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Three ways iPod Touch gets it wrong

I recently got an iPod touch (8 GB), and agree: it’s the most amazing gadget I’ve ever owned. In terms of a review, let me just say it’s the gizmo we’ve been waiting for. It’s the freaking Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. It’s a Tri-corder. Arthur C. Clarke said that “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic,” and that’s the only way I can explain how this device, thin as a pencil, works. Magic.

But (and there’s always a “but”)…

There are a few areas where it could be improved, as well as a few that are just plain dumb.