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After the summer fest for the iPhone, we have new devices coming from Apple around the iPod. The iPhone and the new iPod Touch I think will position as the preferred multimedia portable device, although other high quality options are in the market for you to choose. After the summer fest for the iPhone, we have new devices coming from Apple around the iPod. The iPhone and the new iPod Touch I think will position as the preferred multimedia portable device, although other high quality options are in the market for you to choose.

I have an iPod, and after allmost 2 years of enjoying the device, I was dreaming all the time about a all-sreen device, where those photos would rock, and visual content look much better. I was glad it finnaly came from Apple. Actually, I think 1 year late, but as we say in Spain: ‘Mejor tarde que nunca’ => Better late then never.

But some critics arise, and I think they are mainly true. Before, my iPod video was the king, the center for all possible functionality for a device: video, podcast, video postcasts, photos and music. I have enjoyed how that technology changed the way I lived. I usually listen to Danny Sullivan podcast (search engine stuff), watch hollywood crazy stories in video, blackberry podcasts, and music podcasts like the great Roger Sanchez (Release Yourself, so cool). Anyway, now I feel that the holy grail is not my old iPod video, neither my possible future iPod Touch, the sweetheart is the iPhone, which means that Apple is alllways going to limit what I can do with the iPod Touch. People say in the net that the best ipod will be the iphone.

And that sucks a bit, cause I am not an iPhone kid (prefer my blackbeery with BES and 3G). Blackberry will allways nail it down when talking text communications all the time. But the iTouch can be the best multimedia device.

So I think Apple should change priorities and select the iPod Touch as their main objective, and allow installing Google Maps, for example, and that advantage of that Wifi great connection and browser as a second device, an alternative device that anybody will want, even the backberry people, win mobile, palm, etc….

A touch multimedia device is so cool and eye-catch that business people and kids alike will want it. Let’s all get unified by the iPod then, and pls Apple don’t limit and tell us what we can do with the iPod Touch.

I guess I will get one for xtmas, like I allways do with the electronic devices.

It is worth paying attention to other competitors that have touch screens and don’t have that marketing need for a phone. If Apple does not do the right thing, these people could give what users demand, and maybe even me, an iPod enthusiast switch over.