Remember that cludgy old Newton? I had one for a year, back in 1995, and found it be of little use — aside from its inherent paperweight abilities and the obligatory game of Tetris during geometry class.
Now that Apple has released the anticipated iPod Touch, which is basically the iPhone sans phone-abilities, is this basically what a PDA should be like? Or is it just the opposite?
As far as the phone capabilities go, since it has WiFi built into it, all some enterprising individual(s) needs to do now is create a VoIP hack that allows you to do the unthinkable. Right?
Skype is already available in a duct-tape fashion for the iPhone. And some guys at Google (and Facebook) have helped spearhead the development of useful iPhone apps (despite rumors that Google itself developing an OS for the mobile segment).
I plan on grabbing the Touch within the next week or so and am crossing my fingers that a hack will be available shortly (so much cheaper and convenient for international calls…).
The only thing I wish that had been included was a digital camera, even a dinky one. [I already have a phone and don't care for virtual keyboards (I played around with an iPhone before I left the West, I'll stick with a meatspace QWERTY)].