Hahahahahahahah
Maybe it's the 8.8% unemployment rate plus 1 million illegal aliens, and the fact that NYC is loaded with criminals who are armed... oh, wait, they can't be armed, that's illegal.
Yes, but Apple wants to charge them a licensing fee to do so - this forces them to actually pay - unlike with the previous cable, no-name companies would simply distribute without paying Apple. Fine. But let Apple eat the cost of this...
I can see why this would raise Apple's cost per cable/adapter - but why pass that cost on to us? They should eat it. I know ALL costs are passed on to the customer one way or another, but I mean in the cable itself.
This high price...
An iPod Touch, is still an iPod, and an iPod need to fit in your pocket. An 8 inch device is a tablet.
This has the same resolution and dimensions as the iPad 1 and 2 and will run those apps.