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Posted at 10:59 AM on Sunday 12/28/08 by
Ben
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BestBuy.com has the refurbished Apple 16GB iPod Touch (1st generation) for $220 + shipping. Free iTunes $15 Gift Card with purchase. It has 802.11b/g WiFi built in, and because of that they include the Safari web browser + YouTube, complete with the functionality that you've seen on the iPhone. Battery life is 22 hours audio, 5 hours for video. [BizRate]
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    buyingalot - Posted 11:03 am PST 12/28/08 (47 Posts)  Report Spam

    hmm, well, I got an iphone from apple last week for $149.

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    boxingfan - Posted 11:25 am PST 12/28/08 (458 Posts)  Report Spam

    You paid much more than $149 for that iphone.

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    soccermomluv_ - Posted 11:37 am PST 12/28/08 (211 Posts)  Report Spam

    #1 sounds like the type that takes out a huge interest only mortgage and thinks they can "afford" it. lol

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    theman - Posted 11:39 am PST 12/28/08 (117 Posts)  Report Spam

    Other than the fact that the iPhone is, obviously, a cellular telephone, does the Touch do everything else that the iPHone does?

    I'd like an iPhone (for corporate push email, iPod, internet, pictures, GPS, etc.), but I don't want to switch to AT&T for my cell phone service. Does this do all that stuff?

    Thanks for any insight.

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    soccermomluv_ - Posted 11:54 am PST 12/28/08 (211 Posts)  Report Spam

    #4, i believe the Touch will do nearly all the same. it doesn't have a microphone (but i've been told headphones with a mic will work) for voip calls. for push email, you would be limited to wifi (obviously).

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    njb - Posted 12:25 pm PST 12/28/08 (2826 Posts)  Report Spam

    for this price put at least 3mp camera in it and make battery user replaceable and i'll think about it.

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    tooltime - Posted 2:06 pm PST 12/28/08 (556 Posts)  Report Spam

    apple was selling refurb 4gb iphones last week for $149.99, i missed it, so did a lot of people. you were luck #1. they were the first gen iphones, so you were on your honor to sign up for an att contract. i'm betting maybe 3 people did.

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    theman - Posted 2:47 pm PST 12/28/08 (117 Posts)  Report Spam

    Thanks, #5. You'd think it would be obvious that the push email was limited to WiFi, but that hadn't occurred to me. Glad I asked, as that won't suffice. I guess I'll try to get an iPhone with the least expensive calling plan, as I won't really use it.

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    leeadw20 - Posted 3:05 pm PST 12/28/08 (80 Posts)  Report Spam

    #8, I think GPS is also out of the question for the touch, but you ruled out getting this device.

    If you don't want to pay for the att service, I'd recommend getting the original 8gb iphone from ebay or something for about 300. You can crack it using the pwnage software, using the cheaper t-mobile service (the only other US carrier that accepts sim cards).

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    zzweimingzz - Posted 3:25 pm PST 12/28/08 (8 Posts)  Report Spam

    idk how good the refurbished product gonna be

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    theman - Posted 5:27 pm PST 12/28/08 (117 Posts)  Report Spam

    Thanks #9, but I need to use Sprint for phone. It's the only one that works at my house, we have two phones with 23 months left on a two year contract (and we have a great, inexpensive flexible plan that you can't get anymore). So, I'm sticking with Sprint for my cell phone.

    But I guess I will just carry an iPhone like many carry (and I used to carry) a separate Blackberry - it's just that it will be a really nice, multi purpose Blackberry. Wink

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    Jason44 - Posted 6:06 pm PST 12/28/08 (223 Posts)  Report Spam

    Not a bad deal, I have an iPhone and its well worth the money with the features they both have!

    -Jason[image]

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    LJW - Posted 6:11 pm PST 12/28/08 (1265 Posts)  Report Spam

    #5, this is a 1st gen iPod touch. It doesn't have the audio input you find on the 2G.

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    uranasshole - Posted 7:39 pm PST 12/28/08 (1 Posts)  Report Spam

    whoop dee effing doo #1. I have both the 1st gen and the 2nd gen iphone since the first day they came out. You want an effing cookie? obviously this deal isn't for you so stfu

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    InitialD - Posted 8:41 pm PST 12/28/08 (15 Posts)  Report Spam

    Is this really a refurb or is it brand new? Did Ben just copy and paste his old descriptions? I can't find anything saying that this is a refurbished item on the BestBuy website.

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    ucansee - Posted 9:49 pm PST 12/28/08 (1215 Posts)  Report Spam

    #1 you pay $150.00 + 2 year contract could cost you about two thousand in 2 years. I own 4 cell phone, pay only 7 bucks a month PrePay ones,just for family use. it cheaper to go that rout. and if I need to make long distant calls. I use magicjack call anyone US and Canada FREE.

    http://www.magicjack.com/1/index.asp

    About this 1st Generation iTouch 16gb. I prefer the 2nd gen. it got audio with speaker. you can hear the game play and watch a movie with-out using headphone, They trying to get rid of the 1st Gen buy reducing the price, But I got the 2nd gen. They made me a offer, I could not refuse. 150+ a FREE Shuffle. You can send and recived emails anywhere in the world. all you need is Hi/Fi signal. Surf the net, play games and watch movies. I down load 4 movies 90 minutes each. and put 1000 pictures and 5 games on this iTouch 2nd gen 8gb, and still have a little over 4Gb left. 16gb or 32gb is overkill. I figur if I lost it, I wont feel that bad. Paid only 150.00


    The difference between the iPhone and iTouch is the Phone and GPS. Target is selling a iTouch 2nd gen with 32gb for 399.99+ FREE Shuffle, worth 50 bucks. this week only ends Jan 3. 2009
    click on this link. look on this weekly ads. on the 2nd pages.
    http://weeklyad.target.com/target/default.aspx?action=entryflash&ref=nav%5Fweeklyad

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    CleftonTwain - Posted 5:50 am PST 12/29/08 (370 Posts)  Report Spam

    If it wasn't a 1st generation, this would be a great deal.

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    damndirtydba - Posted 6:49 am PST 12/29/08 (865 Posts)  Report Spam

    Amazon was selling new 16G 1st gen's for $199 before Christmas. My guess is that's where the price is heading while the clear out inventory. They are $219 now on Amazon.

    I picked one because I didn't think having a 2nd gen was worth the additional $80.

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