New iPods

Yak · Post by **Yak** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:48 pm 0

Mine arrived one day early. In terms of browsing and actually using the net on a small device, this is the best I have ever seen. So intuitive and fluid. Amazing it works so well, but it just does.

Even Giles is spooing over it, and you know how much he loves Apple

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Yak · Post by **Yak** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 12:03 am 0

The only thing that isn't perfect is that it seems to be a bit flaky with our wifi. Both here and down the pub it would appear to pick up all the right stuff from DHCP but Safari and YT would just error out with "server not found". Setting it to static IP fixed that on a couple of occasions but just now it isn't working - I have an assigned IP I can ping from my mainbox to the Touch but none of the Touch-side apps are having it.

It's a minor annoyace but one I hope doesn't prove to be a problem - seamless wifi operation should be what this thing is all about. Having to faff with it to any degree takes the shine off a bit.

sty · Post by **sty** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 4:04 am 0

Yipee,

I just spoke to the Apple distributor for NZ and apparently mine left Auckland this afternoon and should be with the shop either tomorrow or Friday.

:gaggingforit:

Meatpuppet · Post by **Meatpuppet** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 7:10 am 0

Thanks - I'll just have to be patient then- maybe pretending my PSP is a Touch. I read a review where they said that they felt one of the annoying aspects was the complete lack of 'basic' physical player controls - ie - if it's in your pocket, you just can't skip tracks/navigate by 'touch' only, which is a little ironic.. though if you want that, you'd go for the classic model i guess - so it's not a vaild argument really...

I'll just shut up now then.

offyoutoddle · Post by **offyoutoddle** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 8:19 am 0

Yak wrote:The only thing that isn't perfect is that it seems to be a bit flaky with our wifi. Both here and down the pub it would appear to pick up all the right stuff from DHCP but Safari and YT would just error out with "server not found". Setting it to static IP fixed that on a couple of occasions but just now it isn't working - I have an assigned IP I can ping from my mainbox to the Touch but none of the Touch-side apps are having it.

It's a minor annoyace but one I hope doesn't prove to be a problem - seamless wifi operation should be what this thing is all about. Having to faff with it to any degree takes the shine off a bit.

I had this on the one I took back - what week no. is yours Yak?

Kemper_Boyd · Post by **Kemper_Boyd** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 9:17 am 0

That's interesting about the Wifi. I found the one I was using in the
Apple store wasn't working very well.

matt · Post by **matt** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:32 am 0

What's the current state of high street supplies?

Yak · Post by **Yak** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:47 am 0

offyoutoddle wrote:
Yak wrote:The only thing that isn't perfect is that it seems to be a bit flaky with our wifi. Both here and down the pub it would appear to pick up all the right stuff from DHCP but Safari and YT would just error out with "server not found". Setting it to static IP fixed that on a couple of occasions but just now it isn't working - I have an assigned IP I can ping from my mainbox to the Touch but none of the Touch-side apps are having it.

It's a minor annoyace but one I hope doesn't prove to be a problem - seamless wifi operation should be what this thing is all about. Having to faff with it to any degree takes the shine off a bit.
I had this on the one I took back - what week no. is yours Yak?

TBH I don't think it's actual trouble with the wifi - it's never had a problem picking up the AP or the router, there are no signal strength issues, if anything it's some kind of weirdness of the router. If I let it use DHCP it'll pick up an IP but won't browse unless I then set the thing to static. Last night that didn't seem to work either but then Giles noticed that someone had been attacking our FTP site and the router was full of crap from that, we rebooted teh router and the pod worked again.

Just checked it now and it's working like a champ.

Could just be the router needs a firmware update or something.

Yak · Post by **Yak** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 11:02 am 0

I am on the lavvy! I am having a poo!

Best lavatorial browsing experience yet!

Time to wipe my arse.

moosedude · Post by **moosedude** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 11:08 am 0

hehe, an iwipe?

HGFB · Post by **HGFB** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 11:09 am 0

Yak wrote:I am on the lavvy! I am having a poo!

Best lavatorial browsing experience yet!

Time to wipe my arse.

Careful which hand you use. You don't want to smudge the display.

offyoutoddle · Post by **offyoutoddle** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 11:10 am 0

Kemper_Boyd wrote:That's interesting about the Wifi. I found the one I was using in the
Apple store wasn't working very well.

seems there are a few problems in the apple support forums on this too. damn shame - to be honest its the largest reason I took mine back - just used the screen issue as an excuse to get a refund. Probably would have kept it otherwise as it wasn't really a bid deal for me, I could have lived with that. Especially now as the firmware update has masked the problem a bit from what people say.

Sir_LANs-a-lot · Post by **Sir_LANs-a-lot** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 11:10 am 0

iPood

offyoutoddle · Post by **offyoutoddle** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 11:12 am 0

matt wrote:What's the current state of high street supplies?

apalling. Both Bluewater and Regent Street Apple stores out of stock, with no clear idea of when new ones arriving. Both told me to order online !! Not sure about other high street sources, but I would personally prefer to buy from Apple stores - can't beat the feeling of leaving the store with one of their lovely bags....

Kemper_Boyd · Post by **Kemper_Boyd** » Wed Oct 03, 2007 11:21 am 0

Yak wrote:TBH I don't think it's actual trouble with the wifi - it's never had a problem picking up the AP or the router, there are no signal strength issues, if anything it's some kind of weirdness of the router.

That's what I saw, the little signal meter was claiming to be happy enough
but it just wasn't working right. In that case hopefully it's a software bug
and can be sorted out with an update.