Inside the iPod Touch

iFixit (http://www.ifixit.com/) has opened and disassembled an iPod Touch.
It seems most of the space is dedicated to battery and screen while the electronics are all crammed in the bottom where the connectors are.
What remains unclear is whether there's the components needed for bluetooth or not.
As all other electronics from Cupertino it is a great work of engineering and design.
You can find all pictures here.

iPod Touch order cancelled, let me wait and see it first

Last Friday I canceled my order for the iPod Touch on the Apple Store (a plus for their on-line store, nice thing to be able to do..).

Reasons:

• don't know if it will be open to third party software or not
• might have a conspicuous price drop after just a couple of months (iPhone docet)
• had a feeling I would repent having bought it in such a hurry
• bluetooth would really make a difference for me (is it there or not?)
  

I'm a bit sad about this choice, but as soon as it will be out, I will run to the Apple Store try it hands-on and wait for someone to open it up and see what's inside, and then I will decide whether to buy or not.

Maybe I just don't trust Apple enough...Technorati Profile

Update: Does Apple's iPod touch have Bluetooth?

I just found this news on engadget, wow it would be very nice if it did have bluetooth I could connect it to my phone which has high-speed mobile connectivity and a decent camera!

I Just ordered the new iPod Touch!!

I couldn't resist, the new iPod Touch is so nice, and it expands on how I use my iPod today (mostly audio books and podcasts) so I ordered it immediately (delivery is expected on the first days of October)!
What I hope is that, apart the applications which Apple has included (which seem already very useful), a whole set of new and imaginative applications will be developed by the Open Source community. The multi-touch interface together with Wifi could be the starting point for a whole new set of on-line applications, but I wonder if Apple will open the iPod Touch to third-party software, or will it be necessary to hack it?

Let's wait and see...

"We Put iTunes on Windows and Kind of Helped Them Out There"

Apple CEO Steve Jobs has hit out at fellow tech heavyweights Dell and Microsoft, claiming they have been copying Apple, and put the company's tight-lipped strategy down to a refusal to give its rivals a roadmap ahead of time.
I think this is true, but Apple strategy is based on continous innovation, a clear example is the Nano which replaces the Mini at its sales peek.

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About Podcasting and my subscriptions

I really enjoy podcasting, even more now that its integrated in iTunes version 4.9, whether traveling by car or waiting for an appointment, its always a chance of generating extra value from potentially wasted time. What makes it even better is my iPod mini which is a very well designed and usable piece of electronics.
I do not have to tweak around to have the podcasts I already listened to deleted, and to get new podcasts uploaded, its all automatic, really great.
What amazes me is how every day available technologies can be well orchestrated to deliver innovative and really useful services.

These are my favorite and current Podcast subscriptions:

• The Gillmor Gang: Steve Gillmor and the Gang from IT Conversations give you technology news, interviews and reports.
  Steve Gillmor, contributing editor, ZDNet
  Doc Searls, senior editor, Linux Journal
  Jon Udell, lead analyst, InfoWorld Test Center
  Dana Gardner, senior analyst, Yankee Group
  http://gillmorgang.podshow.com/
  
• TWIT (this Week in Tech): Your first podcast of the week is the last word in tech. Join Leo Laporte, Patrick Norton, Kevin Rose, John C. Dvorak, and other tech luminaries in a roundtable discussion of the latest trends in high tech. Released every Sunday at midnight Pacific.
  www.twit.tv
  
• KFI's Tech Guy: From computers and the Internet to cell phones, MP3 players, and home theater, no one explains technology better than Leo Laporte. This is the commercial free version of his weekend radio show, heard live every Saturday and Sunday from 11a-2p on KFI 640 AM in Los Angeles.
• The World: Technology from BBC/WGBH/PRI: The World's Technology Podcast with Clark Boyd. Our podcast keeps you up to date on all the latest news in global technology. The World is US-based international news and analysis program co-produced by the BBC World Service, WGBH public radio in Boston, and Public Radio International.
  http://www.theworld.org/technology/index.shtml