[TGB!]

The thing with the touch is, that its to satisfy those who DEMAND flash-based "high capacity" device, but also want the snazziness of the iPhone and it's features. Is 8GIG alot. Of course not, but somehow we made do when the limit was 10GIG's on the first gen iPods.

Most peoples complaints is "oh god I have way more music than that" - of course you do. Go buy the cheaper 80 and 160GIG HD based iPod.

Could they have put the functionality of the Touch on the Classic line, sure - but really they are a bidness, there has to be some class distinction between the two models and the touchscreen and wi-fi capability of the Touch is the perfect "break point" for it.