Will Wifi Be Apple iPod's Sales Driver?

The Apple iPod's sales growth have cooled to their slowest since the product was launched, but a research note from investment bank Piper Jaffray, and obtained by respected Mac news site MacNN, believes Apple will be able to use Wifi technology to drive sales on through the iPod's next generational shift.

The research note, authored by Gene Munster, predicts cheaper iPods equipped with Wifi and multi touch (already seen on the iPod Touch) making it the number one platform for mobile Wifi usage. He writes "With 70 percent market share, we believe Apple is in the driver's seat in terms of transforming the portable music market into a portable computing market."

Update on iPod Touch and iPhone

iPod Touch is now available. The smart looking media player as a gorgeous screen, apparently amazing touch based interface and is wifi enabled which basically means it will work as a cool little internet tablet device. We recently reviewed the Nokia N800 which was a smart way of using the internet, but the iPod Touch may knock it out of the park and be damn sexy too.

Apple has also released details of the iPhone launch in the UK. It will be available exclusively on the O2 network and prepare yourself for the prices because it isn't cheap. Many people have raised technical grievances with the device - it doesn't support 3G and the camera isn't great - but fashionistas will see this as a must-have phone.

Find out more at the official O2 website.