The 16GB (gigabyte) second-generation Apple iPod Touch (iTouch) is an mp3 player with a 3.5-inch diagonal widescreen multi-Touch display (www.apple.com). Being able to function basically as a mini-computer, this device has the ability to access wi-fi (wireless-fidelity) networks and surf the internet using its built-in safari software, play and store up to 3,500 songs, 20 hours of video, and 20,000 photos (www.apple.com). It also comes with a built-in speaker and Bluetooth capabilities. This device has revolutionized the mp3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3) market throughout the world through its 85,000+ downloadable applications. No matter what you are trying to do, whether it is playing a game, taking notes in class, or check the performance information for a stock, “There’s an app for that.” (www.apple.com)
I purchased this device about two years ago, and immediately began playing with it and exploring the devices many features. I immediately discovered that the internet provided cannot perform all of the functions that a regular computer can do. For instance, the software is incapable of accessing www.youtube.com from the safari browser. Users must use the provided YouTube application to view online videos. The browser is also incapable of playing online music that may be embedded within someone’s mypace page, for example. Another imperfection that I experienced with my iTouch, was after several weeks, I was unable to utilize any of my applications and every time I would attempt to open one it would unexpectedly close. I was forced to restore my device, which deleted all of my music, movies, and pictures. I then had to resynchronize it, which was very annoying and time consuming. I later bought a new computer (an Apple MacBook Pro) and faced even more difficulty transferring my thousands of music, video, and picture files to my new mac through the device, as you cannot simply transfer music from the device to a computer. It only works one way without purchasing software to do otherwise. Only through utilizing multiple free trials and solutions via yahoo blogs, was I able to finally transfer all of my files.
I still use my iTouch today, almost every day in fact and despite my previous difficulties, I have grown to love it. Through playing with it, I am now able to do so much more with my device. The possibilities are almost endless since apple provides multiple free software updates over the year and new applications are being developed every day. Now that I live on campus at the University of Central Florida, where free wi-fi is provided, I can check my e-mails and use other online functions no matter where I am. I can use it all day without the battery dying, plug it into my car and play music wherever I go, and plug it into my TV (television) at night to watch movies. My dad has even learned to use an iTouch and can do everything from checking his company’s stock info to playing the games that he downloaded. He also has learned to download an instant messaging application and message me wirelessly while he’s out of town during the week staying in hotels. This proved to me that if my dad can use this device, almost anyone can use is. He finds many useful and productive uses for it besides just playing music in his car. My dad is horrible with electronics and asks for help with his computer all the time even if it is performing a task as simple as “copying and pasting”. Despite his computer troubles, he can use this device everyday with little difficulty. This device accordingly appeals to people of all ages as well as those with little technological abilities. People like him, can use this device’s basic functions and applications to fulfill their everyday needs and desires, while people like me, a technological teenager, can utilize the product’s features to their fullest potential.
The device is very personable and a customer can buy the right size iTouch depending on their intended usage. If the individual needs to utilize the device’s basic functions and experience an average taste of each component, then they are looking at spending the starting price of $199.00 for an 8GB iTouch. However if the user intends to store mass media including hours of video and movies and thousands of songs, they can spend up to $399.00 for a 64GB device (www.apple.com). For the average user however, the 8GB version is ideal and is reasonably priced considering its many useful functions and storage room. The iTouch has an amazing battery as well. Its rechargeable lithium-ion battery has a daily life expectancy of thirty hours of audio playback or six hours of video playback. The device itself comes with a one-year warranty from the manufacturer, but is expected to last many years.
Overall, I rate the iTouch as a 9 out of 10. I struggled with it at first, but as I got to play with it more, I learned how to manipulate the iTunes software to my liking and learned how to do my desired actions when I changed computers. After over a year and a half of using the product, I feel I can do almost anything with it. As the times change so does my device as iTunes and myself update it. The iTouch is a great new technology that is very exciting and useful for my and millions of people all around the globe.
Monday, November 16, 2009
Monday, November 9, 2009
Review Criteria
Four criteria up for review:
-Price
-Ease of Manipulation
-Life Expectancy
-Usefulness to the Individual
Price)
How much the individual wants to spend depends on their intended usage of the product. If the individual needs to utilize the
device’s basic functions and experience an average taste of each component, then they are looking at spending the starting
price of $199.00 for an 8GB (Gigabyte) iTouch. However if the user intends to store mass media including hours of video and
movies and thousands of songs, they can spend up to $399.00 for a 64GB device (www.apple.com). For the average user
however, the 8GB version is ideal and is reasonably priced considering its many useful functions and storage room.
Ease of Manipulation)
With a 3.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen Multi-Touch display (www.apple.com), voice-recognition software, and a built-in
speaker, the iTouch is very easy to manipulate whether you are technically savvy or a basic user. Even if the screen becomes
scratched or cracked it is still able to function properly and display HD (High Definition) quality images at 480-by-320-pixel
resolution at 163 pixels per inch (www.apple.com).
Life Expectancy)
Its rechargeable lithium-ion battery has a daily life expectancy of thirty hours of audio playback or six hours of video
playback. The device itself comes with a one-year warranty from the manufacturer, but is expected to last many years. I
myself, have had my 16GB iTouch for two years and it still works flawlessly.
Usefulness to the Individual)
This item can do so many different things simultaneously that virtually anybody can find a use for it. Teenagers can use it
to listen to music, play games, take notes in class, store their contacts, and share photos, and professional graduates can
check e-mails, synchronize their calendar, use its built-in
calculator, look at this week’s weather forecast, and check the performance information for their stock. Because it is capable
of doing so many things for so many people, it may be considered a very useful device no matter who you are and what your
intended usage is.
-Price
-Ease of Manipulation
-Life Expectancy
-Usefulness to the Individual
Price)
How much the individual wants to spend depends on their intended usage of the product. If the individual needs to utilize the
device’s basic functions and experience an average taste of each component, then they are looking at spending the starting
price of $199.00 for an 8GB (Gigabyte) iTouch. However if the user intends to store mass media including hours of video and
movies and thousands of songs, they can spend up to $399.00 for a 64GB device (www.apple.com). For the average user
however, the 8GB version is ideal and is reasonably priced considering its many useful functions and storage room.
Ease of Manipulation)
With a 3.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen Multi-Touch display (www.apple.com), voice-recognition software, and a built-in
speaker, the iTouch is very easy to manipulate whether you are technically savvy or a basic user. Even if the screen becomes
scratched or cracked it is still able to function properly and display HD (High Definition) quality images at 480-by-320-pixel
resolution at 163 pixels per inch (www.apple.com).
Life Expectancy)
Its rechargeable lithium-ion battery has a daily life expectancy of thirty hours of audio playback or six hours of video
playback. The device itself comes with a one-year warranty from the manufacturer, but is expected to last many years. I
myself, have had my 16GB iTouch for two years and it still works flawlessly.
Usefulness to the Individual)
This item can do so many different things simultaneously that virtually anybody can find a use for it. Teenagers can use it
to listen to music, play games, take notes in class, store their contacts, and share photos, and professional graduates can
check e-mails, synchronize their calendar, use its built-in
calculator, look at this week’s weather forecast, and check the performance information for their stock. Because it is capable
of doing so many things for so many people, it may be considered a very useful device no matter who you are and what your
intended usage is.
Audience Analysis
The Apple iPod Touch (iTouch) appeals to people of all ages and skill –levels through its technological advancements and
simple manipulation. With such features as a touch screen and the ability to recognize voice commands, this item may be
useful and fun for your little brother as well as your grandma. Simply put, if one knows what they are doing, this item may
serve a mini-computer; yet if one struggles with handling new technology, they may still be able to utilize its basic functions.
This so-called “mp3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3) player” not only has the ability to play music, but can also play movies and
TV shows, display photos, surf the internet via a Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) network, control iTunes, play videos from YouTube,
check your e-mail, display local, regional, national, and world maps, has Bluetooth capabilities, etc. Accordingly, people
coming from many diverse areas of interest are attracted to this device because of its broad capabilities. This item can do so
many different things simultaneously that virtually anybody can find a use for it. Teenagers can use it to listen to music, play
games, take notes in class, store their contacts, and share photos, and professional graduates can check e-mails, synchronize
their calendar, use its built-in calculator, look at this week’s weather forecast, and check the performance information for their
stock.
Since people of all interests, ages, and skill-levels are attracted to this product, I have a rather large audience that would
be interested in my review. My review would consider what is most important to them, it’s value to them as an individual;
starting at $199.00, this device is well worth its cost. Considering the average “mp3 player” sells for approximately $50.00
and the average computer sells for approximately $500.00, the combination of the two in a miniature size for only $199.00 is
without doubt a reasonable price. The fact that it can do so many things in so many different areas with new downloadable
applications coming out every day, this product is ideal for anyone with two hands.
My audience’s social needs include the ability to communicate. Because this product is capable of sharing photos and
other documents with comparable devices via Bluetooth, and can play multiplayer games with other iTouch users within a
proximate area, individuals may easily communicate with peers.
My audience would like to know this device’s abilities with relation to them, or in other words, how this product can help
them perform everyday functions. This is specific to the individual andm ay influence their purchase decision. To not know
this information would hurt my audience and turn them away from a future purchase because they would not be away of it
broad usefulness. To help keep up with the changing times, this product offers them monthly software updates to fix bugs
and improve software. It also offers detailed descriptions of applications, including screen-shots, before the individual makes
a purchase and provides thirty-second previews of songs before committing to purchase a song.
This product may make its users have more fun and be more productive. It can help individuals in school, at home, and in
the workplace. It can help someone express themselves as who they are and help them to become who they want to be.
simple manipulation. With such features as a touch screen and the ability to recognize voice commands, this item may be
useful and fun for your little brother as well as your grandma. Simply put, if one knows what they are doing, this item may
serve a mini-computer; yet if one struggles with handling new technology, they may still be able to utilize its basic functions.
This so-called “mp3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3) player” not only has the ability to play music, but can also play movies and
TV shows, display photos, surf the internet via a Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) network, control iTunes, play videos from YouTube,
check your e-mail, display local, regional, national, and world maps, has Bluetooth capabilities, etc. Accordingly, people
coming from many diverse areas of interest are attracted to this device because of its broad capabilities. This item can do so
many different things simultaneously that virtually anybody can find a use for it. Teenagers can use it to listen to music, play
games, take notes in class, store their contacts, and share photos, and professional graduates can check e-mails, synchronize
their calendar, use its built-in calculator, look at this week’s weather forecast, and check the performance information for their
stock.
Since people of all interests, ages, and skill-levels are attracted to this product, I have a rather large audience that would
be interested in my review. My review would consider what is most important to them, it’s value to them as an individual;
starting at $199.00, this device is well worth its cost. Considering the average “mp3 player” sells for approximately $50.00
and the average computer sells for approximately $500.00, the combination of the two in a miniature size for only $199.00 is
without doubt a reasonable price. The fact that it can do so many things in so many different areas with new downloadable
applications coming out every day, this product is ideal for anyone with two hands.
My audience’s social needs include the ability to communicate. Because this product is capable of sharing photos and
other documents with comparable devices via Bluetooth, and can play multiplayer games with other iTouch users within a
proximate area, individuals may easily communicate with peers.
My audience would like to know this device’s abilities with relation to them, or in other words, how this product can help
them perform everyday functions. This is specific to the individual andm ay influence their purchase decision. To not know
this information would hurt my audience and turn them away from a future purchase because they would not be away of it
broad usefulness. To help keep up with the changing times, this product offers them monthly software updates to fix bugs
and improve software. It also offers detailed descriptions of applications, including screen-shots, before the individual makes
a purchase and provides thirty-second previews of songs before committing to purchase a song.
This product may make its users have more fun and be more productive. It can help individuals in school, at home, and in
the workplace. It can help someone express themselves as who they are and help them to become who they want to be.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
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