The iPod touch has 802.11n, so what?

I bought it on this website: http://www.trademic.com/iPod%20Touch_1__.htm
I'm doubtful of it is a bad quality's.

I'd like to point poster towards AirVideo Server and AirVideo for the iPhone, this solution i've be using quite happily on my 1st gen iPod touch for months without any problems.

Yes, it COULD become all reality, but this is Apple, it simply won't. Don't get me wrong, I love Apple, but as much as I like their products, it usually takes them forever to do things other companies just do.
For example, I set up Windows 7 yesterday on my mini, and while going through the media center setup, it asked me on which display I want it to show up. The simplest of all things, yet, it can't be done with Front Row.

Apple just has a habit of making people think their way, and their way only, they tell people to think different, when they really want them to think Apple. They don't include an option to display FR on a secondary display because it's so hard to do, they don't do it because THEY don't think it's necessary, and if they don't think so, nobody else will.

That's the only thing that bothers me about Apple, but I'm willing to live with it, sometimes there's great 3rd party alternatives or hacks.

With the battery life, whatever streaming you might do would not be terribly long.

Pretty much Yoshi. Small aerials get a lower reception which means that you have to drop to a lower data rate.

Not that it matters, even at 20Mbps, video streaming, rental etc. etc. is all very possible. A DVD is only about 7 Mbps, and iTunes rentals dont hit anywhere near that, they're about 4Mbps for a "HD" video.

So the main advantage of 'n' on a Touch or iPhone is going to be reliability, and the ability to use the 5Ghz spectrum.

"If Apple enabled 802.11n in the iPod touch, we could see a lot of new uses come to the device, including video streaming, wireless sync/home sharing, on-device video rental, and many other possibilities."

I can't see why all those thing aren't possible with the current wifi speed.
It's fast enough as it is for all the things you mentioned.

A couple of considerations:

When was the last time anybody got 20Mbps out of a Touch? As far as I can see the transfer rate is throttled, most likely to save power.

The new N stream tech is nice but does this new chip support along with the antenna?

I'm still of the opinion that this is simply the latest low power solution that Apple could find. Like the FM tech built into the chip I'd be surprsed if Apple where to use it in the future. Let's face it there is a lot of tech in Apples selection of chips that it doesn't use.


Dave

My PS3 still only works with 802.11g and my Time Capsule does both, so I don't really care anyway. But 30Mbps doesn't sound much, even g could theoretically reach 54Mbps. Are the chips on mobile devices so limited in signal strength that they can't reach their specifications' full speeds?

Given the large amount of compression Apple employs on their standard def and high def videos, I would think g would be all you really need for video streaming. Even if you are creating your own videos, if they are created with Touch compatibility in mind, g is plenty.

I will say it would be a nice feature to have though. Simply being able to turn off g compatibility in my wireless router and go strictly with n mode would have some benefits.

-Owl

I believe the most likely explanation for the 802.11n chipset is that the "n" spec, though only recently ratified, has been in wide use for more than 2 years now. Broadcom probably has found it simply more economically viable to include it instead of leaving it out, as it's not a novelty any more and will be the de-facto standard very soon.