Mutually exclusive? Of course not, and I have never claimed any such extreme. Consider a Venn diagram here. The products certainly overlap, as I have acknowledged today and numerous other times. BUT-- the differences are more profound than I think you want to accept. As much as some want to downplay the gsm/no-gsm difference, it is nonetheless a huge differentiator. For many, so are the screen size differences. Bluetooth. OS. UI. I could go on and on. If nothing else, the gsm/no-gsm distinction throws each product into very different channels... that's inescapable. And for the most part, as I've asserted many times and will continue to, people will fall one way or the other with these 2 product types based on differences, NOT common features! I fail to understand why that concept gets lost in these discussions. And the underlying factor there is what an individual expects to do, how they expect to do it, how much handholding they need/want, how much freedom they prefer, etc.

As much commonality exists here, and as many people may like both product equally and equivocate over which to purchase, at the end of the day we see 2 very distinct camps established with *some* fence-straddlers. But don't confuse the exceptions with the rule, or downplay the importance of difference in product selection. That tends to be a mistake-- especially for marketeers.

EDIT: if you think I labelled the iTouch as a communicator, then maybe it isn't clear enough that I combined and generalized for simplicity's sake...