Oct 12 2007
More iPod Touch thoughts
Here are some other things I’ve discovered about my iPod:
It’s a great baby-rocking web browser- there are plenty of times where Lily has trouble sleeping and I’m upstairs either rocking her or holding her until she falls into a deep sleep. This device is an awesome way to rock and surf the web (in fact, I’m writing this with Lily in my arms now).
Bright screen= emergency flashlight- the power went out on campus yesterday, and it was completely dark in my windowless office. My officemate asked where the emergency flashlight was located. I had an idea where it was, but needed some light to find the exact location. I pulled my iPod Touch from my pocket and brought up a picture with a bright background using the light from the touch screen to find the flashlight (which had dead batteries).
iPod touch web browser is not the same as the iPhone browser-I was really excited about checking out “iPhone friendly” web apps like digg and google calendar. But some web pages are formatted for the iPhone browser only. Basically, the iPhone browser notifies websites that it’s an iPhone and the website formats the page to fit an iPhone screen. The iPod Touch notifies websites that it’s a regular web browser and does not format the page to fit the screen.