Am I the only iPhone owner slightly miffed about the new iPod touch...?

[Sweetbike40]

The iPod Touch forums have a thread about being disappointed with the update.

 

[kerbero9]

let's not also forget that Apple is in the portable game console business now- an external speaker and volume control is a necessity for the platform to be considered viable.

 

[eplchamps0304]

The new headphones, the Nike application.

I think a lot of people are upset about the iPod touch is because it's not an iPod anymore. An iPod used to be a music player, but it's become a computer now - the only limitation being it doesn't connect to a cellular network. The iPhone, prior to the touch, was unique for being an all-in-one device, in fact THE all-in-one device.

Now that the touch does exactly the same thing (in fact more things), a lot of iPhone users (who by the way bought their phones less than 3 months ago), are probably a little irritated that you can get next to the same branded as an iPod. That doesn't mean the phone is any less useful or special, but I think it would irritate some.

Personally I don't care all that much because I bought my phone primarily for a phone, but even my less technologically inclined friend pointed out that the iPod touch is almost exactly like the iPhone - it even looks like an iPhone. Maybe Apple could have mixed it up a bit.

you should be more upset about the 2.1 software not having the features that most consumers wanted and that are standard on smartphones. You are upset about Nike+, i never saw that on anyones most wanted list.

 

[goosnarrggh]

you should be more upset about the 2.1 software not having the features that most consumers wanted and that are standard on smartphones. You are upset about Nike+, i never saw that on anyones most wanted list.

Nobody knew they even wanted it until they saw somebody else get it.

 

[aluren]

i'm glad the touch got some upgrades. you don't expect apple to keep selling the classic forever right? apple needs to advance in the direction of the touch and not the classic.

i have the iPhone 3G, and i would like to see some of that new stuff to be on my iPhone (2.1 software soon), but that's about it.

 

[milani]

you should be more upset about the 2.1 software not having the features that most consumers wanted and that are standard on smartphones. You are upset about Nike+, i never saw that on anyones most wanted list.

Like I said, I'm not upset at all, I was only making the case for some who might be disappointed with the iPhone/iPod touch similarities. I will, however, be upset if 2.1 doesn't nail all the firmware problems.