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Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Friday, December 12, 2008 - 9:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
I'm posting from mine right now. I like this browser better then the one on my smartphone. I bought mine at Best Buy, but I didn't notice if they had any demo models.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Friday, December 12, 2008 - 8:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Thanks Prisoner. I appreciate all the advice that you and others have offered on this. I think I'll probably succumb and get one.

March
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10-02-2003

Saturday, December 13, 2008 - 11:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send March a private message Print Post    
I have a dumb question. Hope someone can help me.

I won an ipod touch, 8G. I haven't even taken it out of the box yet.
I am not into these things much, I am more of a listen to the radio person, so I don't know much about it.
Anyway, besides the music part can someone tell me what else I can do with this. Just trying to see if I can find enough on there to interest me or if I should just sell it.

Cathie
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08-16-2000

Saturday, December 27, 2008 - 5:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cathie a private message Print Post    
I got the iPod Touch for Christmas. I want the iPhone but my AT&T contract is not up for renewel until May and they want $400 for the iPhone if I change phones now so I went with the Touch for now.

I haven't been able to access the wi-fi capabilities yet. We have AT&T UVerse internet and TV service so I thought I would be able to hook into that with the iPod like my PC and laptop do. My only complaint is that there is no real manual and nothing to explain how to set it up for the wi-fi stuff. Can anyone advise me???

I am loving the music and touch screen scrolling. My fingernails are short and I've had no problems using the keyboard at all. Just wish I could use the weather, iTunes, etc. from home instead of driving to Starbucks!

Prisonerno6
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08-31-2002

Saturday, December 27, 2008 - 7:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Prisonerno6 a private message Print Post    
Do you have a wireless router at home? Or do your computers need to be plugged into your wired router?

Rissa
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03-20-2006

Saturday, December 27, 2008 - 7:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
March, I cannot listen to music while driving/running, etc... annoys me for some unknown reason. I have my Ipod filled to the brim with podcasts, all free and mostly radio programs. For example:

BBC in England has a weekly comedy news quiz and a weekly science program that I download automatically and listen to in the car or while working out.

ABC (Australia Broadcasting Corp) has a couple science programs, also weekly

CBC (Cdn Brdcsting Corp) has Vinyl Cafe (stories mostly), Quirks and Quarks (Science), As is Happens (think 60 minutes for radio), etc.

In addition I have a running podcast, oh ya Rhod Gilbert from radio Wales, Dr Mehmet Oz, The Answer podcast from Eonline and more. In addition to this I occasionally pay to download an audio book.

What else? I keep a photo album on my ipod so I don't need photos in my wallet anymore. Also keep a contact list (phone #s, address', bdays, etc).

When dh bought me my first nano years ago I didn't think i would use it at all, took about 6 mnths before I even unpacked it. Now I can't live without it. I have the Nike+ system for it as well, tracks my workouts (distance, speed, calories burned) and how I am progressing (ie lets me know if I set a new PR for either speed or distance or reached my mnthly mileage goals).

Hope this gives you a few ideas of what to use yours for.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Saturday, December 27, 2008 - 9:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
I got it too, and am also in a bit of a daze over it. DH loaded it with his stuff to see if it worked, which it does, and I want to delete a lot of that stuff and don't know how. Like he has lots of jpgs of paintings etc. And a lot of the music is not my thing. Too much crap on there sucking up memory. I want them gone, but don't know how. Also I can't imagine using the contact list since I use my cellphone for that. I think I figured out how to delete single songs but not how to wipe all or most of the songs out, etc. I can see myself getting into the podcasts and online radio stuff and dling books and youtubes.
Plus I think it has TV capability, unless I dreamed it. LOL

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Saturday, December 27, 2008 - 9:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Cathie, In order to access the Internet you need an available WiFi connection. As Prisonerno6 suggested, if you have a wireless router at home you have to set it up to access that signal. So the first step is the wireless router.

Mame, You can't watch regular TV but you can download episodes (though I don't think there is a lot available yet). You also have access to all the YouTubes out there. I think to get rid of the picture files, you just need to remove them from the folder on your PC that the Ipod is syncing them from. The rest I'm not sure.

There are all kinds of fun programs/games available for download to your touch via Itunes. Many of them are free or inexpensive.

The podcasts Rissa mentioned sound interesting. I'll have to listen to a few.

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Saturday, December 27, 2008 - 9:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
We have our ipods/iphone set up to not sync automatically, so that each one can have their own items on it. It also means you can connect to other versions of itunes to download items without wiping out your collection.

Mame, if you want to wipe out everything and start over, just do a system restore (to factory settings). Gets you right back to an empty iphone/itouch/ipod.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Saturday, December 27, 2008 - 10:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Thanks Jimmer & Kar! Much appreciated. :-)

Cathie
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08-16-2000

Saturday, December 27, 2008 - 2:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cathie a private message Print Post    
Thanks, Prisonerno6 & Jimmer for responding. I think we have a wireless router. It is hard-wired to the PC but my laptop can access it anywhere on our property. How would I find out what settings to use and where to do it--through Apple or my internet provider???

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Saturday, December 27, 2008 - 2:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
Cathie, on our iphone, all we had to do was use the menu options to connect to wireless, select our wireless router, then type in the password for our router.

You should be able to let all those other settings (that look complicated) default to 'automatic'.

Bonzacat
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07-08-2003

Saturday, December 27, 2008 - 2:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bonzacat a private message Print Post    
Apple provides a huge support section on their site, as well as user forums. This is the link to iPod Touch support & info, I hope it's helpful (!):

http://www.apple.com/support/ipodtouch/

Bonzacat
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07-08-2003

Saturday, December 27, 2008 - 2:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bonzacat a private message Print Post    
Touch User Guide:

http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/iPod_touch_2.2_User_Guide.pdf

Cathie
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08-16-2000

Saturday, December 27, 2008 - 2:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cathie a private message Print Post    
Thank you both--I'll get busy reading!!!

Cathie
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08-16-2000

Saturday, December 27, 2008 - 4:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cathie a private message Print Post    
I am linked up and loving the online features of the Touch!!!

In case anyone else out there has problems connecting with the AT&T wireless router, when it asks for password on your initial attempt to connect it doesn't want your AT&T password, it wants the wireless network key from a sticker on your router (which I now understand Karuuna was referring to as the password of the router). After looking at the manual from Bonzacat (which I downloaded for future reference--thanks!) I saw that I needed info from AT&T and called their tech support. They were actually very helpful. I expected them to try to pass it off to Apple to resolve but they were great and walked me through the correct "password" process.

There are a lot of free apps available, and I have downloaded and played with Bubble Wrap, Google Earth (which I love on my PC and am excited to have on the ipod), and Eye Tricks, which is not very entertaining and will probably be deleted, but at least it was free!

As usual, I should have come here with questions yesterday and wouldn't have wasted hours of frustration last night--TVCH people are wonderful!

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Saturday, December 27, 2008 - 4:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
That's wonderful that you got it working, Cathie!

I'll have to try Google Earth.

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Saturday, December 27, 2008 - 7:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
Cathie, good to know about the AT&T router. We have one from Comcast, and we changed their default password to our own so the neighbors couldn't use it.

Cathie
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08-16-2000

Saturday, December 27, 2008 - 8:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cathie a private message Print Post    
Sounds like a great idea, Karuuna, now if I just knew how to change the default password!

According to the networks showing up in our listings all of them in our neighborhood (including ours) has the little padlock icon indication they are encrypted, so I am assuming that each router has a separate password. I know, assumptions can get me in trouble, but I think we are okay.

March
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10-02-2003

Monday, December 29, 2008 - 8:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send March a private message Print Post    
Thanks Rissa for the ideas. Might actually take it out of the box now. LOL

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Thursday, January 15, 2009 - 12:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Be sure to check out the

All Things Technical: The Help Desk: ~Ipod/MP3/Itunes/Etc Help!~

thread for technical tips, questions and answers about Ipods etc. We've moved some of the latest posts over there.

Here is a link to it:

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