Jobs: We Made the iTouch as Cheap as Possible

[Major7up]

I was slightly offput by the title...thought maybe there was something more valuable in this story than there actually was.

 

[ozeppelino]

[citation][nom]hixbot[/nom]Why not drop the camera on the Naon too and drop the price point?!... or drop the camera, double the storage, and keep the price point?! Noone wants a camera on a Nano.[/citation]

This is perfect. If you are going to pass on the camera then fine, make it that way and give us more of what we really want, storage and performance, not gimmicks.

 

[hakesterman]

To me an Ipod for games is a joke. It's hard to believe that so many people want free or cheap games for a quick 5 minute thrill. Most of those free Apps. are a waist and the ones that cost money are very very basic. I guess if they can sell it, kodoo's to them. I think the price is right if that's what floats your boat.

 

[sailfish]

Personally, I'd prefer to have a phone as simply a phone and a portable multimedia device like the iTouch for everything else that's portable, including gaming. So, yes, I think leaving the camera out of the iTouch was a bad idea. That, and the very high price for it really leaves a big lake for other competitors to start trolling in, given they can match/exceed the iTouch's specs.

 

[sailfish]

Okay, so it's an IPOD Touch and not an iTouch. I blame Apple for this!

 

[dannyaa]

It's quite obvious. There's more to it that doesn't need to be said.

If you put a video camera, camera, FM radio, pedometer all into the iPod Touch, and if you actually gave it 16gb of RAM at $199 which they most likely could, and they most likely could make it the 50% faster model at that price point as well and maintain profit margin, well there's a problem:

The iPod Nano market disappears, and encroaches too much on the iPhone. They need to distinguish their line up. I think it's as much of a business move as anything.

The ultimate destination of this is an "iTouch" which is probably what the name will transform into eventually. It will be an iPod Touch with a phone app that works over 4g/wi-max. People will not pay for a cell phone carrier, rather a data carrier such as CLEAR and get wimax. The iPhone will be obsolete. The iTouch will have everything and do everything.

 

[listerd]

What Steve says:
"We made the iTouch [sic] as cheap as possible."

What Steve really meant:
"We made the iPod Touch as cheap as possible... to maintain our hefty annual profit margin! Mwahahahahaha!"

 

[aajgb]

2 years ago, I bought an itouch for my kids, it is a great gaming device and they love it.
I'll get another one if it has a camera.

 

[okibrian]

I would think at this point the masses that are going to buy an iPod Touch have already got one in version 2. Now the only way you are going to get a large number of people to buy a new one is to make current owners want to upgrade to a new one. The way to do that is offer a new built in hardware (FM tuner, camera, etc.). At this point I see no need to upgrade my Touch version 2 hardware with version 3 hardware if only speed is what I would be adding. I will stick with my 3.0 software upgrade only. Besides, my iPod will not explode.

 

[ElectroGoofy]

A camera WOULD be nice.... but not necessary. Its nice that the price is coming down though

 

[etichi]

developers developers developers developers.

 

[tester24]

I guess this just opens the market for the Zune HD, you get everything HD radio, high definition content, music player and other stuff (minus the camera) and possibly a better graphics processor for games. However I still can't see a full on touchscreen device to game really well. Well at least any good games. Sorry Apple it's not likely you will take a bite out of the true gaming market.

 

[TimidKiller]

Every other mp3 player even in its most basic form has a radio. I've waited on the "iTouch" because it doesn't have one. If I go by Apple's normal progressional upgrade, it'll be a coin toss to see if NEXT year's updates to the Touch will either get the radio or the camera. So, let's see, that means a 2 year wait (worst case scenario) for a radio to FINALLY be put in to the iPod Touch....geez!

 

[aajgb]

I'll buy a Zune if the screen is bigger than that of the itouch.

 

[nachowarrior]

**most common words used in a sentence together** "apple" and "mistake".

 

[Atticah]

i own a zune...what's an ipod?

 

[Guest]

personally i dont use cell phones waist of money ..especially when it comes to at&t. but im actually pretty pissed that apple did not add a camera to the itouch because cell phone cameras tend to be lame and have storage limitations.. plus im sure there are some cool apps on the app store that can edit that stuff .. god knows how many times i wish i had a camera or video camera .. for some crazy memory !

 

[aajgb]

I plan to buy a nokia n97 later this year as a Christmas gift for myself. But if Apple can come up with a itouch with a nice camera, I will go for the itouch.

 

[amnotanoobie]

[citation][nom]hixbot[/nom]*Nano Give us edit function Tom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/citation]

Go to the Forums and find the News comments.

 

[backbydemand]

[citation][nom]joebob2000[/nom]ITS NOT A F&%&^%^&%$*& ITOUCH! REPEAT AFTER ME: IPOD. TOUCH. IPOD. TOUCH. NO CAPS LOCKS WERE HARMED IN THIS RANT[/citation]

Sounds like someone is getting a little iTouchy...