I love my iPod Touch, I know I must be on record somewhere saying that I picked up an iPod Touch because it’s an iPhone without the phone part. That wasn’t entirely true although Apple did put the "real Internet" on the Touch just like the iPhone. The newly announced update for the iPod Touch addresses the most significant shortage in features that the Touch had over the iPhone in my opinion and while some folks seem to be upset that they have to pay $20 for them I for one am quite happy to do so. I haven’t been able to yet due to the problems with my MacBook Pro that manifested themselves while updating my iPod Touch’s firmware thus leaving me with a brick that will be fixed shortly I hope.
The major additional feature this update provides iPod Touch owners is the addition of email support, at least for me. The real Internet can only be better if I can do email handily on the Touch too and that’s the major feature I am jonesing for. Throw in better Google Maps, a few widgets and note-taking capability and the update will be well worth it for me. Having an iPod Touch with largely the same functionality of the iPhone proves to me how savvy Apply is about this stuff. They will have effectively removed the carrier, something that no company such as Apple likes to play ball with, from the iPhone in the iPod Touch. Sure you won’t have all of that Edge goodness in the US, but you don’t have AT&T to worry about either. Jobs is so crafty.
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