I think it's interesting Apple were very much selling up the iPod Touch almost as a 'camera that also does iOS stuff' at the last launch. They spent a lot of timing talking about photos & video recording, plus there's that wacky strap thing they've fitted to it. May have been them trying to reposition the Touch as 'the thing you carry round with you' away from where the iPad mini is going to be.

Hmm.. the base spec iPod touch has 32Gb of storage and costs £249. if Apple are going to undercut that with the iPad mini, I expect it's going to have much less storage and, as you say, not have a retina screen. 8Gb of storage with an 'old iPad' 1024 * 768 screen for £199?

I was thinking I could use them around the house in place of radios or TV. One in the kitchen could replace a TV and radio, even if you do not use it for anything else.

A 7" screen can't really replace a TV. I do use a docked iPod rather than a radio in the kitchen though.

Jon

I alone use the iPad so it can be used as a replacement TV. I can stick it up on a shelf, close to eye line while doing other things, perfect for a small kitchen.

Has the 'announcement' time came and gone then?

Might explain the shares business, there's also this:


Apple Choice of IPhone Aluminum Said to Slow Down Output

http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2012-1 ... utput.html

OMJF wall of text!

Mark

My iPhone 5 is still in pristine condition so I am not worried about the scratching issue but I am very careful with it.

I know, mobile sites FTL! I just posted it quickly, got a million tabs open

I guess this is why most phones are plastic.

non-mobile clicky