iPod touch 16 GB Could anyone tell this electronic illiterate mom if parental controls are possible for the iPod Touch? I have a great filter on our home computer, but I'm not sure I can use it in conjunction with IPod. Three teen boys! I have learned my lesson the hard way. Upon researching, I think they can access any Wifi away from home. Does anyone have suggestions for pretecting our family in this easily accessible wireless world? iPod touch 16 GB Could anyone tell this electronic illiterate mom if parental controls are possible for the iPod Touch? I have a great filter on our home computer, but I'm not sure I can use... » Read More iPod touch 16 GB Could anyone tell this electronic illiterate mom if parental controls are possible for the iPod Touch? I have a great filter on our home computer, but I'm not sure I can use it in conjunction with IPod. Three teen boys! I have learned my lesson the hard way. Upon researching, I think they can access any Wifi away from home. Does anyone have suggestions for pretecting our family in this easily accessible wireless world? « Show Less
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Yes, there are parental controls for the iPod touch. In the Settings menu of the touch, Parental Controls will be an option. You can lock out certain features like the App Store, Safari, iTunes Wi-Fi, Youtube, and Explicit Content, and then lock it down with your own personal passcode (a 4-letter code that only you will know.) I hope this helps.
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I have found Stealth to be so legalistically deceptive that I wouldn't buy another one if it were the official tablet of the Second Coming, personally endorsed by JC and The Boys. In addition, don't buy any brand with less than 16GB internal and able to accept a 32GB SD card. That is especially true if your kids will also use your tablet. (Movies eat up a ton of space.)
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Hi Rand,They are correct that you can do this with parental control. You could use Cloud to either do it using Parental Control or the MAC filtering feature.You can watch this presentation on how to setup Parental Control on the routerhttp://www6.nohold.net/Cisco2/ukp.aspx?vw=1&docid;=ad9d20eec1e3405c81bc79aab268bffd_Setting_up_Parental_Controls_using_Cisco_Connect_Cloud__Vide.xml&pid;=80&respid;=0&snid=4&dispid;=0&cpage;=searchThanks,Cisco-Linksys Supporthttp://homesupport.cisco.com
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Pretty sure you need a wireless router in your home, yes. The WiFi on the iPod Touch can only find wireless interenet where wireless internet exists. Routers are fairly cheap and easy to set up, or so I've been told (I don't know how it all works either!).Otherwise, it'll work anywhere there's free WiFi. As I've never used WiFi, I've no idea if you need to ask the store (coffee shop, bookstore, hotel, wherever) for a password(??) -OR- If you just click to find internet and it does it(??)
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it can, there is a parents mode, but it really isn't designed for it. I mean you can Download any android app to it you want, but why would you want too??
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I had this same question earlier this week. I decided to go to Walmart and purchase the Nabi 2 for my 8 year old in case it didn't live up to our expectations, we could have a hassle free return. It's been a week and he loves it!!! I have installed amazon kindle, storia and amazon app store on it so that we can have more options for entertainment. I plan to add movies and music to an sd card so that he can have the space to download as many apps as he likes. I chose this tablet simply for the parental controls, making it safer, the durability and the fact that we can keep it on mommy mode when he gets older. I do admit that the spinlets tv and music seem preschool-ish but like I said there are many alternatives such as Amazon since this is a "real" android tablet.
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What's disappointing to me isn't so much that you can't subscribe to podcast in the WiFi store (since the vast majority of podcasts aren't available in the iTunes music store anyway) but that the iPod Touch can't automatically download podcasts for *existing* subscriptions. Specifically, I'd like the device to pick up the podcast subscription config from the PC-based iTunes that the device docks with, and then just continue to check for new podcasts in those subscriptions while over WiFi. That way, the content doesn't need to be in the iTunes WiFi store - the device would just have the ability to update those subscriptions itself, like the real iTunes does. What's disappointing to me isn't so much that you can't subscribe to podcast in the WiFi store (since the vast majority of podcasts aren't available in the iTunes music store anyway) but that the iPod Touch can't automatically download podcasts for *existing* subscriptions. Specifically, I'd like the device to pick up the podcast subscription config from the PC-based iTunes that the device docks with, and then just continue to check for new podcasts in those subscriptions while over WiFi. That way, the content doesn't need to be in the iTunes WiFi store - the device would just have the... » Read More What's disappointing to me isn't so much that you can't subscribe to podcast in the WiFi store (since the vast majority of podcasts aren't available in the iTunes music store anyway) but that the iPod Touch can't automatically download podcasts for *existing* subscriptions. Specifically, I'd like the device to pick up the podcast subscription config from the PC-based iTunes that the device docks with, and then just continue to check for new podcasts in those subscriptions while over WiFi. That way, the content doesn't need to be in the iTunes WiFi store - the device would just have the ability to update those subscriptions itself, like the real iTunes does. « Show Less
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I don't have this particular model, but one that is very similiar to it from Sony. They are very easy to use by anyone. Even for people who are electronically challenged as you describe, it should be no problem for your parent to use on their own once they allow themselves to get used to it. If the player itself needs certain setup adjustments, you may have to do that if they can't, but once they're made, the player should be no problem for them to use after that.
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In case you didn't know, you can purchase more gb's through iCloud, for example 20gb for approx $1.06 per month, tax included. This is for your 16 gb iPad. So you still have options to add more gb's. I hope this helps...
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Unless your gift is going to someone who has (or wants to have) an HUGE collection of music files, or is likely to buy or rent a lot of Apple iTunes movies, 16GB should be more than adequate for the "average" person's onboard library storage needs. On the other hand there is no way to upgrade to more flash memory on any model iPod touch, so an extra 100 bucks if you can afford it for an additional 16GB of storage space may come in handy some day. You can always externally store a larger number of tranportable file from a MAC or PC if your storage capacity exceeds 8 or 16GBs in the older model touches. Unless your gift is going to someone who has (or wants to have) an HUGE collection of music files, or is likely to buy or rent a lot of Apple iTunes movies, 16GB should be more than adequate for the "average" person's onboard library storage needs. On the other hand there is no way to upgrade to more flash memory on any model iPod touch, so an extra 100 bucks if you can afford it for an additional 16GB of storage space may come in handy some day. You can always externally store a larger number of tranportable file from a MAC or PC if your storage capacity exceeds 8 or 16GBs in the... » Read More Unless your gift is going to someone who has (or wants to have) an HUGE collection of music files, or is likely to buy or rent a lot of Apple iTunes movies, 16GB should be more than adequate for the "average" person's onboard library storage needs. On the other hand there is no way to upgrade to more flash memory on any model iPod touch, so an extra 100 bucks if you can afford it for an additional 16GB of storage space may come in handy some day. You can always externally store a larger number of tranportable file from a MAC or PC if your storage capacity exceeds 8 or 16GBs in the older model touches. « Show Less
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I have no idea. I bought an iPod Touch to experiment with and it is a great games device. It sucks for data entry - you can't enter anywhere near as easily as with the stylus on a Palm and I have a range of folding keyboards that allow me to touch-type into my Palm.
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Did you ever get an answer?? We just bout the new Kindle Fire for our 9yo and while I could let her use my iPad, if she could use it on her own would be so much better!
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I can agree with you with the size capacity. However in the design they probably had to go to flash to keep it smaller. And there was a 160gb iPod classic before they dropped the first iPod Touch with 8gb and 16gb.
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I bought it for a 5 and 7 year old. I only surf the net and check my email. Sorry, I couldn't be much help. You can call Apple.
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I don't think there are any parental controls, but you can check your kids search history on the internet and apps store.
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Parental controls are usually part of your internet server. There are good app locks on the play store, which I use to keep my settings locked.
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Well you are dealing with less then one percent out of millions of ipod buyers. I think that your ipod will be just fine. But if you were really daring you could open it on your computer and check it for a virus. But i highly doubt that it would.