christo930 said:
If you primarily want a media device and Internet surfing, I would get the ipod, but for gaming, you will be very disappointed in an ipod touch. No matter what anyone says here, the iPod will be better at surfing the Internet because safari just blows anything else away and with all the iapps you can't go wrong, but once you add gaming in the mix and the built in keyboard, the Pandora is much better as a gaming device. You simply can not underestimate the importance of a controller suitable for gaming. I play around with my buddies ipod and he had some games installed and the control (or lack thereof) just ruins it. If gaming is what you want, don't waste your money.
Please tell me how Safari will 'blow anything else away'. Chromium (open source, will run on Pandora) and Midori (open source, will run on Pandora) both use WebKit,
the exact same engine behind Safari. Not to mention, Chromium uses the V8 JS engine, which just 'blows Nitro out of the water'.
Then, when you get down to it... iPod Touch uses a capacitive touch screen. Capacitive screens are great for mobile phones.
They absolutely suck for web browsing. Wanna click that tiny little link right there? Too bad, giant thumb press is going to hit every link within 5 inches BUT it. You're forced to zoom in, click, then zoom back out. This isn't a flaw of iPod Touch/iPhone, it exists in most Android phones as well. Capacitive touch screens are amazing, but are horrible for anything that requires accuracy or a stylus.
Now, typing. Oh god. Even if you own an iPhone, and have used it for years, someone who just picks up a Pandora will type faster than you. Hardware keyboard > software capacitive screen keyboard. This is not to mention that the Pandora will be able to use any IME (input method editor) that Linux uses. That means you can write directly on the screen using the stylus and any language you want (typing Mandarin on a qwerty keyboard is downright annoying).
Bigger screen. This one kinda speaks for itself. On the iPhone, you're forced to zoom in/out to read stuff.
Navigation. On the Pandora, you can bind keys to certain tasks (hit L to go back, R to go forward), you can use an analog nub to move around the page, you can use arrow keys, you can use the stylus/scroll bar... NONE of these suffer from the problem of you accidentally hitting a link while scrolling.
Multitasking. Wanna browse the web while you're talking to friends on MSN? Done. Wanna have mplayer playing a vid in the background while you check something quick? Done. Not to mention, mplayer can be made to *strictly* use the DSP. That means Chromium/Midori will run at
full speed WHILE you are watching a movie.
I think you get the point. The iPod Touch/iPhone will suck assss compared to Pandora for web browsing.
