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Apple’s iPod Touch is not simply a phone less iPhone

When first hearing about Apple’s new iPod Touch, my first reaction was that they were releasing an iPhone without the phone. It looks like an iPhone has many of the same features, like built in WiFi and iTunes. What I have now discovered, thankfully before I purchased one, it’s really is nothing more than an iPod based on the iPhone’s Multi-Touch technology.

What does it do?
From the looks, it’s a great music and video player. Works great with iTunes and YouTube. It has an WiFi interface that will allow you to access the internet, through the slimed downed Safari application as well as WiFi access to the iTunes Store, making it easier to get your tunes when drinking your favorite drink from Starbucks.

What does it not do?
It’s not a replacement for a PDA. Apparently it does have a calendar and a contact list, but each of these needs to be created and updated on the computer. You can’t simply enter a new appointment while at a meeting into the iPod Touch and have it sync to the calendar on the PC. The same hold true for the contacts. In fact there isn’t any way to type any type of notes into it other than possibly via a web application through safari. And to use safari, you need to be on a WiFi network.

There is a rumor circulating that Apple is working on a PDA. There have also been rumors that engineers from the PDA project were moved to both the iPhone and iPod Touch so that those products could be delivered at the promised time.

A question now is, Does Apple plan on developing a PDA? I hope so. But for now I guess I’ll just have to replace my old Palm with a new old Palm until that day arrives.

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