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catsittingstill · 05-18-2009, 07:37 PM

I'm considering asking for an iPod Touch for my half-birthday (which sounds a little odd, so I'll explain: because of travel considerations my family has taken to celebrating everyone's birthday in the summer.)

In addition to playing music they can be used as e-book readers (though for me it would only be a back-up intended for short term reading as I have my Kindle with me much of the time) and I've heard murmurs that they can also function as PDAs.

How about it, you Touch users out there? If I get the 2nd Gen Touch, will it work as a PDA? I need calendar (with the option of an alarm to remind me of an appointment), contacts, and some sort of note app (to keep a shopping list on and that kind of thing). It would be nice if calendar and contacts could talk to each other (If "3:00pm Meet Cyndi" in the calendar could easily call up Cyndi's phone number in contacts, for instance), but that isn't a dealbreaker.

I'd be interested in any advice you have. Thanks!

05-18-2009, 07:37 PM	#1
catsittingstill Guru Posts: 643 Karma: 551634 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Kindle 1.0.8, iPod Touch, Kindle Keyboard	iPod Touch--PDA as well as e-book reader? I'm considering asking for an iPod Touch for my half-birthday (which sounds a little odd, so I'll explain: because of travel considerations my family has taken to celebrating everyone's birthday in the summer.) In addition to playing music they can be used as e-book readers (though for me it would only be a back-up intended for short term reading as I have my Kindle with me much of the time) and I've heard murmurs that they can also function as PDAs. How about it, you Touch users out there? If I get the 2nd Gen Touch, will it work as a PDA? I need calendar (with the option of an alarm to remind me of an appointment), contacts, and some sort of note app (to keep a shopping list on and that kind of thing). It would be nice if calendar and contacts could talk to each other (If "3:00pm Meet Cyndi" in the calendar could easily call up Cyndi's phone number in contacts, for instance), but that isn't a dealbreaker. I'd be interested in any advice you have. Thanks!