The iPod Touch is a Dangerous Beast

I managed to use an entire battery cycle yesterday fannying around with every single element of my new iPod touch. I love it. The interface is so intuitive, and the one question mark I had around the device proved to be a non-issue — the keyboard is eminently usable.

The iTunes WiFi Store is a dangerous thing though. One tap to download an entire album? Too easy. Why this is different from one-click purchase methods one encounters on a computer (iTMS, Amazon etc.) I don’t know. It is, ostensibly, the exact same process. Why it feels different on the Touch — who knows.

But it’s dangerous in a good way. I’m not knocking the way Apple have done this. It’s perfect. But I can see myself spending a lot of money via my Touch.

Which, I guess, it what Apple wants.

Incidentally, if you buy an album on your touch with ‘extras’ (i.e. interactive booklets, bonus videos etc.) your Touch tells you that next time you connect to the iTMS, these items will be downloaded.

Well it took me a while to find where to get them from (iTMS home? No. Videos? Music? No. My account? Ah!)

You need to go to your account, where you’re greeted with the following message:

Nice.