No iTouch In My Hand

I wrote a post a little while ago outlining reasons why the iPod Touch is attractive to me, and why I was considering one. Tonight we went to the Apple store, and I had the chance to pick one up. I decided to not get one. I will outline my reasons below.

Calendar and Notes were two big reasons why I wanted to get an iPod Touch. Having a calendar right in my iPod, as well as keeping notes in in the same location would be very useful. I could see my self using these features...but this isn't enough to justify the $300 price tag.

My current iPod is the last generation iPod Nano, which cannot currently play videos. I would like to be able to watch the videos somewhere besides at my desk. Personally, I don't watch/plan on watching enough videos nor do I travel to many places where I would need video entertainment. And I am eventually going to get a Laptop so being able to watch videos while in bed or just mozing around the house isn't going to be a big problem. So video playback still isn't worth the $300.

Web browsing with a fully featured web browser right in the iPod is a great feature. Would I use this? Probably not. The only place I have internet access is at my house, so if I am anywhere but my house...I don't have a very good chance of finding a WiFi hotspot, let alone enough time to fire up the browser and do anything. So this still isn't worth the $300.

So these reasons I am not going to purchase an iTouch, I can't really justify the price and if I will use the features I have named. Will I ever buy one? Depends. If they lower the price then possibly...but even then I'm not sure if I need it. So if I'm not going to spend the money on an iPod, what am I going to spend it on? If I achieve the rank of Eagle Scout in Boy Scouts, my advancement/accomplishment gift is a $1,500 towards a laptop and with that I am going to get a Macbook. So with the money I currently have, I will probably buy a nice 22" or 24" LCD screen for my Macbook so I can have some sweet space for my apps. I'd also probably buy the Aluminum Bluetooth keyboard by Apple.