In reply to question of why the iPod Touch over the iPhone? Simple - I already own a Nokia N95 which has a far better camera and dvd quality video, video calling etc. I would love to only have one device but those times are a little way off yet, I will go so far as to predict that the 4th gen iPhone will be the all in one device.
Back to the iPod touch. One of the first things I did when I set it up was to sync it with my mobile me account. I have been using .mac for a couple of years now, primarily with iWeb and more recently .mac gallery for uploading photos and video of our daughter to keep the grandparents happy on the other side of the world. As a result of the sync I found my address book, calendar, bookmarks and mail all on my iPod adding my other mail accounts was a breeze through iTunes.
If you don’t want to fork out the NZ $180 for mobile me I am pretty certain you can sync your gmail and google calendar fairly easily.
The ability to check email anywhere around the school is great but I could do that on my N95. Where the iPod Touch comes into its own is the ease of which it is to write a reasonable amount of text. Writing a reply on the N95 is a laborious task with the number pad whereas the touch keyboard and predictive text on the iPod is far better.
On the fun side, and the only app I have bought so far, is Super Monkey Ball, a game in which you tilt the device to control the direction of the monkey in the ball to navigate mazes, obstacles and bananas. It is very addictive and highlights the intuitive use of motion as an input as with the Nintendo Wii and if you visit the App Store most of the top downloads are games.
One app which I am looking forward to trying is Air Mouse which is currently only available for windows. The application uses the accelerometer and wifi to control the mouse on the computer for presentations.
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