Larger iPod Touch In Apple's Future?

Ender_Stonebender writes "TechCrunch is reporting that three independent sources have mentioned to them a large form factor version of the iPod Touch, with either a 7- or 9-inch screen, to be released fall of 2009. The device is expected to have access to the iTunes App Store. Beyond that, everything about it appears to be pure speculation."

Comments

An 'on/off' switch would be nice.

[B5_geek]

Disclaimer: I have used an iTouch for 5 minutes.

Some nice possibilities with a larger screen is landscape-mode movies. The PSP works/looks great as a movie player because the screen size is almost perfect for mobile movie/TV watching. I imagine the auto-orientation feature of the iPhone would make a nice "auto-launch" macro for starting the movie viewing application.

One nit I would like to pick or suggest is to include an on/off switch and an external speaker for alarm and/or schedule notifications. I played with an iTouch for 5 minutes and could not figure out how to turn it off. I pinched. poked, prodded, pulled, tossed, and left it alone in the hope that it would shut-off. It's not likely that I will ever buy one (I hate touch-screen and need buttons for operating the device while not looking at it.)