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I Pod Touch



On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 04:02:51PM -0500, Danny Piccirillo wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 12:09, James Kramer <kramerjm-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > I need to find a good gift for my daughter.  I like the IPOD touch but do
> > not like their unfriendliness to Linux.  Is their a linux/google version of
> > the IPOD touch.  Does anyone have any good suggestions for a gift of
> > simular nature.
>
> I just saw this vie linux reddit today =]
> http://www.learningubuntu.com/tips/top-5-ipod-alternatives-linux-users

The real value of the iPod Touch is not that it plays MP3s or videos; it's
that it is a handheld computer with all the many uses that a computer can
be put to.  It's much more appropriate to compare it to a netbook than it
is to those PMPs.

The Nokia N800/N810 line is much closer in features to the Touch.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_N800

-ben

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