An iPod touch is far more useful than this thing. And should Apple design a tablet, even if it leans more toward being a big ass iPod touch, it would also prove more functional.

Does Engadget patrol the Dell and HP support forums for any problems with their computers? Or is it that those reports wouldn't generate enough clicks and comments?

Is that not what I said?

"The images on the screen are live and real, it's that they cut out pressing the home button, selecting a new app, etc. in order to fit as many different apps as they can in a 15 second time slot."

That's still a lot different from showing you computer simulated images of an interface that may not even match the commercial in real life.

Sequences shortened = real live video of an app working, real live footage of a video playing on an actual iPhone screen, real live video of an actor using his/her fingertips to conduct gestures on a real iPhone but without the extra steps and time necessary to complete every task you see (otherwise the commercial would have to be 30, 40, 60, 120 seconds instead of 15).

Screen images simulated = totally fake video slapped on what's really the non-working screen of a BlackBerry Storm 2 where the actor is acting out a well rehearsed sequence of finger movements that aren't actually taking place on the phone that's on your TV/computer screen.

Do you see the difference?

iPhone commercials say "sequences shortened," big difference. The images on the screen are live and real, it's that they cut out pressing the home button, selecting a new app, etc. in order to fit as many different apps as they can in a 15 second time slot.

"Screen images simulated" means the image you see was created with computer graphics instead of a real working phone on camera.

The lack of iPod growth is due to weaker sales for iPods excluding the touch. iPod touch sales were up over 100%.

Developers were the ones begging Apple to do this.

"You can show me all the sales data you like but a few million computer in the grand scheme of things is next to nothing."

Yes, sales data that proves your ranting is useless.

The Mac business has doubled in every area over the past decade. But you know where Apple made the biggest dent of all? It's seen as a viable alternative to Windows by normal everyday consumers. That's where they succeeded the most.

You can argue that their growth over the past few years was a farce due to the Vista fiasco (and we'll know whether or not that's true by next year), but to claim Apple hasn't made a dent is a flat out lie.

"Let's just call it what you iDouches call everything that's below the marketshare of an Apple product. AN EPIC FAILURE."

You're probably referring to the Zune, which I for one have never criticized for lack of market share.

But if you're mimicking the ideology of these so-called iDouches, doesn't that make you an iDouche as well?

"They are below 10% as they've been for years."

Could you be any more vague? There's a BIG difference between being stuck at 3-4% versus more than doubling your market share in under a decade to just below 10%, which you're on pace to surpass by next year. It's called growth and it doesn't happen overnight.

This thing doesn't have Flash support? I thought that was a hallmark of Archos players.

Any word on whether or not it's due to get Flash 10 sometime down the road?