I had read about some comparison between IPOD Touch and NOKIA N810 . Most of discussion are from the technical specs point of view . I want to talk something about my feeling , the different targeted markets and business models .

Somebody ever said , IPOD Touch is a media device which happen to have the internet browser , Nokia N810 is a internet tablet which happen to be a media player as well. That's almost true about these two devices technically . IPOD Touch has great media capability and quality better than NOKIA N810 , great UI as well . Nokia N810 has an external speaker which is a big plus as a media player , no mention I can carry a NOKIA N810 as a mobile computer with great capability of external storage ( USB keyboard , USB Thumb drive and USB disk drive ) . Look at IPOD Touch , there's nothing you can do without a computer and iTunes . The speed of web browser is fair .

Then , what's the good about IPOD Touch ?

The answer is the content and the superior customer experience .

APPLE has the great contents including music , movies , audio books , podcast and open courses , being organized in a good order . You can easily search , purchase and enjoy what you want on IPOD Touch by your finger . " Content is the king " , Apple knows it very well and put it together through iTunes , a software platform , which carefully , securely and exclusively stream the organized content onto superior IPOD Touch , a superior hardware platform . All they sell to you is a superior experience compared with other competitor's hardware selling . Then there's no wonder why IPOD Touch has very limited compatibility and expandability from either hardware or software . If you were Apple , you want to use the superior hardware and software to lock the customers and integrate the whole vale chain , then squeeze the juice from each section of value chain . So , you will see IPHONE bundled with AT&T , IPOD Touch bundle with iTunes and variable music companies . There's a similar business model when you see Amazon trying to sell books via KINDLE , printers designing their own cartridge and Gillette for their own blade .

As of NOKIA N810 , it's a computer or a device in computer concept . From the every beginning , the mythology of computer is the modularization of each function by using same protocol . Each components of computer is talking to other module based on certain protocol . Each module has the privilege in developing further but still compatible with others , while increasing the whole computer's performance or efficiency . Back to Nokia N810 , its open source , lots of developers and geeks are imaging want they want from NOKIA N810 and working on it . There's unlimited space for the whole community to develop . There's no such company or individuals provides a total solution for your superior customer experience as Apple is providing . But , It do provide some superio experience -- " IMAGE YOURSELF " .

APPLE is a great company with great products . Their creativity and imagination is superior . When you make the decision between IPOD TOUCH and NOKIA N810 , you already make the decision on enjoying Apple 's imaginations or developing your own imagination in a open community . The world is flat and everybody can easily obtain all kinds of tools and information which enable a global collaboration in an much easy way . The only key to differentiate you from others in the competitive world is the imagination on how to utilize the tools .

P.S. Do not get me wrong , I think Nokia N810 model in open source is the future trend than Apple Ipod Touch . Also , I want to make clear to everybody that my thinking about the these two devices . It would be a big plus for an integrated contents solutions together with developed software released for Nokia N810 , or somebody here can start working on this as an initiatives . Much like Geekbrief TV have a N810/N800 video format with video center being released .

Or can we start thinking about some solutions like a sub forum for all preferred media contents for Nokia NXX , or more alliance with some contents providers for Nokia NXXX , this forum at least provide a serials of podcast in video or audio for some updated status , stories , software problems and events etc .