Ipod Touch Competitors
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- MattyTheDog
Not much. Other iPods for music, but no other all round media player, especially with the app store.
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Heh, this is a subject that has always interested me. The only explanation I find reasonable is that Android (etc.) hardware makers rely heavily on carrier subsidies for their hardware, while Apple can leverage its enormous supply chain advantage to create the iPod touch with reasonable margins. You have to remember that the iPod touch, as a category, is essentially a smartphone without a few antennas, yet smartphones cost upwards of $600 unsubsidized while the touch costs $200. So it's a big ask to get other hardware manufacturers to start making iPod touch competitors when they're having enough trouble keeping up with profits per device on phones.
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- DG Silva
I've been looking at the Archos range, the 701 Internet tablet as a replacement for the iPod, and the G9 101 as a replacement for the iPad 2. Both are quick, especially the G9 range, and the latter runs the nVidia Tegra chipset, at 1.2Ghz for the basic model and 1.5GHz for the Turbo model. Gen9 10.1 tablet.
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- ParkourVeyron
The only thing that ever came remotely close to the Touch was the Zune, and even that flopped. Apple has a monopoly over the MP3 market right now.
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The thing is an iPod touch you rationally can make a phone because there's apps like Skype or magic jack that allow you to make calls threw wifi and other apps like whatsapp that you can text for free on. Than again you can check eBay or craiglist and buy last years model iPhone with no contract for the same price.
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The Archos 32, 4C and the rest of that series. Runs on Android. And its cheaper, by a lot.
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None of the Archos devices have ever struck me as refined or stable as the iPod touch.
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But they're cheaper.
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User experience is often more important than price for things like this. But yes if price is a huge concern... but you can get an iPod touch from woot for under 200 dollars on a regular basis.
iPod touch = 3.5" screen
HP Touchpad = 9.7" screen.
Let alone finding one to buy at this point, though 2nd hand I'm not sure where the prices are sitting at now.
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When i needed an MP3 player i had 2 options Zune 80GB or 160GB Ipod classic.
I went to the zune 80GB.
It had Wifi sync, radio larger screen for video playback.
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The number of megapixels is bad, so you can't zoom in that much, but the resolution's pretty good. The 720p video is really good too. My avatar picture I took with the iPod Touch I'm writing this on.GT4me
Well it isn't that bad.
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- RacecarBMW
Well there is the Samsung Galaxy Player or the Walkman Z (It's a full blown android pmp)
The walkman z isn't out yet but its got some really nice specs. It has a 4.3 inch screen, dual core processor, FM radio, and you have HDMI out.
The galaxy player is pretty nice as well.
The walkman z isn't out yet but its got some really nice specs. It has a 4.3 inch screen, dual core processor, FM radio, and you have HDMI out.
The galaxy player is pretty nice as well.
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If you mean the picture then no, no it isn't. As long as you don't make it huge then you'll be fine. I use it to take pictures of nice cars on the road because it pulls up so fast.GT4me
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ParkourVeyron
The iPod's Camera sometimes works good in certian Lighting and weather conditions.
Here's a random picture I took when I went to take a walk outside. The weather was really foggy at the time I took the Picture.
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GT4me
Coming on what?
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GT4me
Oh, unmm in about 30 mins? My mom is hoarding the TV -_-
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The iPod is an mp3 player, too. Unless you're implying that the Zune HD only plays mp3s, which would be wrong.
The only notable difference between the iPod Touch and the Zune HD is that the iPod Touch has a camera, and has 3rd party apps.
The Zune HD can run apps, but Microsoft idiotically never gave developers an outlet to release apps for it. Thus the small number of apps available for the Zune HD are Microsoft-published.
