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