I can feel the music

September 5, 2007 | In Technology | No Comments

For the last few months, since the iPhone came out, I’ve been saying that Apple would be insane to release an iPod with the form factor and user interface of the iPhone. It would obviously cannibalize sales of the phone and confuse the market.

Of course I’m wrong. Steve Jobs took the stage this week and introduced the world to a new product called iPod Touch. The new iPod works much like the iPhone, with the touch interface, WiFi Internet access and a few other goodies.

With 16 gigs on the high end model hitting retailers at $399 (8 gigs will set you back $299). The iPod touch is slightly shorter than the iPhone and a lot thiner. It’s not the only high end iPod either. iPod Classic, a product that is nothing more than a beefed up G5.5 iPod (new interface and bigger capacity for the same price levels), it’s an interesting time for Apple.

The iPod Touch, like the iPhone, is flash based. No moving parts. This cuts down on battery life, the hard drives can suck the battery pretty quickly, but it also means smaller capacity. Not easy to fit all those widescreen movies on there.

Oh, and they dropped the price of the 8 gig iPhone to $399. The 4 gig is currently on clearance for $299. That loud noise you heard on Wednesday was the sound of iPhone owners saying really bad words at the top of their lungs.

iPod Touch image from Apple.com.