No Mail app on iPod Touch?

[Jim Witte]

> Mail.app doesn't drive additional revenue.

   I think the same could be argued about a lot of things on the Mac  
and iPod already - Contacts and Caledars on iPod Classic don't sell  
iPods either (probably - just get a Palm).  Not does it sell Macs -  
you need the Mac anyway (and iPod will work with PC, so the "selling  
Macs" argument is broken anyway)  I wonder how much of the iPod Touch  
functionality will only work with Mac (if any)?

   Apple software has historically always been about driving  
innovation and usefulness not only from Apple, but also from third- 
party developers.  Not that Apple always notices this immidiately  
(witness the small-to-large outcry over the lack of real programming  
for the iPod/iPhone, and the furor over the possible removal of  
InputManagers from Leopard.  I hope Apple is listening when people  
say that if they can't use Saft with Leopard, they won't buy..  And  
then make a *secure* way for InputManagers to be authenticated by the  
user on a per-application basis..)

Jim