Remember that time when you finally mustered up enough money to splurge? After a few weeks, or months, of thinking about how you wanted a new mp3 player but did not know if you wanted the whole nine yards (Internet browser, stopwatches, touch screen, playlists, album art, etc. ) you finally gathered up your confidence to purchase the famed iPod Touch. Either that or you decided that it was time for a new MacBook, and you took the deal that enabled you to get a Touch for dirt cheap.
Well, if you were an iPod Touch consumer by method of the first case scenario, do you then remember how you felt when they came out with the iPod Touch 2G just a few months after you had finally worked up the courage to buy the 1G? It had better Wi-Fi, a thinner shape, much lower prices, a volume control toggle, built-in speakers (granted the speaker quality was not that great), and more.
Well, Apple did it again this year! They came out with a new iPod Touch. The thing that they have on us consumers now is that the first generation iPod users may decide that it is time for a new iPod Touch– though based on history some users would say, well… they’re coming out with a new one next year that will be even better, and they will wait for the next one to come out in September 2010.
In any case, those who waited and bought the 2nd generation knowing that the first was no longer going to be the “hot new item,” still can be laughing at the 1st generation buyers. Even though the 3rd generation is even less expense to buy, you are pretty much buying the 2ndG iPod Touch.
When Apple released the 3G at the beginning of September, it was such a letdown. There is no camera, no built-in mic, no GPS system, and more. It simply has a faster processor, comes with mic and remote headphones, and has the built-in voice control and voice recorder. Oh, and they got rid of the 16GB option.
