The next generation of iPods: Welcome, Touch.

The new iPods, are officially old news. But what still appeals to be, even after a whole day, is the concept of the iPod Touch. I know that this iPod looks very similar to the iPhone, but I can’t help it. It’s aesthetics, courtesy of Jonathan Ive, are amazing – as it is with the iPhone. It’s navigation, like the iPhone, is slick as ever. But the only disappointing part is the amount of storage it has; with eight and sixteen gigabyte variants, it does not sport as much as even the 5.5-gen iPod Classic (the 6g iPod Classic has a whopping hundred and sixty gigs of storage!), which has a decent thirty gigabytes.

I can’t stand Macy Gray, so I decided on finding an iPod Touch promotional picture without her album cover in it. Success!

What does impress me about this iPod Touch is it’s new capabilities – although it is a bit lacking in the storage department, it’s wi-fi compatibilities (in my opinion) more than make up for it. The Zune did have a part in popularizing wi-fi by using it to share music with other Zunes, but the iPod takes it to the next level and allows you to surf the internet, including the more popular and demanding sites like Youtube.

Also, the screen outfitted on the iPod Touch is much more impressive than the ones featured on the iPod Classic and Nano. I wouldn’t mind browsing some songs with coverflow on my iPod (of course, all of them feature coverflow now – still, it would look a lot more decent on the iPod Touch’s wider screen.

So do I think it’s worth the extra $50 or so to get an iPod Touch instead of the iPod Classic? It really depends on your tastes – if you are an audiophile (with an iPod? hah!) or simply have a huge number of tunes, I’d suggest getting the iPod Classic – more storage, for cheaper. If you just want to listen to music, again, get the iPod Classic. Want an iPhone-like device with more storage, made available worldwide? Get the iPod Touch.

I’ll leave you with some ponderers: is it just me, or has the iPod Classic not changed at all (shape and dimension-wise)? The iPod Touch will be available on September 28, 2007 – can you wait that long? Will you be in line at your local Future Shop to be the first to get it?