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menevets · 11-23-2009, 04:09 PM

I bought the iPod Touch as soon as it came out, I guess 2-3 years ago and my 1st gen is still going strong, after many drops and much punishment. I am very jealous of current generation owners though, mine has no speakers or volume controls.

I tried about 3-4 PDF apps and the problem with all of them is it is a pain to transfer files because you have to setup alot of things. I found Air Sharing to work the best, but not perfect.

PDF viewing is slow, like for eReaders, especially if they are large files.

Must have applications, at least for me are:

Dictionary - I got the American Oxford on sale.
Calculator - If free, I like TouchCalc. The Apple calculator is too basic.
Factbook - World Facts - A mini world encyclopedia
Food - Yelp, To find places to eat.
Twitter client - Tweetie

For news, I have NYTimes, NPR, BBC, HuffPo, Reuters, AP, FT, WSJ, etc...

I also have Shakespeare, the Holy Bible and US History.

If it had unlimited battery life, you could get stuck on an island and not read everything on my iPod Touch.

Definitely buy one of those plastic sheaths to protect the face. It's like a sticker, not an actual case.

11-23-2009, 04:09 PM	#23
menevets Connoisseur Posts: 88 Karma: 750010 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: PRS-300/Kindle 4 basic/iPad/iPod Touch/iPhone/Nexus 7	A Huge iPod Touch fan I bought the iPod Touch as soon as it came out, I guess 2-3 years ago and my 1st gen is still going strong, after many drops and much punishment. I am very jealous of current generation owners though, mine has no speakers or volume controls. I tried about 3-4 PDF apps and the problem with all of them is it is a pain to transfer files because you have to setup alot of things. I found Air Sharing to work the best, but not perfect. PDF viewing is slow, like for eReaders, especially if they are large files. Must have applications, at least for me are: Dictionary - I got the American Oxford on sale. Calculator - If free, I like TouchCalc. The Apple calculator is too basic. Factbook - World Facts - A mini world encyclopedia Food - Yelp, To find places to eat. Twitter client - Tweetie For news, I have NYTimes, NPR, BBC, HuffPo, Reuters, AP, FT, WSJ, etc... I also have Shakespeare, the Holy Bible and US History. If it had unlimited battery life, you could get stuck on an island and not read everything on my iPod Touch. Definitely buy one of those plastic sheaths to protect the face. It's like a sticker, not an actual case.