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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LightPhoenix" data-source="post: 3801862" data-attributes="member: 115">I went to the Apple store in the mall, and tried it out.  I found the touch screen to be much more awkward to use than the physical controls.  Part of that might have been unfamiliarity, and part may have been that it was a floor model.  Even so, for the size of the screen touching was more awkward than it should have been.  For that reason alone, I won't be buying a touch-model iPod when I  decide to upgrade.The size issue is a big second.  It's not that I'll ever listen to all that music all at once, but I carry it around with me almost always, and often listen to music while I'm doing research, or riding the bus, or during lunch, or walking, and I like to have a variety to choose from.  With as often as I use it, 8GB is definitely not enough, and even at 15GB (I have the 30GB model) I get a lot of repetition.That leads me to my one complaint - how about actually improving the music playing functionality of the thing?  For example, I would love the ability to have smart randomization on the iPod (not in iTunes), akin to what can be found in Amarok and numerous other players.  If I want a playlist of shorter prog rock songs, I just choose "length max: 7 minutes" and "genre: prog rock" and "number of songs: 50" and bam, instant playlist tailored to a specific desire.</blockquote>