I would wait until the SDK is released for the iP/iPT. One thing I do often is listen to podcasts. One thing you can't do on the IPT is download music (maybe iTMS, but not any web page with mp3 or other links).

I have three iPods (I gave away my original). The last few audiobooks and music were put on the n810, not the iPod Video. To do ANYTHING with the library on an iPod, you need to attach to an external computer.

It would probably be easier to create a link to my MacBookPro (I have EVDO and a portable router) to my n810 to my music and audiobook collection than to do it via an iPod - and until I can edit the library on the device, OR access the library on my laptop via some link via Wifi, I won't consider the iPod.

Meanwhile, the n810 often sits atop my dashboard and shows the map scrolling by (my zmapper program which is fully GPL and uses US Census maps - it was a complete rewrite of Roadmap for the Zaurus designed to be fast), I'm also listening to the audiobook, podcast, or music. Sometimes the next podcast is downloading at the same time.

Will the iPod Touch platform ever allow the apps to be integrated? Maybe. And will there be a charge? Maybe. And prices are likely to come down, not up in a few months. What will they let the SDK do? I've no idea. They've already BRICKED unlocked iPhones with updates. Somehow I don't think they are going to allow applications to do anything they want. It may be a very good closed platform, but it still will be closed. Or maybe not. My idea is to wait and see.

(I saw one similarly priced as a return at Target, but for the above reason passed on it).