One of the biggest complaints about the iPhone is its recessed headphone jack. It is back inside a hole which prevents users from using the type of headphones they choose.

iPods normally come with decent headphones, but most people end up purchasing a new set that better meets their needs.

After watching all the coverage of the iPod Touch release, one question remained. Did Apple make the same mistake with the Touch as it did with the iPhone.

Engadget posted a hands-on earlier today that seems to answer the question. This picture of the bottom half of the iPod Touch appears to have the standard iPod headphones plugged in. That is great news!!!

Guided Tour Of The New iPod touch

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Here are my initial thoughts about the new iPods.

1) The new colors are nice
2) I am happy to see that they are keeping their “Classic” line of iPods that are hard drive based for those music heads that have a ton of music in their collection
3) iPodtouch – generally I like it. It is cool, and way less expensive than the iPhone which now suddenly seems outrageously over-priced. I think it is hilarious that you can have an iPhone for half the price and only miss the phone (which you can get for free from any carrier).

Update:
I wrote number 3 before the announcement of the iPhone price drop…good show…

I am disappointed in the size of storage in the iPodtouch. 8GB and 16GB is simply not enough space.

4) The partnership with Starbucks … So what!!!

Hold onto your hats kiddies… Here we go. I have at least 2 tabs up and refreshing to keep track of Steve Jobs keynote…. and I am crossing my fingers that there is a kicking new iPod… I needs me an update.

Special thanks to Crunchgear.com for the Pic
New Product Rundown

• Ringtones Custom-made through iTunes
• Complete Refresh of the iPod line
• Shuffle:
  • New colors: maroon, silver, purple, teal, light green and a Red version…
• Nano
  • Now plays video – and by the way…it is the short “phatty” design that was leaked 2 weeks ago on Engadget.
  • Coverflow on Nano
  • Games on Nano
• New Product Line iPod Classic
  —–New in name and capacity only———
  • 80GB for $249, 160GB for $349
  • The iPod you have always known and loved…
  • Longer Battery Life
  • Larger Capacity
  • Now with a Fully Metal Case
  • AVAILABLE TODAY!
• New Product Line iPod Touch
  —–Looks exactly like the iPhone minus the ear hole at the top———
  • 8GB for $299 and 16GB for $399
  • –>Not immediately available<–
  • 8 mm
  • Touchscreen
  • Looks like iPhone
  • Coverflow
  • Button Interface just like iPhone
  • WiFi
  • Smartphone functionality without the phone…sorry AT&T.
    • Clock
    • Calculator
    • Calendar
    • etc.
  • Safari Web-browser
  • You Tube — *yawn*
  • 22 hours audio playback
  • 5 hours video playback
  • 3.5 inch widescreen display
  • Multitouch

• iTunes Now Available Over WiFi…Preview and buy new songs right on your iPhone and iPodtouch
• iPhone Price Drop
  • No more 4GB iPhone
  • 8GB now$399

Ok, this get pretty meta, pretty fast, but I was reading Jason Calacanis’ Twitter feed who tweeted about a podcast that he has recently done with a guy named Dr. Mark Goulston. I have never heard of this guy so I checked out his blog and found this great blog posting. I love it because it starts out like a classic motivational bull…we’ll just say malarky for the sake of more tender ears. It then takes a great turn to illustrate his bigger point. Regardless of all that, I thought it was quite funny and worth a second of your time