I Need Purchasing Advice

Sorry if this isn't the place for this thread but I couldn't think of a better place for it. So I have a Nokia N810 ( http://europe.nokia.com/A4568578 ) which I was really excited about when I first got it, I thought it was THE device I wanted, handheld mobile browsing, widescreen high res excellent for watching movies on, 3rd party app capability but after a few months of using it I find it's not quite what I wanted. I'm now seriously considering buying a 32gb iTouch, but I have a few questions first. I'd like to know if it's worth buying one now or waiting until after the June update with the new firmware, and if so, what exactly will the improvements mean? I know the app store will open up for the touch devices but will these applications be free or not? What sort of developers are we expecting applications from? Professional companies? Single developers? Or both?
What's the maximum limit of movies I'd be able to watch on the iTouch? Full length dvd rips? (From dvd's I have purchased of course). How is its performance? Does it stutter/freeze when it plays large movie files? I'm sure I'll be filling it up many full length high quality movies. Speaking of quality, is it possible to have a full movie play at full quality or will it be too taxing on the device?
Sorry about the large chunk of text and all the questions, I know it's a lot to answer but it's a big decision, financially (not so wealthy student here). Also after the June update can we expect Flash support? One of the things I love about the n810 is the way it can handle any website with any content, especially Flash content. What is the iTouch's Safari un/capable of? Also I'm a bit unclear on the multi-tasking abilities of the touch, is it able to keep more than one app open at once or not? I understand that at the moment there's no way of switching between open apps, but do you think there will be?
Oh and one more silly thing, is it possible to plug in your own headphones if they're not the Apple ones? I've never actually seen anyone using other headphones on a touch!
Thanks for reading this far if you have and I hope I can get some answers That's all for now but I'll be posting more questions as they come to me,
Regards.

I'd like to know if it's worth buying one now or waiting until after the June update with the new firmware, and if so, what exactly will the improvements mean?
*If you buy now, the update will cost you a nominal amount of money, but maybe that won't be so nominal to you. That's the only factor. Will you mind spending another $5 or $10 or $20 or whatever it is? If so, wait a few weeks.*
I know the app store will open up for the touch devices but will these applications be free or not?
*Some will be free, some will not. Probably the ones that are not will be relatively cheap, but we'll just have to see.*
What sort of developers are we expecting applications from? Professional companies? Single developers? Or both?
*Both. It's wide open and anyone can write an app and submit it to Apple to be included in the store. I'm sure we'll see dozens if not hundreds of developers in short order.*
What's the maximum limit of movies I'd be able to watch on the iTouch? Full length dvd rips? (From dvd's I have purchased of course).
*Not sure on specific file length, but I have several full-length movies on my iPod Touch and it hardly taxes the limit. The 32GB version gives you a LOT of room.*
How is its performance? Does it stutter/freeze when it plays large movie files?
*Nope, works just fine.*
Is it possible to have a full movie play at full quality or will it be too taxing on the device?
*Very possible, not taxing at all.*
Also after the June update can we expect Flash support?
*Nope, unless Steve changes his mind. Maybe someday, but not in the immediate future, that's for sure.*
What is the iTouch's Safari un/capable of?
*Java and Flash. Note Javascript is fine, but not Java.*
Also I'm a bit unclear on the multi-tasking abilities of the touch, is it able to keep more than one app open at once or not?
*Yes, it can keep apps frozen at its current state when you jump to another app, but there is no background processing going on. When you return to that first app, it picks up right where it left off.*
I understand that at the moment there's no way of switching between open apps, but do you think there will be?
*You can switch between open apps as I said above. It's just not multitasking those open apps.*
Oh and one more silly thing, is it possible to plug in your own headphones if they're not the Apple ones? I've never actually seen anyone using other headphones on a touch!
*Yes, whatever will fit into the plug will work since it's a standard plug, but it is recessed a bit so you have to make sure your specific headphone will fit. But if it fits, it will work.*

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Thanks for your reply. This however, I understood. My concern is regarding my application in regards to business delegate pattern. You see I have this class (simplified for clarity):
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I haven't played the free game from the US Army, but heard it is really good, and is totally free.
I bought Return to Castle Wolfenstein, which plays perfectly in Single player mode, but I have some trouble in multiplayer mode (and I'm not an expert either).
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I bought Never Winter Nights because I know the company has a linux version you can download once you have a registered copy. I havent installed it yet, though, been playing UT2004.
Doom3 is supposedly going to have a linux installer on the CD's, like UT2004 does.
Anygame that uses OpenGL graphics instead of DirectX will prolly run under WINE or WINEX, or be easy for the original company to port (if they choose to).
There are some "up and coming" linux only OpenGL games, light flightgear (a flight simulator), and a couple of 'massive online games".
Betweet RTCW, EnemyT, Never Winter Nights, UT2004, and soon Doom3 - I have enough games to play, and thats without buying winex.
Fergettabout Windows! You simply don't need it anymore.
If you are determined to run Windows, get a removeable drive bay, and just swap boot drives when you want to swtich. Or use GRUB if you want to select from multiple OS's.
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I took a video on my iPhone and tried to email it it said it was too big to send? So i downloaded it to my macbook pro and tried to mail it to no avail? The macbook tells me the server won't let it through other mail goes through any ideas how to resize it or what it might take to send it?

I agree with LowLister, the best option for you to share the video online is to upload it to your online storage account for example : Box, Dropbox, SkyDrive (All of them provide free storage beginning from 2GB).
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I need your advice. I don't know where to put my question because I don't know which piece of software I need (so I am posting this in a few places on the forum: sorry). That is exactly the question, I guess.
I have a couple of digital cameras that I use to make family videos. They both produce .avi files. Sometimes I use an iPhone that produces .mov files. So after my children and grandchildren visit, I end up with a bunch of these little videos. I want to combine them into longer videos that I can watch more conveniently on my Apple TV 2 or put on a DVD to send my kids or to my elderly mother-in-law to watch. I know how to combine them using iMovie HD, but that process seems to radically degrade the resolution and/or image quality. The original .avi files are 1024x768 and are very clear and sharp. I can't watch these .avi files on my ATV2 so I've been using Quicktime Player 10.0 to open them and then save them as .mov files. Once I import these files into iTunes, I can watch them on my ATV2 and they too look great on my tv (since they have the same resolution as the original .avi files): sharp and clear. But after I use iMovie HD to combine them (the .avi files) into an .m4v file, they're down to 640x480, and don't look near as good. And the DVD made from this file using iDVD looks equally bad and blocky.
I think what I want to know is, can I change some parameters on iMovie HD to produce files that are as high quality as the original .avi and .mov files? Or if not, what software do I need to accomplish this? I'm not interested in "fancy" movies. These are just home movies, but they are important to us. Should I upgrade my iMovie to do this? Or get Quicktime Pro? Or what? I'd appreciate your advice. I'd like to keep the process as simple as possible.

This is my workflow. I'm sure you will get a variety of opinions, but all I can say for my AVI clips, I've had excellent results for viewing on AppleTV.
I use iMovie HD 6 for organizing the clips into short movies, 15 minutes +/-. Clips are imported into iMovie as DV files. Once the movies are completed, I Export from iMovie as Full Quality, which results in a my-movie.dv file.
I then open the dv file in MPEG Streamclip. There I use the MP4 and iTunes settings for screen ratio and bit rate. 4:3 for Standard Def and 16:9 for High Def. Sounds complicated, but once you open MPEG Streamclip, the settings are simple to figure out.
The main thing to remember about quality is not to upscale your video. If the resolution is 640x480 SD, do not export higher than 640x480.
Here are a couple of screenshots using MPEG Streamclips "Export to MP4" setting:

Plan on going to Manila for vacation and going to bring my iPad 4. Need your advice what to do.

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Hello Aongtan051,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information on this, take a look at:
About Apple World Travel Adapter Kit
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4341
The World Travel Adapter Kit includes a USB power adapter, a 30-pin to USB cable, and a set of six AC plugs with prongs that fit different electrical outlets around the world. For world travelers, this is the perfect kit to ensure power connectivity in most countries you may travel to.
Best of luck,
Mario

When I burn a disc from a playlist in iTunes, the track names and artist info does not display on the disc when friends view/listen to it. This probably is an easy fix, but I need some advice.

When I burn a disc from a playlist in iTunes on my MacBook, the track names and artist info does not display on the disc when friends view/listen to it. This probably is an easy fix, but I need some advice.

No, this standard has been implemented for several decades.
How iTunes remembers audio CDs - http://support.apple.com/kb/TA27785
It is just conceivable you burned a CD that exactly matched one already in the Gracenote database. Gracenote uses track count and duration to decide what CD it is you have in a computer. If you have one that matches that it will label it. You could conceivably even have one that matches it that is not the correct one.
This script will only work on Macs:
http://dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=cdtexttocdinfo - script to use CD-text file on CD to label CD in iTunes

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