<p>For those that own an iPod Touch, are most of you able to connect online using your campus' wireless?</p>
<p>I'm not really sure how it works, can you connect to wireless networks essentially the same way you would a laptop?</p>
<p>(I don't own an ipod touch but was thinking of getting one for purposes of being able to quickly check email/other things online, as a planner, mp3 player, etc.)</p>
<p>Yep. At BC, you just take it into tech services and they manually activate your wireless address on the network. Plus, with the addition of the apps store, I have some free planning apps (in conjunction with iCal) that keeps me organized for the most part. I never liked writing things down so the iPod Touch is a better alternative for me.</p>
<p>It's really convenient but I'm just going to go ahead and get an iPhone. The wifi wears out the battery.</p>
<p>oh my god the ipod touch is a life saver...no joke. yes you can connect to any wireless as long as it doesn't allow only specific mac addresses</p>
<p>I use:
ical
notes
to do (normal to dos)
tasks (really good for hw)
air sharing (lets me view docs and pdf)
urbanspoon (restaurants around campus)
and of course...maps
ALL FREE</p>
<p>and i got the ipod touch for free with my macbook :)</p>
<p>My son uses his on campus and it's the old one. The new one has much better battery life.</p>
<p>My daughter can't use hers on campus because they have to have a mandatory anti-virus software to be able to get on the network. Apparently it isn't compatible with the software on the Itouch. A bunch of her friends got them for Christmas and they have been disappointed that they won't work.
We asked at my d2's campus and they said it would work there so I guess it just depends on the wireless system at your campus.</p>
<p>We have mandatory anti-virus as well. :(</p>
<p>Thats weird. BC has mandatory anti-virus but I don't think it applies to mobile devices. That doesn't make any sense, imo. If anything, Apple products don't need anti-virus.</p>
<p>I think the wireless network blocks anything that doesn't have this particular anti-virus installed. I'm not a computer expert so I may have it twisted, but something like that.
It's weird cause she can use it at a coffee shop down the street, but not on her own campus.</p>
<p>Wireless works perfectly here on the campus of SAU. Really convenient, and not a bad thing to keep you busy during a particularly boring lecture.</p>