I wanted a new iPod and decided against the iPhone – I already pay for mobile broadband and couldn’t justify the plans for my style of usage. Also I resent the feature block as I currently use Skype on my mobile and would want to share the Internet connection with my computers.

So I got an iPod touch. Between it and iTunes 8 I am very happy. After getting my iPod and synching it with my computer I formatted my computer without backing up my music purchases. When setting up my iPod I was only given the options to sync and clear, or do nothing. Resigned to the loss of music, and needing to sync other things, I said to sync and clear. But then I was asked of I wanted to transfer before they were lost, to which I happily agreed.

The one feature of the iPhone I really miss, however, is one of the alarms – it sounds like total nuclear warfare is imminent and we must evacuate planet earth. That said it is now how I would choose to wake up in the morning, and I appreciate that my iPod can actually wake me up now.

The other thing that surprised me is the number of wireless networks. I catch a bus to and from work with free wireless internet. When I went to select the wireless network I was confronted with about ten networks that I can only assume came from the surrounding houses. Fearing signal issues I just connected to the bus.

Finally I have been enjoying Coffee Break Spanish. It is a weekly podcast that teaches Spanish from the beginning. I would find the pace a little slow, but luckily it has been going for almost two years, so I have plenty to catch up on before Oziel and I go to Mexico in January.