As a fairly proud member of the Creative Zen Touch, after reading the announcement about the iPod Touch, I will say it is nice to see a lot of the best features of the iPhone into a standalone player. Watching a video of the iPod Touch definitely opened me to the reality that there are mp3 players that have much more intuitive interface than what I have to deal with. However, I just installed iTunes and faced a problem without it working correctly after installation, but it was easy enough to find the solution online. If I decide to pick one up, this will be a big turning point for me, considering that I have advocated picking up alternatives to the iPod for years now; the basic reason is that the design was not worth the markup compared to competitors, though I believe this may have changed.

I don't know if I will purchase it at the end of the month, I think I may wait to hear more details about the second generation Zune that I hear is supposed to come out around November. One of the features that I like about the current Zuneis the ability to link up with the Xbox 360. While iPods are able to connect to the 360, only audio is accepted, but I haven't decided if that is going to be a killer feature for me, so I guess time will tell.

-Trevor