Thread: iPod touch vs N810 at the Tao of Mac
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2008-03-11 , 02:57
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Originally Posted by sherifnix View Post
Video is terrible above 400x240, audio is not gapless and sounds OK at best. There is no media management, the browser freaks out when there is mouse over code and you can't click/drag, the email doesn't work with gmail.
It's okay to go a bit higher 528x3xx or something. Having to transcode still sucks though. The default set of programs pretty much suck. Thankfully, it's an open platform and there are alternatives. mpd rules the gapless audio field and sound quality is good enough for those that aren't audiophiles. Browser doesn't freak out for me. Click/drag what? We have modest for email and that works great.

Originally Posted by sherifnix View Post
AACs and MP3's don't need conversion on touch, and 640x480 h.264 actually looks great (which the n800 can do none of)...
This implies that the NITs can't do so without conversion, which it can. It's not that it can't do it, as it is capable (just not

Originally Posted by sherifnix View Post
That said, IT SURE IS AN OPEN DEVICE! lol
I'm grateful it is. The ability to do what you want surpasses glitz and glam for me any day.