Here’s how it’s going to go down. Originally, I was going to just write a review. But after writing for a few minutes, I saw how horrendously long this post was, I wrote a crap-load of stuff and it wasn’t even me reviewing the iPod! I spent most of the post talking about how I ended up getting it, and such. So, behold. How I, Annika Santiago, bore you with the tale of My iPod Touch story.
Curl up by a fire, cat in your lap, pipe at your lips. Let’s begin.
Throughout most of January and early February, I was on the hunt for a new phone. My mobile service provider, MetroPCS, isn’t exactly known for having top-of-the-line, high end phones. In fact, they’re pretty much known to be the barrel other mobile providers use to toss their “This phone is a year old, we don’t want to sell it anymore” phones. With that said, my chances to find a good phone that I would enjoy using was slim.
For a good while, they were selling the Samsung Finesse. A touchscreen, iPhone-like mobile from Samsung. I had seen all the reviews, I was psyched, and I was ready to sink $250 into that sucker! … Until Samsung stopped producing them. Fast forward a week or two later after calling just about every store and vendor in Miami, no one had this phone. eBay had it, but… I wasn’t about to fork over $300 or even $500 for it!
While talking to my older brother, and my cousins one night, they simply said “Why don’t you get an iPod Touch?” I laughed at the idea at first. “iPod Touch? I already have an iPod Video. I can’t make calls with that. Or send texts.” To make this short, I was wrong. I was really, really, amazed-like-OMGWTF wrong.
Skip ahead to the 20th of February, my mom tells me “Let’s go get the birthday cake”. I was sharing my birthday with four other people at a party over at my cousin Ely’s house that day. Me, my brother (I’m a twin!), Ely, Aimee, and Adita. We’re all crammed onto the same birthday, or same week. So it only made sense to just have one big birthday blowout.
She shoots down the highway and makes a turn into the Bestbuy lot. Confused, I turn to my Mami, and this is how the conversation went (more or less), in Spanish:
Me: Why are we here? They don’t sell cakes at Bestbuys…
Mami: Don’t be stupid. I’m going to get your brother his birthday gift. And your iPod thing.
Me: But you don’t have that kind of money…
Mami: I know. I took your money. Let’s go!
She opens the door, practically runs off into the store while I stare at her in a mix of astonishment and glee. Holy crap, mom just jacked my money. Holy crap, I’m getting my iPod Touch!
Cutting this story short a bit further, we got my brother $100 giftcard for Bestbuy (which he spent on a Sony PSP), and my mom used my money to get the iPod Touch I wanted. She did pay for some of it, I must confess. I was short about thirty dollars. But Hell. I’m not about to complain. the trip was unexpected, she made everything really awesome. I hadn’t felt that special in a long time. It wasn’t because she paid for the iPod or anything, it was because she went out of her way to play a cute prank on me. If that doesn’t spell Love, I dunno what does.
As of the moment, I couldn’t be happier with my iPod Touch. It’s a 32gb model that ran for $300. At the end of the day, I’m really glad I went with the iPod Touch instead of buying a new phone. I can do so much with this baby! Blogging through WordPress, check email, watch videos, tweet and view my Facebook, play a TON of games… If I had stuck with a phone, I would’ve (at the most) been able to check email through Gmail.com and play Snake. Glad I chose the iPod Touch? Yes.
