Near smart-phone experience with ipod touch 4th, already being obsolete but new to me

My ipod touch arrived.
Since it is a 4th generation one, it's too old for many apps including major podcast subscription apps.
On the other hand, a few map app, maps.me and mapoffline, is available. So this portable device, already obsolete but new to me will likely to be useful as a portable map during biking.

As for viewing websites and editing text, working on my PC is much more comfortable than on a portable device.

I felt that near-smartphone portable device, and probable a smartphone is much more tiring than I have expected and imagined. This may be because I have never been familiar with handheld communication devices like mobile phones.

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