You're by yourself on that one. A touch screen is what's essential on the Nokia Internet Tablet... it's good to have on the iPod as well... just like it's great to have on the iPhone.

What's being swayed around too much in this thread is personal opinion, imho. Apple has a commercial hit on their hands. It will sell well within their lineup of products. NAND Memory and touch screen will be their answer to the people that want iPhone-ish tech but not unhappy with their phone.

For casual users, it's wifi abilities will be enough to whip out and use at a hotspot. I personally need a bit more - I use Pidgin, among other things a bit much (Nokia 770 user here, so Skype is a wet-dream) - and my access to multiple POP3 accounts is stellar on my internet tablet.

But honestly? Nokia isn't marketing in the US at all. The iPod Touch will sell in numbers that will make it more of a mainstream success. And if anything, Linux for the masses has been proven to not be as universal as it can be. Things have to be dumbed down and "just work" in order for it to be a commercial success.

I personally need root access. But I wish that Nokia would build a button less Internet Tablet... practical? Perhaps not. But it'd be a bit sleeker than the "retro styling" on the N800. And I'm one of the few that's happy with the 770's styling. It's sorta like the Commodore 64 of styling that does it for me.

Oh... and this...

Moot point. You have to look at your Internet Tablet in order to use it too. Only volume and full-screen and navigation (something you have to notice while looking at it) work well... and only one of them is something you can do without looking at it on the Nokia IT's.

I use my Internet Tablet. So that means I will look at it while using it. I turn my iPod on, set shuffle, lock the controls, slip it into a case, and walk with it.

The iPod Touch will be used the same way by me. I'm now waiting for the hackers to get a chance with it. Seems like the iPhone hacks will work on the iPod Touch as well.