iPod Touch hmm?

[Beagle 2]

Hello slimy furtlers. Quick question - I still haven't sorted out my xmas shopping and my other half has heavily hinted that she'd like an iPod touch. Now, I had a 2nd gen iPod touch that became useless because no apps worked on it. If I get her a 4th gen one (I am skint), is it likely to be of use for a few years? She mainly wants it for podcasts and tunes, but without having to tit about with a computer, but it would be nice for it not to be completely obsolete otherwise.

Alternatively, is there a more sensible, cheaper device anybody can recommend (that I can buy in London tomorrow!)? There doesn't really seem to be an android device that does the same thing.

Cheers m'dears.

[Consignia]

I don't really use mine for apps, but I've found my 3rd generation one functional as a music player and podcast listener for years. I never bother to update it or iTunes, but it all seems to work fine. You could probably get a much cheaper music device that does everything you need, but the touch is fine if you decide on it.

[Queneau]

In my experience anyone that owns an Apple product is asking for trouble and just a great big cunt, really.

[Beagle 2]

Aye, if there was an equivalent solid android product I'd get that for sure, but I can see that the market's not really there with everyone's phones being so sexy. Her phone is not sexy. It is a frumpy phone.

[biggytitbo]

The iPod touch 5th gen is an incredibly sexy device, get one of those. It's like what the iPhone should be in  a few years time (minus the phone part).

[Queneau]

Aye, if there was an equivalent solid android product I'd get that for sure, but I can see that the market's not really there with everyone's phones being so sexy. Her phone is not sexy. It is a frumpy phone.

And I for one have an iPod something or other I use sometimes. The first I got by ordering my brother one as a present when he went travelling the world. I emailed Amazon, or the company it was from after the required days it was, to say it hadn't turned up and got a replacement sent. That's the one I kept. The other is a 30GB jobby that I bought for 5p from someone I was taking advantage of. Blammers.