a christmas wish

As of 2007, it’s always been a dream to buy an iPhone just for the sake of having the best phone in the market, one of the things that makes me love this phone is that it shows us that you don’t need to have the ultimate processor and/or the top of the line just-recently-launched hardware, instead it teach us that with the right balance of what’s inside you can achieve A-MAZING results.

Being the owner of an iPod Touch since it was first announced, I’ve definitely have my own personal favourite apps and maybe I’d get back here someday to talk about ‘em. The thing is, the iPhone has been on my “insert any holiday here“‘s wish list, unfortunately it costs over USD$1000 for the cheaper model in Brazil (we pay so many freaking taxes, it’s just absurd) plus the mobile plans are way over the top, there’s still a long way to go for Brazil to even be compared to United States/United Kingdom.

I’m unemployed and my parents are going thru rough times (financially), so my dream gift will remain on my wish list for a while, the bright side of this is: whenever I get my own, it will be way better than the current! :P We all know how Apple loves to make you feel obsolete for having a last season’s iPhone, LoL.

Why I’ve stuck with my 2nd generation iPod Touch.

As apple-fans, we have all  experienced at some point the gigantic urge to get rid of our recently (or not so recently) but perfectly working iGadget. Apple keeps introducing new products at every 3 months, maybe more… I haven’t exactly looked it up but it sure feels like a lot less time than that. 

Things have gotten a lot worse in the last few weeks, (F.Y.I: my ipod was officially kicked out of the Apple’s list of products that would still get firmware updates, which leads me to be stuck with iOS 4.2.1 (8C148)), you can imagine how disappointed I was back in the days when I’ve found out about it.

Getting us back in the track here, iOS 5 was released and I absolutely loved it on the iPad, which only make me wish I had the most recent update of the iPod to experience what iOS 5 did with it, not only the better graphics capability and camera (which isn’t great AT ALL, but still, better than none).

See, it’s only human to desire buying a better product and if you have the extra money to keep yourself all up-to-date I say: GO FOR IT! there’s no warm in that. But as a total mortal I’ve got a lot extra bills to pay other than tech toys and it’s not like the economy is is great shape either, so, I’ve decided to focus on what I’d need the new iPod touch for and that is:

1. Surf the web.
2. Play games.
3. Listen to music.
4. Take crappy photos to post on Twitter.
5. Experience iOS 5 on the new iPod Touch with better graphics.

The things listed above with exception of numbers 4 and 5, can actually be achieved with my current iPod and therefore, are not crucial, leading me to the point of realization that I don’t NEED the new iPod Touch because mine is working just fine and even though some games and applications aren’t exactly compatible with it anymore, I can still enjoy it most of my time. As for crappy pictures on Twitter, my phone already does that.

So here’s the lesson: Whenever thinking of buying a new product to replace your old one, create a list of characteristics that have made you want to do the trade in the first place. Are they extremely important to you? Will you be using it everyday? Is it something your old product wasn’t able to provide? If so, then go for it. It’s just always nice to take a look at things in different perspectives, it makes you see things clearer.