Walt Mossberg is a very well known guy in the world of technology and gadgets. This week the tech columnist for the Wall Street Journal has given his opinion on the Apple iPod Touch. Walt will give you a nice introduction on what the iPod Touch is and what functionalities it has. Walt got to test the iTunes WiFi Music Store and he really liked the mobile Safari. He was a bit disappointed about the battery life of the iPod Touch and what he really mised is the email program that was in the iPhone.

iLounge has a very extensive Apple iPod Touch review up on their website that has some nice comparisons between the iPhone and the new iPod Touch. They were actually a little disappointed about the new iPod Touch, they felt that the video screen has a shallow viewing angle and some unusual shimmering effect in certain dark places on the screen. Other iPod Touch owners are reporting the same issue with examples on the MacRumors forums and on this Flickr set.

Don’t start to worry about this issue, it appears that most iPod Touch units don’t have this problem.

Engadget got a retail version of the new Apple iPhone touch. They say they’re bewildered by a few things, according to them the screen of the iPod touch looks so different from the iPhone’s. Looks like Apple has also switched back to the scratch-magnet, shiny rear casing. You can’t add calendar appointments to touch but you can add contacts. Engadget is working on an extensive hands-on of the new Apple iPod touch, meanwhile you can check out their gallery of unboxing pictures. Read more… »

A funny first newspost; the new Apple iPod touch is having an identity crisis! Some iPod touch slipped out of the factories without the Mac OSX installed on it. It looks like Apple forgot to delete a small part of iPhone code on the iPod touch and then you get this, an iPod touch that says iPhone is disabled. This guy’s iPod touch is part iPhone.