Comments on: BusinessWeek discovers Apple’s iPod touch: ‘Could be the harbinger of new products’

By: Robert Alonso

Robert Alonso — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 10:54:30 +0000

The iPod touch is a test device for Apple. The real thing will be a device like the Sony PRS-550 for reading books, listening to music and surfing the web from the comfort of your recliner.

Robert Alonso
http://blog.alonso.com

By: Roberto

Roberto — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:41:15 +0000

IpOD

By: Wow

Wow — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:00:49 +0000

MDN Take: we will be a jerk for no reason, nit-picking insignificant details, because we LOVE making Mac fans seem like crazy freaks.

Mission accomplished.

By: Chew

Chew — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:45:57 +0000

Whether or not BusinessWeek covers or discovers the Touch to me matters not. I love my little Unix PDA, a dream come true, I actually use it more AS a PDA than the multimedia marvel that it is. (that`s not to say I dislike the ultra slick interface and ease of use) Can`t wait for all those great developers to come out with awesome apps to help me along with my daily duties.

By: OpJ

OpJ — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:41:33 +0000

Let's see...wholly complementary article extolling Apple product and telling people to look forward to future products, so...of course...the natural result that anyone should expect is an MDN rant.

GODDAMMIT, YOU MUST NOT ONLY COMPLEMENT APPLE BUT ALSO DO SO PROMPTLY, AND THE SOONEST POSSIBLE MOMENT!!! HOW DARE YOU WAIT AND DELAY BEFORE DOING AN APPLE PR PIECE!!! THE SHAME!!!

I love days when UPS forgets to deliver MDN's meds.

By: Sheep Register

Sheep Register — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:38:55 +0000

Snarky remarks = entertainment & controversy = hits = advertising $$

It's all part of the fun

By: LateRegistrant

LateRegistrant — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:23:39 +0000

Harbinger indeed, say I. Thanks to Apple’s innovations, untold new products have been harbung.

By: Tommy Boy

Tommy Boy — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:06:35 +0000

MDN you're wrong about the timeliness of this article, the release of the SDK within the past week (BusinessWeek, get it?) makes this article very timely.

And yes the iPod touch is way overshadowed by the iPhone. Hesseldahl is 100% correct in that regard.

By: praus

praus — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:04:52 +0000

ok who gave “CHRIS” sugar?

By: CHRIS

CHRIS — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:45:50 +0000

IPOD TOUCH IS THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MDN NEEDS TO RECKANIZE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ITOUCH FTMFW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IPHONE STANKS!!!

By: Bizarro Ballmer

Bizarro Ballmer — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:28:48 +0000

MDN overreacts once again. I already stated in a post yesterday that Apple is not including the Touch enough, when applicable, along side the iPhone as far as iPhone applications are concerned. They will need to stamp programs coming out that it’s iPhone/iPod Touch compatible.
This newsweek author is right on. Listen up MDN, just because WE know what the Touch can do, it’s in Apples best interest to TELL the public what it can do. There should have been a Touch using or running the same games as the iPhone at the last Town Hall meeting. Of course some programs will only apply to the iPhone. Fine. But the impression on that day makes it look like iPhone is having all the iFun.

By: maclouie

maclouie — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:28:16 +0000

Anybody promoting their product would really appreciate belated and repeated articles like this.

I owned a brick and mortar gift store for 5 years and the day we closed we still had people come in claiming that they have been driving by everyday for years and had no clue we were there.

BTW, the intersection had 70,000+ cars drive by everyday. Sometimes people dont have the time to look to the side and see my store or the iPod touch or anything else new at Apple.

The more publicity, the better.

By: Blue Dream

Blue Dream — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:23:37 +0000

I think MDN is just saying that people really don't do any extensive homework
when purchasing a device or when getting paid to write about a device.
MDN may have missed their cup of hazelnut this morning, but I've had many worse days and we all deserve a bad day now and then. When I check my stock widget, I seem to suddenly feel as MDN does. What a rollercoaster driven by something mostly isolated from AAPL.

By: Danno Bonano

Danno Bonano — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:23:29 +0000

Two things:

Point number 1: Looks like MDN needed to make a comment today so they took some comments out of their back pocket that were slated for Dvorak and threw them up here.....

Kidding!

Point number 2: iPod touch should be iPod Touch with a capital T. When people write articles they like to refer to the device simple as the Touch. You can't really do that when it's lower case. I think someone should sue Apple for using a lower case T. I mean Microsoft capitalizes the Zune with a capital Z. I'll bet you when the Zune Touch comes out it's with a capital T. I don't understand why no one else cares. This could be the most important thing since the iPhone.

If anyone thinks I am serious, you can ask Zune Tang. He'll support me.

By: R2

R2 — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:18:47 +0000

Hey, at least someone finally focused on the touch for once.

By: MDN, Yes We Can

MDN, Yes We Can — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:18:05 +0000

Yes we can recognize our friendly colleagues, Arik being one of them.

Yes we can!

By: Cubert

Cubert — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:16:28 +0000

@chill time,
It’s called forcing “journalists” to have some modicum of responsibility for what they write. There are plenty of journalism watchdog groups out there. Think of MDN (and the legions of Apple fanatics) as another one.

By: Cubert

Cubert — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:12:30 +0000

'And it's iPod touch, with a small "t."

At least he spelled iPod with a lower case i. That drives me freakin' nuts when people capitalize it. Sloppy journalism abounds these days.

Sad.

By: chill time

chill time — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:06:50 +0000

MDN, if you don't like the article, then why cut and paste it into your site?

You can always go get more slim jims at your favorite store and chill, racking in your $ form Obama adds...as the rest of us figure out how we are going to pay for our health care AND our neighbors if he is elected "socialist in charge".

By: mr_matalino

mr_matalino — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:05:39 +0000

@Tired of Retards

You might want to revise your comments. I'm registered and I'm critical of MDN's take.

By: no-no

no-no — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:48:16 +0000

I enjoy MDN but sometimes it has a bad attitude. There’s no reason for sniping about this BusinessWeek article. MDN’s Takes here are unnecessarily sarcastic and pety.

By: Mr. Reeee

Mr. Reeee — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:35:44 +0000

Guys, it IS a Business Week article after all. Apple's release of the iPhone/touch SDK "legitimizes" both devices in some eyes. Like the ones who are counted among the shellshocked shills for Microsoft. Blame the writer's editor. I can cut them some slack.

As they say, better late than never.

In some eyes a Business Week or WSJ article means the thing is real. Once those people notice, you KNOW there's something to the iPod touch.

Besides, it takes awhile for them to type the article on their IBM Selectrics. Those triplicate carbon paper forms are a bitch!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Selectric_typewriter

By: Tired of Retards

Tired of Retards — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:34:48 +0000

MDN, keep on plainly stating the truth and I'll keep your site at the very top of my bookmarks!

Note that the people criticizing MDN are all unregistered. Maybe they're all Arik?

By: mr_matalino

mr_matalino — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:34:22 +0000

@ Journo

Just because I don't agree with EVERY MDN take doesn't mean that I don't understand the point of the site. They are free to express their opinion, and I should be free to express mine. I'm not an MDN zombie.

By: Journo

Journo — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:29:46 +0000

luke is right and many of you don’t seem to understand the point of the MDN Take or the point of the MDN site.

By: Synthmeister

Synthmeister — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:25:44 +0000

I think MDN has a point. The guy is breathlessly proclaiming how Wall Street is overlooking the iPod touch—which is true—but he should ‘fess up that he himself has been clueless as well.

By: Gavron

Gavron — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:18:03 +0000

MDN = Mean-Derogative-Naysayer

By: January 24, 1984

January 24, 1984 — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:10:15 +0000

Seems the world’s had a Sp(r)itzer this morning.

By: Ampar

Ampar — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:05:44 +0000

The true next-gen (not just memory bumps) hardware versions of the iPod touch and the iPhone will undoubtedly have some interesting upgrades and new features to coincide with the 2.0 software in June. iCal it.

By: earthlingdave

earthlingdave — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:01:59 +0000

Yeah, I must agree MDN, take it easy. Deep breaths…

By: ken1w

ken1w — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:55:17 +0000

> Unless you realize that it doesn't have a built-in microphone, either.

And it doesn't have a camera either...

By: MDN, Classless

MDN, Classless — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:54:42 +0000

Your SNARKY remarks were way off base on this article. Tone it down, assuming you care about your financial success.

If you don't know what I'm talking about, see a therapist.

I get my Apple news from many sources; MDN is only one of them and I'm close to deleting you from my feeds.

By: It's 'Journalism' Jim, But Not As We Know It

It's 'Journalism' Jim, But Not As We Know It — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:51:31 +0000

They ignore a newsworthy event/problem/product and when they DO report it they refer to it as overlooked.

I had occasion to read two newspaper articles in June of last year, both of which covered subjects I was intimately acquainted with. In both articles, the supposed journalism was utterly flawed, and anyone reading the 'stories' would be misled from the basic facts.

This sounds trivial when talking about a no-earth-shattering piece like this one, but wait until it involves something you care passionately about. Maybe then you'll quit believing everything you read.

By: HatsKK

HatsKK — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:51:06 +0000

I’m with Mark, take a chill pill MDN. Save the heavy sarcasm and ridicule for the haters.

By: mr_matalino

mr_matalino — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:46:16 +0000

Back off MDN. I agree completely that the iPod touch is overlooked when compared to the iPhone. Sometimes the attitude that MDN takes against good objective articles really pisses me off…

By: Falkirk

Falkirk — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:45:04 +0000

MDN, you can cut WAY back on the snarky attitude. Not everyone follows Apple the way we do. The guy shouldn't be ridiculed for providing his readers with a little history and showing the path that Apple took to get where they are.

Not only is your commentary unnecessarily insulting to the author, but it makes you sound like an obnoxious 10 year old know-it-all.

Show a little class.

By: jersey_trader

jersey_trader — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:39:16 +0000

Yes, we understand that the iPod touch is a Mac OS X multi-touch computer / devise / platform in your hand. However, Wall Street does not get it.

You have to wonder what would happen if a talking head ever got to talk with a real Apple executive or visited a local Apple store?

By: luke

luke — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:33:25 +0000

mark,

MDN has to cover it because it's BusinessWeek and it's dated today and it's about Apple, but they don't have to like it.

I appreciate that they tell me upfront that it's a rehash with nothing new. It saves me valuable time which is part of the reason I visit MDN.

By: mark

mark — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:29:50 +0000

MDN should back off a little on this. Arik isn’t bad when it comes to Apple and he has argued before on his blog/column for the importance of the touch.

By: Wandering joe

Wandering joe — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 13:21:12 +0000

Past its due date, like the green thing I found growing in the back of the fridge!