In a development connected to the debut of a wireless iTunes store is a deal with Starbucks, letting iPod touch and iPhone owners get free access to the wireless iTunes store when in any Starbucks coffee shop, so users can see a list of the last 10 songs played and easily purchase songs and CDs sold through Starbucks’ own music label.

Featuring 22 hours of audio playback and 5 hours of video playback, but while no mention has been made of how many hours you can expect if just browsing the web all day over Wi-Fi, upcoming users will soon report this figure to us all.

The 8GB iPod touch will sell for US $299, while the whopping 16GB model will sell for US $399, and both will be available, at least in US stores, ‘later this month’, although the rest of the world is expecting to receive all the new iPods in time for the Christmas season, too.

To co-incide with the new iPod touch launch, the iPhone itself has seen some changes. Gone is the original 4GB iPhone model, leaving only the 8GB model in its place, which has come with a very compelling new feature of its own – a massive US $200 price cut, now dropping in price to US $399. New US $1.98 ringtones have also made an appearance, letting iPhone owners turn songs into ringtones to massively broadening the available ringtone library.

So, will we get a 16GB iPhone model in the note too distant future? And what hope for Apple's competitors to sell anything this Christmas/end-of-year holiday shopping season? Please read onto page 3 for the conclusion...