Apple rumor that is making me over-excited: iPod Touch. Basically an iPhone, with a hard drive and, you know, no phone. But OS X based, presumably with the nice calendar and video playback and MAYBE (the part of the rumor that makes me silly with hope) WiFi. I would buy it in a second, and then trade my Treo for something tiny (or even switch to pay-as-you-go, though I'd have to look at text rules carefully).

I've been waiting for ages for a new iPod to come out - ever since I filled up my 60 GB model.

What would the WiFi do? Internet radio? Wireless syncing? Exchanging music with iPods of others? Buying music directly from the iTunes store?

I was thinking more along the lines of "Run Safari"

Assuming it uses the iPhone OS, of course.

ETA: I would pay $500 instantly for a touchscreen iPod with the full iPhone software suite (iCal, Safari, etc), WiFi, and a 160GB HD. I might even pay $600. The bigger storage is worth more to me than the phone features.

Tom and Daniel, thank you. I did try the Airport Utility with no luck, and I am certain I had checked the "Distribute IP address" box, but I will go back and take a closer look tonight.

I was thinking more along the lines of "Run Safari"

Oh yeah, that would be good.

See, I'm just too old and set in my ways so I can't Think Different enough....

I would pay $500 instantly for a touchscreen iPod with the full iPhone software suite (iCal, Safari, etc), WiFi, and a 160GB HD. I might even pay $600. The bigger storage is worth more to me than the phone features.

Yeah, me too. There are drives of the iPod type that are that big, I think. I'm at least hoping for something significantly larger than 80GB.

An iPhone sans phone would be just about the perfect gadget for me. (Though I'd probably miss the ability to go online via the cell network -- not a lot of Wifi hot spots on the Brooklyn Bridge.)

An iPhone sans phone would be just about the perfect gadget for me.

This is what I've been saying all along! Since I don't use all that much hard drive space, I'd even settle for an off-the-shelf iPhone that would work as an iPod without phone/contract activation.

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