New iPods and iPhone pricing

I am sure some of our readers are none too pleased that they shelled out $499-$599 for a product that is either a) discontinued (4g iPhone) or now $399 (8G) in less than 3 months time. I have to say, anyone who read ANYTHING about Apple's announcements at the time of launch heard they would either come out with new devices or lower prices by the end of the year. Admittedly, this soon, this much of a decrease probably surprised us all.

If it is any consolation, early buyers of game machines like XBOX paid $200-$400 more than list price to get their hands on early units of those gadgets.

What about the new iPods themselves. Well the units are pretty cool. The nano now has a video screen and the iPod Touch has most of the cool features of iPhone minus phone and camera. I have to tell you, I might be more likely to by one of those than the iPhone as I really like my cell phone to be small and just be an excellent phone (that doesn't scratch or break easily). But having wifi on my iPod and being able to buy songs wirelessly...pretty cool.

Hope to hear comments from readers on these devices and Apple's moves. The new products are shown here