3rd party apps on iPod Touch starting February - Now I'll get one

Nice moves Apple. (3rd party apps on iPod Touch and iPhone + DRM-tunes for .99$)
http://www.apple.com/startpage/
Now you're finally convincing me to get a Touch. By February.
Thanks for listening to popular demand.

I hope they can make the date. They have a big task in front of them especially for the iPhone as a bug or virus can take down the Cell system if the proper safe guards are not in place.
I bet Apple has been working on this even before they launched the iPhone, but did not want to tell anyone as the development cycle was going to be so long.
Apple has always prided themselves on having the best platforms for porting applications. Going away from this is unlikely, but the iPhone and iPod touch took them in a direction that is more complicated than a PC on the internet.
For those that have wanted the iPod touch or Iphone to have more PDA features, I think this move by Apple will clearly put them into that market. The only issue I see is getting directly into the memory to store documents to support the applications. You used to be able to do on older iPods.
Anyway, great job Apple you have restored my faith in you following the right path.

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Now, since 2.0.1 I've had times when one app will crash to the home screen, and from that point on ALL 3rd party apps immediately crash. Powering down the iPod, and powering back up does not fix the problem. Resetting the ipod (Sleep and Home buttons held) does not help either. I've also tried just Syncing the ipod, but this, alas, does nothing to help.
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Well, now it's official, thanks to 3rd party apps and/or faulty system software my iPod is Dead.
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What I've failed to mention is how I'm EVER going to sell one of these to someone if there's a chance they'll just be getting the same FAULTY Hardware/Software I'm now stuck with? Is Apple going to come to the rescue, read this post and replace my iPod? I sincerely hope they read this, because they don't give the slightest hint at any Direct Email addresses on the Apple.com website. (What's with that anyway?)
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