Comments on: Purchase decision – iPod Touch or Netbook? http://www.k2dsl.com/2009/07/17/purchase-decision-ipod-touch-or-netbook/ In the chair and on the air... Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:25:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ed http://www.k2dsl.com/2009/07/17/purchase-decision-ipod-touch-or-netbook/comment-page-1/#comment-252 Ed Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:36:47 +0000 http://www.k2dsl.com/?p=554#comment-252 I know I'm late in posting this, but you might be interested. A couple of years ago I bought an iPod Touch thinking that it would replace my old iPod 20 GB which had been a wonderful unit (still is). Like you, I figured I would use it to watch movies on plane rides or at airports or surf the internet when possible. Apps were fairly new back then and I didn't mess with them all that much. Fact is, I barely used it. Just wasn't a big enough screen to be usable for me and I quickly lost interest. It actually sat on my dresser unused for a long time. Recently I gave it to my daughter and purchased an iPhone for myself. I will say that I have forced myself into using it more to surf the web and I do take advantage of several apps. The screen size is still a problem even though you can easily enlarge webpages. I find myself scrolling all over the place. Typing on one is atrocious, I think, even after the firmware upgrade to allow the texting to be landscape entry instead of portrait only (which created a smaller keypad). If I had to decide, I'd go with the Netbook. 73, Ed N4EMG I know I’m late in posting this, but you might be interested. A couple of years ago I bought an iPod Touch thinking that it would replace my old iPod 20 GB which had been a wonderful unit (still is). Like you, I figured I would use it to watch movies on plane rides or at airports or surf the internet when possible. Apps were fairly new back then and I didn’t mess with them all that much. Fact is, I barely used it. Just wasn’t a big enough screen to be usable for me and I quickly lost interest. It actually sat on my dresser unused for a long time. Recently I gave it to my daughter and purchased an iPhone for myself. I will say that I have forced myself into using it more to surf the web and I do take advantage of several apps. The screen size is still a problem even though you can easily enlarge webpages. I find myself scrolling all over the place. Typing on one is atrocious, I think, even after the firmware upgrade to allow the texting to be landscape entry instead of portrait only (which created a smaller keypad).

If I had to decide, I’d go with the Netbook.

73, Ed N4EMG

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