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3.5 stars
"It's All About Marketing"
Pros: Design and 'Cool Factor'
Cons: STORAGE STORAGE STORAGE
Summary: This is really all about marketing. Apple could have easily went with a hard drive and made a 80 and 160 gig version of the iPod Touch but that wouldn't be smart from a business sense. Not that I agree with what they've done but think about it...people are going to rush out and buy the Touch simply because it's cool and the new thing to have. Next year they'll release the updated version and it will double in size and the same for the following year and so on. Each time they release a newer version with more space the same people that go out and buy the 'must have' everything will shell out more cash to get the latest and greatest. In 3 or 4 years we'll all look back and laugh and say...can you believe the iPod Touch used to come in 8 and 16 gig. Why on earth would you buy that with such little space?
With 8 and 16 gig it's almost as if you'll need two iPods. One to watch videos on a wider screen and the 'Classic' version to store ALL of your music and videos on one device.
Does that not sound like marketing genius?
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Let me get this right, you do not like the flash player cause it does not have a hard drive??? That is just inane. Its like saying you do not like a car cause it does not have wings!!!
Its a flash player. Evaluate it on those merits. Or just buy a Zune. I hear those are just so great and its coming out with an 80 gig drive, once they can figure out how to make it work.
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Think about it. Apple has smashing software that gives them a chance to overtake Microsoft in at least some areas thereby setting the standard for them. Instead they give Microsoft time to catch up. And there are others. Nokia is not going to sit still. I give Jobs an A for innovation but an F for business sense. He already made that mistake once and doesn't learn. And I don't mean the money he is currently giving back for the iPhone but the missed opportunities when he came out with the first PC.
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The only reason it's 8 & 16 GB is because it uses flash and even though flash is more reliable the largest size on the market is 16 GB
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---and it will be my first Apple product!
Where to buy
Apple iPod Touch (first generation, 16GB):
$249.99
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