The iPod Touch

I get excited about new things pretty easily but only a select few have brought me to my current state of anticipation. There was the 4-6 week delivery waiting period for my Sony Tape Recorder (with external mic) from the JC Penny catalog nightmare in 1976. Then, there was the sleepless week before I bought my first car in 83. Then, of course, the Palm TX frenzy of Christmas 05.

Now, here we go again. Yesterday, the devil.... errrr...... Steve Jobs took the wrapper off the iPod Touch and thus melted my last defense against the evil Apple empire. Curse you Steve Jobs!!!

I don't think I can hold out this time around. I mean just look at it! They've added the 3.5" screen and all the cool stuff from the iPhone. Touch screen, Cover Flow, the flick thing (or whatever they call it). These are things we expected but they also filled it full of other cool stuff too. First and foremost it has WiFi and Safari. That's going to make Palm's Blazer look downright childish. On a side note, I'm really wondering about Palm in general. I've been the biggest Palm fanboy for ten years, but common.... they're living in the past and yesterdays announcement from Steve-O just makes them look silly. The TX might be able to do everything (and much, MUCH more) than the iPod but let's be real here. The iPod is an unbelievably sexy and appealing media device and if there is one thing to be sure of... sex sells.

Back on track now. They are also including a YouTube program, integrated Google and Yahoo search and a wireless iTunes download store. In partnership with Starbucks, you'll be able to walk in for a cup of joe and see all the current information on the last 10 songs played at that Starbucks location and have a chance to preview and buy them. To much commercializing for me but way cool tech none the less.

Did I mention that it has all this stuff and it's still about as thick as dental floss?

I gotta get one. That Steve Jobs guy, he's probably not so bad.

(Ken makes a note in what is now looking like a very old TX, that reads "send Mr. Jobs some fresh honey for Christmas.)

Ken