What Apple would be smart to announce tomorrow: iPod Touch Bluetooth
Almost exactly a year ago to this day, rumors were spreading that the then-upcoming Apple iPod Touch would include Bluetooth. Such rumors were quickly debunked, but in doing so, blogger Joel Johnson even speculated about how the feature may have given VoIP applications a boost.
Tomorrow is an Apple Event, and the company is expected to launch a redesigned iPod Nano and possibly new iTunes software as well. What would really be the smart (and probably pretty easy) thing to do would be to add Bluetooth to the iPod Touch. It would give the Touch a new relevance in an iPhone dominated market, by opening up the device to VoIP applications.
It would also benefit consumers by giving them a more ubiquitious home Wi-Fi VoIP device than the current sporadic offerings, and obviously benefit Apple through greater iPod Touch sales. The only group not thrilled by a Bluetooth-equipped iPod Touch would be the phone and cable companies, who love bundling in overpriced VoIP services with their internet and/or TV offerings.