Oakbridge

Is it my old man eyes or is there something missing from the iPod Touch's main menu?

Something that goes with wifi...

Safari is there. Contacts are there. Even YouTube is there.

But Mail is suspiciously absent. So is Notes.

I wonder why?

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MannyP Design

It's not suspicious... Apple withholds features until they're finished development or wait until the next generation of iPod touch.

Oakbridge

AHA! Is the keyboard missing???

No, while watching the Safari video I saw the keyboard pop up. So why didn't they include Mail and Notes?

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a7mc

Or perhaps even more likely is that they are reserving that feature for the iPhone only. I'm guessing the only reason Safari is there is because it needed to be there for the iTunes store, Youtube and Starbucks features, so they figured they'd throw it in too. But I highly doubt they'll add Mail. Besides, 99% of providers have a webmail solution, so it's no big deal.

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jhollington

Exactly. There are certain features that will be reserved for their premium Internet communications device, the iPhone.

Safari is a means to an end (WiFi access), and also provides the casual iPod owner with the ability to surf around a bit. YouTube fits in tightly with the whole media player philosophy.

Things like Mail and Google Maps (which is also missing) are more geared to a smartphone-style device where you have always-on Internet access from anywhere you happen to be.

You'll also notice the camera is absent as well, as is an external speaker or Bluetooth support (since the iPhone used BT only for the phone capabilities).

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Dr_AL

Could there be a work around for adding the mail app to the iPod touch?

If the iPod touch had the mail app then it would be perfect, but it looks like I will have to wait for the iPhone in Canada. I know I could use hotmail for sympatico, and .mac works online, but I would be using it at work, which restricts what sites I can goto which includes both of them, but the mail app on the computer has no problems accessing the servers. I could get an iPhone from the states since I don't want the phone function (I'll take the function but don't like cell phones that much, mainly the bill).

8127972

There are apparently major differences between the iPhone and the iPod touch according to this article:

Differences between the iPhone and iPod Touch – iPhone Atlas

Mail being absent is just the start of it according to this article.

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Zapodidae

I'm wondering whether iCal and Contacts on the Touch are editable and can be synced both ways, like they are on the iPhone, or whether they are read-only like the now-classic iPods. The lack of support for task lists on either device is baffling.

Also, with an OS X operating system and Safari on board, the Touch should be able to render pdfs. iTunes supports pdfs - could you upload them and view them in Safari?

I suppose whatever the feature set, people are going to find something missing...

hUssain

I think this is on purpose, the iPod is now a multimedia device, they want to make sure the iPhone and the iPod Touch are as different as possible

Troutmagnet

Well just ordered mine (16GB Version) - who else is on board!?

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