Ipod Touch 8 GB $159 AR / 16 GB $199 AR at FYE

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OK. Please feel free to bash me if you don't feel this belongs here. But since the iTouch/iPhone are becoming somewhat viable gaming platforms (with cheap games to boot), I thought it was worth posting.

These are the 2G models and the 8GB is $229 - $70 rebate. The 16 GB model is $299 - $100 rebate.

Considering FYE also gives the 25% bonus on game trades, this could be a decent deal. My local FYE doesn't even sell used games anymore so this was the first time I've traded to them in a while and after rebate, I'll have picked up an 8 GB model for $45 after rebate.

Already picked up a few games, Hero of Sparta ($1.99) and iBlast Moki ($1.99) as well as a few pretty decent free ones (Tap Defense is a fun little tower defense game). Some of these games are better than what you can find on XBLA or PSN for much cheaper, but I know there's already a thread for iTouch/iPhone game deals so I'll let that go.

Anyway, just a heads up for someone looking to pick one up at a decent price with the 25 percent bonus on trade credit at FYE.
 
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Remember there is significant advantage on 3rd gen on 16GB and up. On 8GB, its basically the same as 2G and the price after rebate is a little cheaper (probably not after you factor in tax considering you are paying quite a bit more) than they were on clearance at Best Buy recently. But its not an earth-shattering deal on a discontinued product considering you have to mess with the rebate.
 
There is no 16GB 3rd gen ipod touch, its only 32GB and then 64GB...and I would expect by Nov or so, there will be some promo deals on the newer models as well (buy the 32GB and get a $30 gift card/itunes card sort of things)...so for a bit more, you can get the faster chip and double the storage capacity with a 32GB 3rd gen vs. 16gb 2nd gen.
 
K. All true. I missed the Best Buy clearance and the 3G models from what I read aren't as "huge" of an upgrade as it was from 1G to 2G -- unless you really like the voice control and faster loading speed for apps (which doesn't seem all that bad on 2G as it is).

Just liked the fact that I could trade games in for it with the bonus as well (although I guess I could have gone the Amazon route). I'm pleased with it so far. I was using my Sony Ericcson w580i as my primary MP3 player with bluetooth going through my stereo speakers. A 4 GB card seemed to be the max it would support (and it technically is only supposed to support 2 GB) so even my new 8 GB iTouch is an improvement....plus all the added app and wi-fi support. Maybe not the latest and greatest but for $45 after trades I'm happy. Money is an issue for me. Don't mind rotating my available albums...instead of having my entire collection on a 64 GB (which is what I would need).

EDIT: Oh, and my local Best Buy doesn't take trades yet.
 
awp,

How many albums do you have? Just curious.


What bitrate takes 64gb.

Now I do not have that many maybe 500 cd's but damn. I wont take 64 gb at the 196-320 kbps I have them at.
 
[quote name='Snake2715']awp,

How many albums do you have? Just curious.


What bitrate takes 64gb.

Now I do not have that many maybe 500 cd's but damn. I wont take 64 gb at the 196-320 kbps I have them at.[/QUOTE]

Not sure of the # of albums of I have on my PC but it amounted to 43.6 GB when loaded into my library in iTunes so that would go beyond the 32 GB model and, needless to say, I don't use the auto synching since there isn't close to enough room on my 8 GB. I do have some duplicates that I need to weed out some daay (like even "extended addition" versions of albums that leave two copies of the songs that were not bonus tracks on the new version.

If I can have around 20 albums at a time on my MP3 player I'm content. And then just exchange out when I get bored with one or two. Only thing I wish was that free wi-fi was more prevalent so that I could always stream something different. As mentioned, $30 a month more ain't worth it to have it stream via AT&T (via iPhone).

My work has wi-fi which i hoped it worked through but security won't let it go through. Oh well, still much better than what i had at a decent price (after trades).

On your second point, I don't think I have even close to 500 albums -- maybe 200 at best -- maybe I need to use better compression tools for conversion.
 
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