Internet on iTouch I'm really interested in buying the iTouch but the only thing I wonder is about the internet. Is it easy to set up? Does it cost anything initially to set up? Will it connect anyplace as long as there is wireless internet? Internet on iTouch I'm really interested in buying the iTouch but the only thing I wonder is about the internet. Is it easy to set up? Does it cost anything initially to set up? Will it... » Read More Internet on iTouch I'm really interested in buying the iTouch but the only thing I wonder is about the internet. Is it easy to set up? Does it cost anything initially to set up? Will it connect anyplace as long as there is wireless internet? « Show Less
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J Grady is right. After you've paid your cable bill or what not, it's all FREE and easy, just like on a laptop! It can connect to unsecured networks without a password - like some coffee shops. And secured networks with one - like some hotels.It's really, really fast and easy. See if you have a wireless router in your home. If not, check out Best Buy, you can get one for under $50.
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Pretty sure you need a wireless router in your home, yes. The WiFi on the iPod Touch can only find wireless interenet where wireless internet exists. Routers are fairly cheap and easy to set up, or so I've been told (I don't know how it all works either!).Otherwise, it'll work anywhere there's free WiFi. As I've never used WiFi, I've no idea if you need to ask the store (coffee shop, bookstore, hotel, wherever) for a password(??) -OR- If you just click to find internet and it does it(??)
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Yes, you will need a wireless router if you want to use it in your home. When the iPod searches for connections it will search for wireless connections in range. Most places that have WiFi will not require a password. The only place I have been that you needed a passord for were hotels (they put the password on a card in your room).
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With the iPod Touch you don't have to do anything to set it up and it doesn't cost anything. It will connect anywhere there is wireless internet as long as it is open or if you have the password to a secure connection. With ours, if we get on it at home we have to type in our password but if you are somewhere that offers Wi-Fi like at a fast food restaurant, all you need to do is open the internet on your iPod and it will come right up. Hope this helps!
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Do you have to have a wireless router in order to get hooked up to the internet with it? I don't know how it all works :(
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I tried and was unsuccessful. After about an hour, I gave up...used my daughters Apple I-Phone and set it up in less than 3 minutes. I guess Apple and Windows truly don't mix. Having said that, once I got it set up and secured, any device can easily connect with no problems, including windows devices. All in all, it's a GREAT router!
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Hello Bill, The wifi on my device works but it does take a bit to connect, most of the time the slow connection is due to the wifi signal I am trying to use. I have noticed issues when using both wifi and Bluetooth at the same time. First, I was using a mini Bluetooth keyboard/mouse device combo but soon realized that it was better to use the on screen keyboard with a wireless mouse (with dongle) or wired mouse. I am guessing the Bluetooth/Wireless card might have difficulty running both at the same time. Also, if you are using the built in wifi connection setting on the device, try using a third party wifi connection app; if you are using a third party app, try using the built in setting. Hello Bill, The wifi on my device works but it does take a bit to connect, most of the time the slow connection is due to the wifi signal I am trying to use. I have noticed issues when using both wifi and Bluetooth at the same time. First, I was using a mini Bluetooth keyboard/mouse device combo but soon realized that it was better to use the on screen keyboard with a wireless mouse (with dongle) or wired mouse. I am guessing the Bluetooth/Wireless card might have difficulty running both at the same time. Also, if you are using the built in wifi connection setting on the device, try using a... » Read More Hello Bill, The wifi on my device works but it does take a bit to connect, most of the time the slow connection is due to the wifi signal I am trying to use. I have noticed issues when using both wifi and Bluetooth at the same time. First, I was using a mini Bluetooth keyboard/mouse device combo but soon realized that it was better to use the on screen keyboard with a wireless mouse (with dongle) or wired mouse. I am guessing the Bluetooth/Wireless card might have difficulty running both at the same time. Also, if you are using the built in wifi connection setting on the device, try using a third party wifi connection app; if you are using a third party app, try using the built in setting. « Show Less
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Two options:- Either it becomes a wifi hotspots (Direct Wifi) which indeed would not let use browse the web.- Or, and that's the intention, it joins your existing wifi network and your devices (mac, iPhone, etc...) can connect it on the local network and can still browse the web.In most case the direct wifi mode will only be used once to set it up. Connect to it and, through the app, configure it to join your wifi network.
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Connect it to your computer. iTunes will come up and tell you what to do. If you don't have iTunes, you can download it for free. I always set my iPods up through iTunes and have never had a problem. When I come across things I don't know how to do, I just google it.
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I think you sumed it up well. Seems like most of the business world is just waiting for the small supplies of the iTouch to be let out of the Apple warehouse. I talked again to the manager at Best Buy and he said they have no idea ahead of time what they will get. My guess is Amazon is in the same sitution. I have gotten items from Amazon also for years and a similiar thing came up when the HP or it was then Compaq iPaq PDA's first came out, the supply was way more then what was produced. This was the first really vague email response I had received from Amazon, usually they are pretty good. Hopefully Apple will get these things out the door fast !
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I loved this phone, but I never had data on it. I believe that you can connect to the internet, although I am not sure what the cost of doing so would be. I finally got a smart phone, but it is costly to have internet. Hope this helped.
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What's disappointing to me isn't so much that you can't subscribe to podcast in the WiFi store (since the vast majority of podcasts aren't available in the iTunes music store anyway) but that the iPod Touch can't automatically download podcasts for *existing* subscriptions. Specifically, I'd like the device to pick up the podcast subscription config from the PC-based iTunes that the device docks with, and then just continue to check for new podcasts in those subscriptions while over WiFi. That way, the content doesn't need to be in the iTunes WiFi store - the device would just have the ability to update those subscriptions itself, like the real iTunes does. What's disappointing to me isn't so much that you can't subscribe to podcast in the WiFi store (since the vast majority of podcasts aren't available in the iTunes music store anyway) but that the iPod Touch can't automatically download podcasts for *existing* subscriptions. Specifically, I'd like the device to pick up the podcast subscription config from the PC-based iTunes that the device docks with, and then just continue to check for new podcasts in those subscriptions while over WiFi. That way, the content doesn't need to be in the iTunes WiFi store - the device would just have the... » Read More What's disappointing to me isn't so much that you can't subscribe to podcast in the WiFi store (since the vast majority of podcasts aren't available in the iTunes music store anyway) but that the iPod Touch can't automatically download podcasts for *existing* subscriptions. Specifically, I'd like the device to pick up the podcast subscription config from the PC-based iTunes that the device docks with, and then just continue to check for new podcasts in those subscriptions while over WiFi. That way, the content doesn't need to be in the iTunes WiFi store - the device would just have the ability to update those subscriptions itself, like the real iTunes does. « Show Less
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I just ordered 2 of these for my sons for christmas. I was under the understanding that they were wifi capable when I ordered them. Now when looking on best buys website where I ordered from, it shows that they have no built in wifi. What am i missing here. Everywhere else shows this model to have wifi. HELP please, I don't want two dissappointed kids on Christmas morning!
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With wi-fi accessibility, do you need to have a provider (AT&T or T-Mobile) data plan in place (to access something like myspace or other)? What is the least expensive way to go, if you have any idea? I am in NY and do not travel much, but my child is spoiled by the sidekick and we had to cut the web, leaving texting open. It doesn't state it has AIM either. It seems AT&T is better in the no-choice game, but since we have a family network already on T-Mobile and unlimited texting and free T-Mobile to T-Mobile calls, I am not sure there is a savings. Please...its on sale today :)
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Yes. There are two apps for this device one is got wifi only and the other is for non-wifi. I have yet to access the non-wifi app so I don't know how it looks. But I do know the capability is there. Both apps use your IP address to set up and a password to access if desired.
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Netta - Unfortunately I can't answer the first question. But the second one I can...with a resounding "yes!" ANY Wi-Fi you can connect to, either open or password protected if you have it, is useable. It's as easy as connecting to your home Wi-Fi. That is the main reason I bought mine...an android screen bigger than my phone. Good luck with the first question...and please share!
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Runs Android applications and has swappable memory. IMO better than the iTouch, more flexibility! Most iOS apps have an Android counterpart, so why not do it right at get the PlayMG!?!?
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First make sure it's charged all the way. Turn on from there you will want to connect to wifi once that is done download an app store I use amazon app store. From that you can download as and things. It comes with a Facebook, Twitter, and some other apps already. You also have some widgets as well. You have five pages that you can put things on. What else would you like to know?
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Yes Victor, it works but that's not the point. The touch would suggest by it's features that it could be used without a computer, but it does not seem to live up to that.Say you live in an area with limited broadband, or it's just too expensive to have at home. I would like my mom to be able to go into town, and download my videos of my baby boy, over the WiFi. That is in fact exactly what I need to figure out how to make happen.And I hate to be so persnickety but the idea that a consumer device would purposefully limit it's features because it's just too good, it just preposterous. Does apple pay you well? Yes Victor, it works but that's not the point. The touch would suggest by it's features that it could be used without a computer, but it does not seem to live up to that.Say you live in an area with limited broadband, or it's just too expensive to have at home. I would like my mom to be able to go into town, and download my videos of my baby boy, over the WiFi. That is in fact exactly what I need to figure out how to make happen.And I hate to be so persnickety but the idea that a consumer device would purposefully limit it's features because it's just too good, it... » Read More Yes Victor, it works but that's not the point. The touch would suggest by it's features that it could be used without a computer, but it does not seem to live up to that.Say you live in an area with limited broadband, or it's just too expensive to have at home. I would like my mom to be able to go into town, and download my videos of my baby boy, over the WiFi. That is in fact exactly what I need to figure out how to make happen.And I hate to be so persnickety but the idea that a consumer device would purposefully limit it's features because it's just too good, it just preposterous. Does apple pay you well? « Show Less
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This helps a lot. However, there is still the question about the functionality. Is it worth the price to surf and play games versus a few more dollars and getting an inexpensive laptop. Maybe by the time software comes out to support this device it will be worth it.
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there is a simple app on the second page over of apps. click it and it connects. Actually our house has a wi-fi system being in the country side for our internet, so we are our own hot spot.!( no cable out here) It works on the phone great!