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1-3.2 MP camera Still pictures only
2-OLED Screen!
3-Colors for the ipod Touch
4-iPOD Touch HD! 720P output via separate dock station and 16.9 Screen
5-Screen resolution 800x480 instead of the current 480x320
6-Stream music via Wireless without the need of applications
7-GPS with navigation
8-OS 4.0
9-Newer faster CPU ipod touch now twice as fast
10-Video Camera now Woot
11-Enhanced battery extra 5 hours of music playback !
12-FM RADIO in 2015! we are awesome company (Not even HD radio)
13-Lock your ipod touch via the camera, it only opens when it take a picture of your eyes FBI style
14-Price drop for the same PRICE !

etc

For me all what i want is freaking improved sound quality ! ipod touch is awesome device but in 2009 its sound is not on par with sony walkman or cowon S9 etc (But i still prefer the ipod because it does many other things better its not only a music device)]]>Sep 11th 2009 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/Sep 11th 2009 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/Sep 11th 2009 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/Sep 11th 2009 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/Sep 11th 2009 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/quite the impressive list you have going there.

But exactly how many high-profile media events will it take to introduce all those improvemtns. Based upon how much Apple introduced at the latest news fiesta, I would suspect probably at least 9-10.

hmm, two musical extravaganzas per year means your dream machine is 5 years down the road...]]>Sep 11th 2009 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/True enough mate, but 800x480 seems to be a standard res that LCD manufacturers make. Basically something wide and higher-res is what i'd like. If they are aiming to improve the specs with each generation, then for me I think its about time they pushed the screen up a bit spec-wise. ]]>Sep 11th 2009 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/Sep 11th 2009 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/
Really? In case you haven't noticed, the Zune HD packs Nvidia's Tegra chipset, which is way more powerful than the shit Apple puts into the iPod Touch. It can run 1080p HD content, for pete's sake! Oh, also, the Zune already has a considerable install base for: 1. having to compete with Apple, and 2. it's only been out a short time.]]>Sep 11th 2009 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/Sep 11th 2009 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/
These were not "geeks". They were representative of the average community, and they were genuinely surprised. ]]>Sep 11th 2009 3:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/Sep 11th 2009 3:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/Sep 11th 2009 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/
The best one yet.]]>Sep 11th 2009 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/
...and 3. It's available in only NA.]]>Sep 11th 2009 8:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/
I completely agree with you here. The Iphone/Touch is successful because Apple was not afraid to release a product that blew everything else out of the water. While other companies were adding unimpressive features to their devices each product update ( ex. storage, GUI, design), Apple made a remarkable leap forward to capture the attention of consumers. However, I believe Apple is now conforming to the accepted business practices that other companies are using - barely scratching the surface of Moore's law with lackluster updates to justify a price point while increasing their ROI.

I am not upset that the Ipod Touch doesn't have a camera with this release. Instead I am disappointed that Apple is a company now focused on milking a product by releasing unimpressive updates rather than wowing consumers with impressive updates. The yearly increase of storage space in a PMP is expected, but why not give consumers something unexpected? It's the whole reason why Apple Press Conferences are watched by the world...consumers look to be excited by their announcements. Jobs stating they "don't need to add new stuff," is a lazy cover-up for their intentions to focus on max profits rather than on exciting innovation. Of course they will be "adding new stuff" to the Ipod Touch, just not as soon as we, the intelligent gadget aficionados, would like to see them.
]]>Sep 11th 2009 10:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/
Oh and I forgot to add this,

iPod Touch - It's a great gaming device!!! /s








.]]>Sep 11th 2009 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/Sep 11th 2009 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/Steve Jobs?]]>Sep 11th 2009 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/Sep 11th 2009 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/
Tower defense games are actually really good on the iPod. Sure, I carry around my PSP to play Dissidia or really "game" but for a quick, "God this meeting is crap" or "This subway ride would be better without this bum staring at my junk" moments I'd rather use the iPod.]]>Sep 11th 2009 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/Sep 11th 2009 11:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/Sep 11th 2009 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/If you jailbreak your iPod Touch, there is a game called "Osu!" which is a clone of Elite Beat Agents/Osu Tatakae Ouendan.
There is also a PC version if you're interested.]]>Sep 11th 2009 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/Sep 11th 2009 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/
that aside, I'm pretty surprised by the number of people who ignorantly spew garbage like the ipods having inferior sound quality to other PMP's. sure the packaged earbuds are garbage but with your favorite earphones the ipods or iphones have just as good or better sound quality than any other PMP. show me PROOF otherwise or stop blindly repeating what you saw someone say on a message board somewhere. ]]>Sep 11th 2009 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/
But since you want proof, try this: listen to an MP3 with your best set of headphones on your computer, then listen to the same MP3 on your iPod with the same headphones.]]>Sep 11th 2009 5:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/
im an apple fan, but its time for the love affair with the press to end.]]>Sep 11th 2009 11:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/Sep 11th 2009 11:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/Sep 11th 2009 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/Sep 11th 2009 1:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/
As far as MMS is concerned I don't really use it anyway but i had a razr and the picture quality was so bad you couldnt even see what was on the screen so the feature is much more usable on the iPhone if you look at it that way!]]>Sep 12th 2009 1:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/
or a cell phone. Which they will be carrying anyway because they don't have an iPhone.

Everyone who is complaining about the lack of camera will have a cell phone, and with it a camera of equal or better quality. Why does it matter which device it's on when you have to carry both anyway? And really, carrying a cell phone should take priority over a music player if you are out.]]>Sep 11th 2009 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/Sep 11th 2009 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/Sep 11th 2009 11:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/Sep 11th 2009 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/Sep 11th 2009 12:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/Sep 11th 2009 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/
To upload a image from most phones would require you accessing a laptop or desktop pc with a internet connection, where if we had this on the touch we could simply upload at a wifi hotspot which are quite common now. Not to mention, most phone OS's do not have as much of a extensive library of photo manipulation applications as there is in the appstore.

Now do you understand?]]>Sep 11th 2009 12:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/Sep 11th 2009 12:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/And actually i'm glad it doesn't have a camera so you can still take it into government buildings and court houses.
Bring your cellphone which 99% of the time has a camera that would be just as crappy as anything stuck on the touch, or bring your compact Canon/other camera with you. End of story.]]>Sep 11th 2009 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/
Now, even though I'm thinking about dropping $600 flat to get an n900 because Maemo with 1GB RAM and 32 GB on board is brute mobile power, I still can't get over all those iPhone applications and it makes me want one. I mean the choices.... jeez. Love or hate the iPod Touch and iPhone, you know you like to play with your friend's when he gets a new game.]]>Sep 11th 2009 2:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/
I really hate Apple, the way their marketing division always presents their devices as groundbreaking as they do, forgetting about all the stuff that came before them. No, I'm not a douche who thinks I'm better than everyone, so I wont buy from a company that does so. And I really wanna see how they will handle the N900 marketing, will they be talking about the apps? Don't think so.]]>Sep 11th 2009 2:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/Sep 11th 2009 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/
My biggest disappointment from Wednesday is that the iPhone OS 3.1 update has again broken podcast ordering, especially for podcasts that ship multiple episodes per day. So I'm back to fiddling with the On The Go playlist to get Jim Rome to play in order again. Grrrrrrrrrr.]]>Sep 11th 2009 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/
Aside from that, I think we're too obsessed over what Apple releases. I wish I could go back to a time where I was pleasantly surprised whenever something new came out. ]]>Sep 11th 2009 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/Sep 11th 2009 11:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/11/switched-on-the-ipod-touch-and-the-big-picture/Sep 11th 2009 11:47AM