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Besides the smaller screen real estate, the touch might be better compared to a tablet or netbook — it has many of the same functions (more, in some cases),” Topolsky reports. So you’re not just dropping $229 (8GB), $299 (32GB), or $399 (64GB, also, ouch) on a music and video player — you’re buying into a mini-computer, a video camera, and a game system all with a massive ecosystem.”
Topolsky reports, “If you’re already carrying around a smartphone with the above functions, maybe the iPod touch doesn’t make sense, but for the legions of buyers out there who have yet to make the jump (or are stuck with an outdated handset), this device’s appeal is hard to deny… With the addition of HD video shooting, the new Retina Display, and a faster A4 processor, the touch has just gone from ‘nice to have’ to nearly irresistible.”
Full article here.
I went to the Bullring Apple store today but they didn’t have any of the new iPods on display. What struck me was how thin the old iPod touch was already. I don’t think anyone every picked one up and wished it was thinner? I would have preferred it if Apple had left it thicker and put the 3GS camera module inside.
A product without peer, except for the iPhone 4 which is an iPod touch and so much more.
@ Sarasota
> What a shame that Apple cheaped out on the rear facing camera.
Perhaps the thickness of new iPod touch being 0.28″ instead of 0.37″ (for iPhone 4) had something to do with it, not necessarily Apple being “cheap.”
Cost of production is certainly a key consideration for Apple, since iPod touch does not benefit from $400 (or whatever) additional subsidy payment that AT&T pays up-front to Apple for an iPhone contract. Without the subsidy payment, a 32GB iPhone 4 has a price tag of $699. Compare that to a 32GB iPod touch at $299, with the same Retina Display, A4 processor, etc.
With all the hoopla about iPad “competitors,” this new iPod touch is going to be an “under the radar” smash hit for Apple. If you want a “pocket computer” for about $200 that has this much functionality without an onerous two-year phone contract, there is no other choice.
This product has been without peer since the first one was released. I mean, really, name one product that has been remotely competitive with the iPod Touch.