I had feeling before I even woke up this morning that I was going to forget something. Although I tried to counter this feeling with a little extra diligence this morning it seems to have been in vain. I must admit however that out of the things I could have forgotten my Ipod cable has far less impact. I have an 83% charge and no plans to watch video. We will see how the battery holds up. Additionally I turn my brightness down quite a bit to make the best use of the battery.
Overall I am still really dissappointed that the new Ipod Touch for the holiday has no camera. So many of the apps are built around this feature that it's absense is quite noticable. I understand that the new Ipod Nano's only do video. From the explanations I have read it seems that size of the camera / sensor for shooting stills is thicker than required for shooting video. This is supposively why the Iphone has one and the Touch does not. My personal feeling on the matter is to simply increase the thickness of the Touch.
I looked very hard at the new Droid phone from Verizon. Hardware and capability wise it is a better product with a lot more possibilities. That said, it isn't an Iphone. Apple has a good headstart in this market and their product has set a standard of what people expect. The problem with Apple is that it's faithful zealots are both a boon and a bane. Believers support the company and cling to Apples direction with unquestioning tenacity. Blind followers however are just that, blind. The willingness of Apples dedicated customer base accept anything given to them as "the way it should be, so sayeth the Apple" will ultimately hold the company back and rob them of their headstart. Surrounding yourself with "yes men" will only tell you what you want to hear. Peel back the layer of the surrounding fanatics listen for a moment at the things you NEED to hear before it's to late.
I am looking forward trying out the Droid and with Google Android behind it I have high but cautious hopes. I believe Google sometimes suffers from the same malladies as Apple but only time will tell.
