My impression of the ipod touch

The other day I purchased an iPod touch with the hopes of having a mp3 player that did what I wanted and a platform to develop applications on. Prior to using the touch I had never used a touch screen Apple product moee than a couple minutes so I left the store wondering how many days I had to return it. That night I spent over three hours playing with the device and the apps in the store, it was very hard for me to put the device down. I love my G1, since I work for Google the integration the device gives me is very important to me and would keep me from using something else. So that being said I love how smooth the iPhone and iPod Touch are, how easy the onscreen keyboard is to use, and the amazing apps that are available. I think the G1 will get to the same point, things will obviously be different and one will have features the other one doesn’t have, but the big difference right now is device maturity. There have been things about the iPhone that people have disliked that are now being fixed and things missing from Android are being added. I enjoy having the G1 as my primary device, but I think having the touch available to do certain things is important. I have been using my touch for most of my Twittering and I am currently writing this blog post from the awesome Wordpress app in the store. The keyboard took some time getting used to but now I can type pretty fast on the device and most things I miss are caught by the auto correct. One oft big worries before buying the device was size, and how it would feel in my pocket at work. It is so thing that I don’t even notice is when I am work so I can move freely without it being this giant block in my pocket. I also don’t have it moving around in my pocket freely like smaller players might. Overall I am very happy with the purchase they won’t get me to move to an iPhone, but I support the use of the touch to complent the Android based products.