Touch Me Not, Yet

30th Sept, 6:01pm, Ring! Ring! +60321712633? Wonder who could that be?Me : Wei wei?Caller : Hello, I'm Ivan from from Apple KLCCMe : Yes?Ivan : I'm calling to inform you that iPod Touch has arrivedMe : *shocked* Cool, I'll come have a look either tomorrow or TuesdayIvan : ok, shall I reserve the 8GB or 16GB for you?Me : 16GB pleaseIvan : see you then*click*Heck, I'm not gonna wait till Tuesday. Made a beeline to KLCC yesterday evening and went in with such eagerness to try out the iPod Touch. #!@%*/ this blasted fella was playing with it. While waiting, I was playing around with this iMac on display. It was only a 2.4Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo processor but it was blazingly fast. Not to mention it would look good on my desk at home. More on that next time, maybe.10 minutes had passed before I finally got my hands on it. And boy, did I enjoyed every moment of testing it. Here is my review.PhotosThe screen resolution was amazingly clearIt was so easy to zoom in, by spreading 2 fingers and to zoom out, by bringing 2 fingers together. Pictures could be in potrait or landscape by just rotating the iPodMusicAttaching album covers, it was effortless to flip through multiple albumsVideoI would assume their test videos in there were hi-res videos. So, video quality would be subjective to what you upload. But the screen is capable of playing it in high qualitySafariBest part of what I like. Loading of web pages was fast and crisp. Unlike mobile phones where web pages are in text format, the iPod displayed a page in all it's glory, pictures and colors.ContactsYou could either input directly into the iPod individually or you could sync it with either iCalendar on a Mac or Microsoft Outlook on XP or Vista.CalendarThis was a failure of Apple's design. You could not enter any data in the iPod. Your only option would be to sync it with iCalendar or Microsoft Outlook. Basically it means you would have to update your appointments into your PC before it gets into your iPod calendar. Bad move.8GB or 16GBBoth units were of similar size. Slim and sleek, thoughs the chrome finishing at the back smudges with finger prints easily.The iPod Touch is excellent in most areas. But I would defer from purchasing it until they release an updated Calendar function which allows for direct input. Also, 16GB is too small for me. After some tidying up of my media files yesterday, my photos and music compilation adds up to a whopping 11-12GB. This does not even include my videos. And I'm pretty sure not all 16GB is available considering the software would have taken up part of the capacity. Till it happens, I'll just have to keep my fingers crossed.