> The clearest example is the iPod Touch vs the iPhone. From a geek's perspective, they are the essentially same product, differing only in the presence or abse

> The clearest example is the iPod Touch vs the iPhone. From a geek's perspective, they are the essentially same product, differing only in the presence or absence of a cellular radio. This isn't really true though—Apple clearly gimps the ipod-touch in various small-but-annoying ways. I don't know whether this is just to keep costs down, or to encourage people to buy the iphone unless they really, really, can't afford it. For instance, the camera on the ipod-touch 4g is downright awful, whereas that on the iphone4 is quite decent. Lack of GPS functionality is another example.