All the criticism of the iPod Touch as a semi-purpose device or whatever will be moot when these products fly off the shelves and are the #1 Christmas sales item - and isn't that really the point? Apple are giving people what they want, or alternatively making people believe it's what they need. And quite often, Apple are right on the money - there's not been any significant backlash about the iPhone and it's functionality, and I doubt there'll be a backlash about the Touch once people get it in their sweaty palms and begin to use it, even if it's just to play audio.

The touchscreen and coverflow etc. may be overkill, but it gives the product that "WOW" factor which makes ordinary people automatically buy the damned thing without thinking twice... where is the N800 "WOW" factor? Really, it doesn't have one - from the device design to the UI design there is nothing "WOW" about the N800. Lots of "neat" and "that's nice", but nothing "WOW".

Nokia may be producing good multi-function devices, but they're not very good at selling them - few if anyone knows about them (poor marketing), fewer still want them (no "WOW" factor). And that, surely, is where Nokia need to improve - for all the "faults" and limitations of the Apple products, Apple know how to make people "want" their products, their products literally sell themselves.