RockRaines Posted October 23, 2009 Share Posted October 23, 2009 QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Oct 23, 2009 -> 09:08 AM) OK, I'll take this point by point as I have experience with both the Zune (my sister owns one) and the Touch (I own one): Something that not only plays music but also games and videos: At the moment, advantage iPod as the Zune app eco-system has not developed yet. But will in time. It might take a while though. The iPod Touch apps are really great and robust. Something that I can play hulu on: Last I heard, neither can play Hulu as neither device supports flash. There have been rumors for a while now of a Hulu app for the Touch, but nothing has come to be just yet. I have not read anything about a Zune HD Hulu app, but that doesnt mean they arent working on one. Watch shows for free and movies/shows on the road: Irregardless of which you get, millage may vary on this depending on your locations Wi-Fi speeds. THere are several apps on the Itunes store that allow you to watch TV shows streamed to your iPod. Overall, at this point in time, it's a win for the iPod Touch. Maybe in 6 months or a year it will be totally different.But it looks like for you, the iPod touch is the best option. I will say this, having played with my sister's ZuneHD, I was VERY impressed. I wanted to dislike it, but I didnt. Like I said, it has a ton of potential, it's just not there yet. You can watch shows for free on the road if you download them first, but the streaming feature depends on alot of outside circumstances. I usually download something via VUZE and then transfer it to my IPOD for easy viewing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunkBomber Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 QUOTE (Kid Gleason @ Oct 22, 2009 -> 08:51 AM) I have a Blackberry Curve for my phone, and one of the things that irritates the heck out of me is the extreme lack of apps. They have them, but nowhere near as many as the iPhone and Touch. It also seems that all new app builders are only going with the Apple units. Even though there is the BB Storm out there, which is a touch screen and should therefore be easy enough to create apps for both it and the Apple devices, companies still only shoot for the Apple. I say this because if apps are something you are looking into, I would say you shouldn't even think of anything other than the iTouch right now. Supposedly the Blackberry is the number 1 selling smart phone, and if app builders aren't even considering that one really, then the Zune will be a LONG time coming with getting any decent apps. My wife has an iTouch (oh...the puns that could be done with that...), and I have to say I love the dang thing. So much so that even though I do have my Curve, I am still entertaining thoughts of getting myself a Touch. The apps are plenty, and the thing is so easy to use in its natural form. Just like an iPod, you realize very quickly why they are so popular. Even if you have never used one, you know instantly what to do with it. It is a perfect creature of "common sense". As for jailbreaking, my wifes is jailbroken. A guy here at my office did it, then handed it to us and said "now...you will need to take care of the rest". Which means there are numerous aspects of it that have NOT been finished. So unless you are a techy kind of person who plans to stay on top of the jailbreak, I say don't do it. If this was MY iTouch, I would have no problems with the updates or finishing the jailbreak. But my wife is NOT a techy person, so her jailbreak is a little pointless, and in need of updating. But between the two devices you are considering...I say do the iTouch. When I got my phone I didnt have any idea how to jailbreak or unlock it and I did it in 10 minutes following a video on you tube. I also havent done anything to maintain the jailbreak (except not update to 3.1 firmware) You can use it as a modem, get all the apps for free, get free movies, customize it with themes very easily. I havent had any problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunkBomber Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Oct 23, 2009 -> 09:11 AM) Jailbreaking is very dangerous. If you screw it up, or something goes wrong, you have a completely dead iPod and Apple wont fix it for you. You can restore them to default in itunes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted October 25, 2009 Share Posted October 25, 2009 QUOTE (DrunkBomber @ Oct 25, 2009 -> 06:36 AM) You can restore them to default in itunes. Right. The important thing is just make sure you are getting the right jailbreak for your firmware and then don't do any apple updates. The latter won't destroy your phone/touch, but it will f*** up the jail break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2HH Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 The only time I recommend jailbreaking is if the device doesn't do what you require of it out of the box...for 99% of people, it does. Before SSH apps existed, jailbreaking it allowed you to use an SSH app, however, this is no longer the case. For people who insist on using emulators to play shoddily controlled NES or Sega games on their devices, jailbreaking is also the answer. Do note: emulator people don't actually play these games, they just like to show off at parties that "they can". The reason why is because those games really do require actual controllers, otherwise 50% of the devices screen real estate is taken up by overlay graphically implemented controls that never work quite the same. Now then... The 1% that need to tether their device to their laptop (for a modem), require jailbreaking, at least I get this part -- so long as it's an iPhone, if you're doing this to tether a Touch, which requires wireless, well then...you are stupid, and I need not elaborate as to why. Now then...0.5% of that 1% are merely software pirates that want to steal the things they use and or are entertained by, even if they can afford them, to assure that the person making it stops making it because they realize they can make more money working at McDonalds...fast forward 5 years and queue that same person b****ing and moaning about how good software is hard to come by these days and it's not like it used to be... Bottom line, jailbreak ONLY IF you find something you cannot otherwise do with the locked device...otherwise you're taking unnecessary risks for unnecessary reasons. Also, if you do insist on jailbreaking, don't just friviously install software for the hell of it...as it could contain information stealing code onto a device you probably have a bit of personal info on you don't want the world to have. Oh, and I agree with what Rock said above, I have multiple computers -- a lenovo laptop, a dell laptop, another dell laptop, a workstation and an iMac...and the iMac is the best "PC" or "Mac" I own, or have ever owned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Oct 23, 2009 -> 09:11 AM) Jailbreaking is very dangerous. If you screw it up, or something goes wrong, you have a completely dead iPod and Apple wont fix it for you. Jailbreaking is one of the safest mods out there. There is no such thing as bricking an iPhone or iPod touch, thanks to DFU mode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2HH Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 QUOTE (chw42 @ Oct 26, 2009 -> 11:08 AM) Jailbreaking is one of the safest mods out there. There is no such thing as bricking an iPhone or iPod touch, thanks to DFU mode. If you jailbreak, no, but if you unlock, yes, you can ruin it and be unable to fix it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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