Is that why I saw a teenager using one in church yesterday?
Seriously, regarding my earlier comments, tell me why someone (me) who has no friends and family who text would want to upgrade to such a "machine".
Somebody must text me, however, because I have about 80 unopened texts in my incoming list right now. None of them are from people I know. I do not open them because I have to pay for them. (I'm on an ATT family plan with my phone.)
Is that why I saw a teenager using one in church yesterday?
Maybe! LOL...
But, for me, I've done that before, too. I have used it to switch between versions and see what one version ("translation") says versus the other one. That's handy.
And then, there are times when I'm reminded of something else and I'll do a search to find a word or phrase in reference to what is being discussed. It's quite handy.
Seriously, regarding my earlier comments, tell me why someone (me) who has no friends and family who text would want to upgrade to such a "machine".
If you're asking why someone would want to upgrade from an iPod Touch to an iPhone, there can be several reasons. Just the convenience of not carrying around two devices would be one reason (a phone and an iPod Touch).
Then there are some functions you get with the iPhone that are nice, like the GPS functionality and the Google Maps to help you navigate. And there is a specific navigation program that Apple is supposed to be working on now, that will probably be in a future upgrade.
Text messaging is what drives people to upgrade from an iPod Touch to an iPhone, I don't think... :-)