Actually I got one 3 weeks ago or so.
It's great but it has some drawbacks:

Cons

* iTunes is even less intuitive now. With the main list, then the iPods' list and the tabs for movies, etc etc

* The front is very resistant but I already got some minor scratched on the back. Hopefully I can "clean" them up and then stick some self-adhesive film (only on the back)

* Controls are a bit too simple: one accidentally goes out from video viewer and then has to go back and scroll the list to find again the one he was watching (not easy with series and so on !)

* I really miss the scroll-wheel ! I often listen two two hours radio shows and its very hard to seek to the right place. Same gos with 20 minutes video clips.

Pros

* I don't use much the keyboard but it's not so bad. I could actually manage to type well after a few drinks, which makes me believe that Apple does test its things with non-sober people. Something that I believe everyone should do 8)

* It's the coolest gadget in town, really neat and girls dig it !!

* The web-browser is really nice, but has no Flash (minus ?) nor Java support (can't run my ancient racing "game" 8( )

...well, the SDK will be out in February and I think people will be able to code in OpenGL ES for it, which is really nice !

Safari automatically opens PDF files. The screen is a bit small to read comfortably however the real issue is that one has to be online to read those PDF ! They can't be sync-ed with iTunes 8(
Hopefully that will be fixed someday. Some people have hacked the Touch and installed a web server to run locally for this purpose, but I'm definitely not that desperate 8)

Anyhow, a cool gadget that helps spending time on daily commuters, and hopefully also on my future air travels. Monitors on airplanes suck and sometimes you don't even get those 8(

wooooooo

Sunday I will be going for work to the US again. This time around in Arizona.. my first time there !

I almost got used to flying long hours, but often I end up on older planes with no individual LCD display (United Airlines) and when I have the LCD display, it's still pretty crappy to watch, though my noise canceling headphones help a lot on the audio side.

iPod Touch is out and this could be a good reason to buy one.. only that it seems one can't really upload and read PDF files on it !
Someone suggests running an exploit to break the iPod Touch will and force it to host the Apache web server so that one can use the web browser display the PDF files that are being served somewhere from http://localhost.

I'm definitely reluctant as it seems like a complex thing to do for someone that just wants to relax on a plane and it's about breaking the software on a brand new product. Also at 320x480 pixels, the iPod Touch's screen is probably not really up to the task of displaying text. More resolution is needed for that.
Nonetheless, with so much hardware goodness and portability it's a real shame to think that one has to be limited to use it as a media player and web browser.
It seems that the iPhone and iPod Touch's SDK is coming in February next year. This should definitely open some doors, as a user and maybe possibly even as a developer.. where there is a new popular platform, there is possibly some business to do.. ..speaking of which I downloaded the OS X DevKit but haven't installed it yet !

woo !!!

The always resourceful and unofficial Google Operative System blog, reports about Docufarm, a new site that allows to view with ease on-line documents that are normally problematic to handle.

Personally, I search for and watch a lot of PDF files every day with my browser. The official Adobe Reader comes with a plug-in that transparently embeds to web-browsers, but this plug-in is notoriously unstable. It used to hang, crash and burn a lot in the past, nowadays it just bogs down the browser, especially when first reading-in the PDF document selected.
The Docufarm solution works much better, especially as it comes with a Firefox add-on (or extension), thanks to which one can click on any PDF link without having to hold his breath.  read more »