(2007-09-05) Iphone Ipod Starbucks Announcements

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• cutting the IPhone price by $200 (will now be $399 for 8GB)

• launching the IPod Touch ($299 for 8GB), which uses the IPhone form-factor and supports WiFi (Saf Ari browser) as the new IPod.

  • hmm, does this become a MID?

    • Does it have audio-in (to record PodCast-s), leading to VoIP Over [[WiFi]] potential?)

  • hmm, LinuxOS port?

  • Sept12 update: might have some features pointlessly blocked, like adding Calendar entries

  • Sept13 update: Chris Soghoian noted that Apple doesn't have the same lame excuse for keeping the Touch closed as with the IPhone.

• deal with StarBucks where you can see what tunes have been playing, and have free access to ITunes allowing you to buy those tunes (at the standard price).

Sept10 update: One million iPhones in 74 days - it took almost two years to achieve this milestone with iPod," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO.