OK, I am getting iPod Touch 2nd generation

I went to Apple store today to try out the new iPod Nano and new iPod Touch.  After spending an hour to try out both products, I have to say that both are excellent products, and I am so ready to pay up the US$299 to get the 16Gb iPod Touch.

First, I tried iPad Nano (forgot the generation number, 4th perhaps).  It's tiny, very easy to grab.  The screen was great.  Click is responsive and easy to use.  The album flow's reponsiveness was SO MUCH BETTER than my last experience with the previous fat iPod nano.  The shake-to-shuffle feature worked great, which makes me hoping that Apple can implement it on iPod Touch (it's not implemented on Touch).  If I want an mp3 player that I can simply stuff in my wallet, I will pick nano.

But then I was eyeing on something with bigger screen and with PDA capability.  So I went ahead and tried iPod Touch 2nd gen.

Volume button worked as expected.  Build in speaker didn't sound as good as I expected, but I can live with that.  The shape is good.  Weight is just about right.  Everything I liked about iPod Touch was there.

But one thing really caught my attention: the Traditional Chinese handwriting input.  The firmware 2.1 really fixed the slugglish Chinese Handwriting input problem.  I tried using it to write some Chinese notes, and found the input very usable.  I am so glad that I can finally ditch my DELL x50v and use an iPod Touch as my PDA plus MP3 player.

The reason why I didn't buy Touch right at the Apple store that I can skip paying tax by buying iPod Touch from Amazon.com.  I also gain some points by buying stuff using Amazon credit card.  So it's win win to me.