What I love and hate of iTunes and iOS
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By chance, are you running Soluto? Or some other 3rd party startup manager?
I had similar problems with iPad on Win7. But found Soluto was causing problem.
BTW, the next iOS is supposed to sync via wifi. That'll be big advantage. As well as multi gesture.
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No, no startup manager. Even if I had one, that does not explain having the same problem on another PC with only one OS.
Big thumbs up for WiFi sync.
Man, I already feel bored without my iPod.
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I'd been toying with the idea of getting an ipod touch. I like the idea of having a phone and an ipod in one but don't see myself using any of the 3g (or whatever) functionality (I would rather get apps at home and never feel interested in checking the internet when I'm traveling) -- especially when it means paying for the data plan. I seem to belong to such a niche market, though, that there isn't an option to buy a "smart phone" with no data plan.
Anyways, the ipod touch looked as close as I could find to what I wanted but then I stumbled across archos' tablets.
It seems to be the android version of an ipod touch. No itunes.
Did you look into these before getting the ipod touch? is there some reason I'm not seeing that makes them inferior? -
dsarchs, I have a old smartphone with the data features that I don't want turned off. You should be able to do the same with the newer models. Btw, IMO, you may find 4G essential at some point in time.
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I had an iPod Touch 2nd gen that I loved. I got it for many of the reasons people are talking about: all the features of a touch smartphone minus the phone, no data plan.
Well, a few months ago I decided to look into a real smartphone again. I'm on T-Mobile, which has a $10/month, 200MB data plan and they have the Samsung Vibrant (Galaxy S), an Android phone. It's awesome! All the freedom in the world: I plug it into ANY computer, PC or Apple, and it comes up as just another storage device. (There is a desktop app if you want to automate syncing and management.) All the apps on it take care of keeping things in order. Media player finds all the music, video player finds all the videos. I used to carry around a phone and my iPod Touch, and every now and then would have to look on both for a contact. Now I have only one device. It syncs beautifully with my Google account, so all my contacts and my calendar are all the same everywhere. Oh, did I mention that T-Mobile gave it to me for free?!
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Sometimes the selection of a phone is subject to location. On Oahu IMO, Verizon provides the best coverage, AT&T next, T-Mobile last. The difference between Verizon and At&T is a lot, so if you need the best coverage, you have to go with Verizon. I loved Cingular until they sold my account to AT&T, discontinuing the kind of service that gave them the best coverage. At first only AT&T had iPhone, but now Verizon has it. Don't know the details of the data plans, so I can't judge. I also have 4G with ClearWire for roving Internet coverage. Not bad, but 4G will not penetrate steel buildings as well as 3G. Many of my business clients love BlackBerry. So sometimes the criteria isn't the hardware, but the service provider. And as we know, each service provider has different phones, systems, and coverage. At least where I live.
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dsarchs: I didn't know about the archos. Seems pretty good spec-wise.
The idea of getting an iPod Touch became fixed in my mind after I learned it could be used for Skype calls, as I had been checking out WiFi Skype phones for some time now but none seemed to "get it". The inclusion of two webcams in the latest iteration sealed the deal for me. Before the iPod Touch, I had considered getting a Sony PSP for the same purposes: Games, Music, Video, and Skype.Ledis, sadly the mobile phone market in my country is a duopoly, and there are no such amazing offerings. Local providers don't even carry the iPhone 4. sigh.
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Update: I've just received a new one from Apple. Same problems.
I already tried everything I could on the first one, so I'm lost here.I guess you need to get a Mac if you want to have no problems with iPods.
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That's strange I'm running win7 with iPod iPad & iPhone.
I think your problem is in startup services. Something is stopping bonjour or part of it.
Try on a friends PC to make sure. They work flawlessly on PC so it must be your system.
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Rich: I have tried before completely deleting all contents and starting it again in another PC, to no avail.
So this time I decided to restore the iPod OS in another PC.
It now works. I feel so stupid. But hey, I did try a LOT of things.
It's ironic that I had to restore the iPod in my parents' tiny HP netbook in order to use the thing in my quad-core fire-breathing monster. I still have no idea about what went wrong with restoring it in my PC.
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