I recently got a new iPod Touch 8GB (you probably know that if you follow me on Twitter ), thanks to this blog. This is the reason for my lack of activity around here since the past couple of days, along with studies and sleep. A lot of people were shocked that I gave up to the dark side and got an Apple product! Most people are unaware that I’ve always liked the iPhone and iPod Touch. Really, who doesn’t?

Anyhow, expect to see a lot more posts about the iPod Touch and apps for it. Although I’m not sure if you guys would like that, so I think I should make a poll for it. I’ve finally been able to upload some pictures I took with my cell phone’s camera, which is evident as the picture quality isn’t too good. But, anyways it’s better than nothing! Enjoy the pictures below:  Read more...

(Clicking on the images will enlarge them unless something has gone wrong with my host, WordPress, MySQL or just the Internet.)

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That’s right. Even though you can’t install all of them at once, that’s what it’ll cost you to buy all of them. Busted loop has done some calculations and found out the price of 55,732 apps ( as of July 7 ) to be $2.59 per app. It goes up to $3.34 if you just count the paid apps which make up 43,194 apps. They’ve also made a table which ranks the total costs of all the apps by iPhone app publishers. The top one is Iceberg Reader, they have 1206 paid apps with a total cost of $16,427.94  Read more...

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Apple is issuing apologetic $30 iTunes store credit for the activation delays for iPhone 3G S. The credit will be available to users on Monday which can be redeemed at the iTunes Store. Gizmodo has picked up an early notification:

Dear Apple Customer,

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I’ve been reading a lot of blogs and tweets lately on how Zune HD is Microsoft’s reply to iPod Touch. Even some people from Microsoft have been labeling it as an iPod Touch killer, which is totally ridiculous. Just because it has a browser and multi-touch, doesn’t mean it falls in the same category of devices as Touch. It is more of a competitor to Sony Walkman and Samsung’s PMP than the iPod Touch. Here are my reasons:

( keep in mind this list is subject to the announcement of any possible app store for Zune HD and other feature announcements)

1. App Store

Sure, it’s called an iPod. But it’s not just a device made for listening to music and watching videos. It works with almost all of the (approximately) 50,000 applications in the App Store, which as Apple says it, ‘Solve life’s dilemma’s, one application at a time’. It’s very difficult to compete with that. Microsoft might have to start from scratch if they decide not to bring Windows Mobile Marketplace to Zune HD. Even if they do, the developer support for App Store is very strong and a force to reckon with.

2. User Interface

Look at the UI of an iPod Touch and then look at the one on a Zune HD. Which one looks more suited to applications? The UI on Zune HD doesn’t even look as if it has been made keeping any sort of application support in mind. Heck, it doesn’t even have a clock! If somehow it does, a user will have to dig deep into sub menus. ‘More’ seems to be the only place where they might have applications or games. I might be wrong and the final UI could change but at the moment, it looks far from giving the iPod Touch a run for its money.  Read more...

Permalink: 6 reasons why the Zune HD is no competition for iPod Touch