{"id":499,"date":"2007-09-06T05:25:37","date_gmt":"2007-09-06T05:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/ipod-touch\/"},"modified":"2007-09-06T05:27:13","modified_gmt":"2007-09-06T05:27:13","slug":"ipod-touch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/09\/ipod-touch\/","title":{"rendered":"iPod Touch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I knew it&#8230; The new iPod is an iPhone without the phone.. Perfect.<\/p>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/ipod_hero_touch_20070905.jpg' title='Apple iPod Touch'><img src='https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/09\/ipod_hero_touch_20070905.thumbnail.jpg' alt='Apple iPod Touch' \/><\/a>I said, way back in January when the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/apple-iphone\/\">iPhone was released<\/a> that the new iPods would be iPhones without the phone, and now it has come to pass. For me it has all of the best bits of the iPhone, touch screen, full screen video, wi-fi, but not the annoyance of having a phone attached to it&#8230; OK, mobile phones are clever and the iPhone appeared to be the cleverest of them, but for me I just want a cheap and cheerful mobile phone that I can throw around without worrying about breaking it. A phone is a tool not a toy. An iPod however is different, it is made for entertainment and it has just got better. <\/p>\n<p>I won&#8217;t be getting one however, as for me one of the nice things about my current <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/search?ie=UTF8&#038;keywords=iPod%20Video&#038;tag=alslikklworls&#038;index=blended&#038;linkCode=ur2&#038;camp=1634&#038;creative=6738\">5th Generation iPod Video<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.co.uk\/e\/ir?t=alslikklworls&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=2\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/> is the storage capacity. As well as storing all my music on it I can store quite a few videos and all my photos, so I use it as (yet another) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2007\/feeling-smug-mac-osx-backup\/\">back-up<\/a> of my personal media&#8230;. 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