nfotxn | A Bit Touched

Finding faults in my iPod Touch is like looking past your boyfriend's sweet hot ass and discovering that he sometimes doesn't take out the garbage. Which is fine because his rump is so damn... round and he can even make conversation. Here are the issues.

My first problem I will refer to as Unknown Error 0xE8000001 with which Apple starts spitting out error codes Redmond Washington style. After reading up I find this terribly descriptive error refers to my USB ports. Clearly on the iPod Touch requirements sheet (on the internet only, not on the box or at point of sale) the requisite for USB 2.0 is there. Not a big deal but my old ass Mac has USB 1.1 built-in. So I just stuck in a USB 2.0 expansion card. This is however especially annoying when you want to sync that puppy for the first time.

Often times iTunes refers to my iPod Touch as an iPhone. For a Canadian that's sorta like saying "YOU'VE WON THE LOTTERY! ALSO HERE ARE 21 HOT HORNY GUYS AND A MASSIVE BUCKET OF FRIED CHICKEN!". Synchronization in general is pretty flakey as I've come to expect a much more solid experience from previous iPods. There are bugs here. Lots of them. I have an idea of what well tested software feels like and this is not it. Bummer. It's connectivity stuff, but once connected it works as expected.

As a human being, and one that is somewhat sebaceous at that, the minimalist design aesthetic quickly humanizes. I think this is on purpose. I heard on Slate that in busy hotel lobbies you can sight business type people passively petting their inactive iPods and iPhones. Not because they're on and being interacted with. But because they require constant attention to retain their Hubbell calibre optics covering the pitch black of space that is the sceen in the locked mode. Marketers at GSK would shit on their mother's face to get that sort of all-day brand pertinence with tubes of Aquafresh. Side effect of overzealous design or savvy marketing? You decide.

Everything else works just as well as they do in the commercials. Which is a tad mind blowing. I am definitely frequenting establishments with gratuitous WiFi during lunch hours and coffee breaks. It's a cute little computer. I look forward to seeing how I end up using it in the long run.