Bye Bye, iPod Touch

I've had my iPod Touch, 1st generation for a long time now. I loved that thing. When I was working in the city it was my companion on bus rides, and it played hours of music in my office.

It has not died; it has been replaced.

For the longest time, I was very anti-smartphone. "I don't need to be that connected." "As long as one of us has gps, why do we both need it?"I could go on.

Then with the advent of the social networks and more importantly, my participation in them, I started to wish I could post things on the fly. So the iPhone was right for me, right? Well no.

As much as I love my Touch, and I am sure I would love the iPhone, I don't love AT&T. I just could not get past the monthly cost for an iPhone. Considering my service was just as good as T-mobile, why should I pay more just to have the iPhone?

So I waited, and waited, and waited. I suffered through broken phones. At the end, I used YY's spare phone that takes pictures of your pocket all day.

Now, I have a shiny new EVO on Sprint. It has everything I need: phone, gps, camera, email (personal and work), Pandora, social network access, internet access and SO much more. Being able to access work email all the time is nice, and I rarely open my laptop on days that I am home with the kids. I am really happy with the Android platform, though it took me a few days to get used to the fact that I could customize things way more than on my iPod Touch. The best part? I am not paying an arm and a leg for all of it.

So my iPod Touch, which is starting to get hot when I use it, which probably means that my battery is starting the slow death, sits on my bedside table. I tried to take it with me to work for the first few weeks, but I was just annoyed at having to carry two devices, one of which I didn't use.

It has been good to me, but sadly it has been replaced.

(On a side note, the Touch will continue to stick around because it is perfect for long trips with Sam. He can watch movies on it and I have a few games for him.)