Please, give me an iPod Touch, will ya? Pretty, pretty, pretty please, with a cherry on top! Just joking, I hope you got the idea... but here's what I would do if I would wake up with some iPod Touch in my pocket - sell it, that's what I would do. Why sell it? To get a serious portable media player, that's why!

Just as a side note, I am not crazy about having Internet access on my player, and I am crazy about losless music... and since I am ripping all my CDs to FLAC, you can get the idea, I am sure of that.

Anyway, all the above takes us to another of those things that should not be - iPod Touch domination! Fortunately, we can't talk about a domination on the MP3 players market, because the cheaper iPods have already conquered it entirely, although there are quite a few better competitors that are even cheaper, but let's avoid that discussion, at least this time.

According to latest reports from analysts, the iPod Touch has a Web market share three times as large as it was five months ago, growing from 0.04 to 0.15 percent, with a speed that left even the iPhone in the dust! Obviously, we are talking about mobile devices here, and it is also worth being mentioned that Windows' share has gone all the way down, reaching its lowest point ever.

Anyway, this doesn't mean Windows Mobile is going to die, it's just the fact that there are more and more iPod Touch users going online. It would be really interesting to know how many of those who own a Windows Mobile device carry it around together with a laptop, using "the big brother" to go online...

For a lot of people, there's no such thing as "the MP3 player," because they only heard about the iPod. This is very good for Apple's business, but it's not that good for those who would ask some piece of advice from the people I mentioned. Obviously, there's more than the iPod, and during these tough times, finding a better features/price ratio in a media player gets easier with each day - and I am not talking about cheap Chinese players here!

While I won't be able to tell you anything about players better than the iPods, I have to give you some news about the iPod saturation. Could you imagine that? The market is full of them, and now it seems we reached a turning point! Just as a side note, if you have some iPod alternative in mind, drop a comment below and I'll do my best to guide you.

OK, so what about the iPod saturation? According to Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster, "We believe that the teen demographic is a critical component of long-term growth in the digital music and mobile markets, and Apple is taking its leading position in music and moving aggressively into the mobile market."

The company's 17th bi-annual teen survey clearly shows that the iPod simply saturated the market for the young consumers, with 86% of them using some kind of iPod this spring, compared to 74% in the same period of 2006.

Other interesting facts include the amazing 100% purchase intentions headed towards the iPod, compared to about 80%, during the last 4 years. I am shocked, really. I only have to ask one question - if everyone is buying iPods, how come there are so many different brands on the market? Oh, yeah, there are also older users of MP3 players, and some of them didn't bite the Apple bait...;)

To be honest, I am not crazy about the iPod Nano 4G, but I don't hate it, either. After all, it's a few ages in front of the new iPod Shuffle, but let's leave that horror aside, shall we? If you got the first one I mentioned, and no protection for it, what about a new iPod Nano 4G case?

This one comes from OtterBox, and it's known as the "iPod Nano 4th Gen Armor Case," although I wouldn't go that far as considering its protection so serious. Anyway, if you ask me, this $39.95 iPod Nano 4G case is really expensive, and too ugly for my tastes. Now, can it compensate for these with its features?

Well, I think OtterBox should be careful with the mistakes on the product page, first of all("Compatability/Features," huh???), but let's leave those aside and take a look at the main features of this product:

- Waterproof, dust-proof, dirt-proof, sand-proof, and drop-proof protection for your iPod nano 4th gen
- Click Wheel is covered, yet fully functional
- Impact-absorbing rubber on all sides
- Included belt clip for carrying convenience
- External headphone jack usable with any style headphones with a standard mini stereo plug
- Includes removable neck lanyard

That's most of it, but - if you're asking yourselves about them, the dimensions of the case are 5.15" x 2.32" x .64" - for a weight of 3.5 oz.

At last, you should also be aware that this case only first the iPod Nano 4G, so if you were hoping to get anything else inside it, the answer is NO. Sorry for that...:|

While Microsoft is busy to create the worst ad ever, and they seem to get pretty close to the truth, Apple is ramping up iPhone production. Why? No idea, but there are a few hints available, if we look around and think for a while. One of the most obvious ones is the fact that, in more locations, Apple retail stores ran out of them...

The little big story about iPhone production is that, at least according to analysts for Barclay's Capital, various Far East sources claim that Apple has doubled the iPhone production for the current quarter. The interesting part is that no word about the models being produced is out, so let's speculate for a while, shall we?

We all know the iPhone 3.0 software is coming up, so making more old iPhones doesn't really make sense, especially since sales won't go up instantly that much. On the other hand, building new iPhones is a good idea, because serious stocks will be needed when the new thing comes out.

According to previous reports, iPhone production is expected to jump from about 3.5-4 million units to 8 million, so the new iPhones will probably go to China, as expected...or Apple has a very smart advertising campaign for the rest of the world in mind! ;)

If you're looking for some iPod Touch camera, then you'd better wait for a little longer. Just as a personal opinion, I think you're on the wrong track. Just get a decent digital camera, and that's it! Anyway, since I'm used to see people doing the wrong thing, I am sure you won't listen to me, so here's a piece of good news for you...

According to a recent job announcement, Apple is looking to add a camera to the future iPod Touch. As more sources noticed, the job posting for a "Camera Project Manager - iPhone" also included a reference to the iPod, and now this is gone.

The reference I mentioned appeared briefly, in the following phrase: "The iPhone Engineering Group is looking for a Camera Engineering Project Manager (EPM) to drive the design, development and integration of camera modules across iPhone and iPod."

Some consider this to be clear evidence that the iPod Touch will get a camera. If they would ask me, I'd really like to see it having a FM tuner, and not a camera, but I guess I'm not the one to say what is cool and what is not...

...because there always have been better things than Apple's players, only that Apple's marketing division owned everyone else, and that's the big secret behind the huge iPod sales. Should we get ready for some iPod Touch camera? I guess we should, but that doesn't mean we'll also get a better iPod Touch.