You know the drill, come 6pm PT, 9pm ET, 2am BST, we’ll be live over at:

http://live.tipb.com/live/

Will be talking everything iOS 4.1 and Game Center.

Be there, and be ready to chat. We want to hear from you.

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The frenzied folks over at iFixit have torn down the iPod touch 4 and the big news — or rather small news — is that it only has 256MB of RAM, the same as the iPad and iPhone 3GS, but half what the iPhone 4 has.

Along with the tiny .7mp camera, lack of IPS display, and lack of a 128GB option, this feels like a cost-savings measure by Apple.

An unsubsidized iPhone 4 will run you over $600 or $700. No one would pay that for an iPod touch, so are lower specs worth the lower price?

The almost forgotten Zune HD aside, iPod touch pretty much has its product category to itself. However, as we start seeing 7-inch and smaller “tablets” start to hit the market, the iPod touch begins to compete with them as well. Being relatively cheap is a huge advantage there, probably as much as access to the iTunes App Store is.

What do you think? 256MB a deal-breaker for anyone? Last straw? Or still not an issue at that price?

[iFixit]

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Ms. Pac Man from Namco is first out the gate with iOS 4.1 Game Center support, but there are plenty more to come. We’ll update this post — and we’ll keep updating our new Game Center games tracker in the iPhone Forums — as new ones arrive, but here’s a first look at Leaderboards and Achievements… after the break!

For more new features, see our iOS 4.1 walkthrough.

[Ms. Pac Man on iTunes, thanks @neilwarner for the tip!]

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With iOS 4.1 going live, Game Center has gone live with it… well, except for the games part. Those will come any time now as developers and servers come online.

While you wait, let us know your Game Center ID in the comments below. You know, so you can challenge Jeremy to a Zombie shootout, or Chad to platform fun.

Here’re mine and I’ll add the rest of the writers and mods as they get setup.

• Rene (@reneritchie)
• J Sikora (@jfsikora)
• Ally (@iMuggle)
• llofte (@llofte)

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iOS 4.1 went live just a short time ago and we’re eager to hear if you updated or if you’re waiting, and if you did update, whether or not the update fixed any issues you had with iOS 4.

In addition to all the new features like Game Center and HDR photography, iOS 4.1 also claims to fix proximity sensor, Bluetooth, and iPhone 3G performance bugs.

Let us know in the poll up top, and give us the details in the comments below!

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iOS 4.1 is live, get to iTunes and hit the update button. If you’re already on the GM, you’ll likely need to hit restore instead of update. If you’re jailbroken, you might want to stay clear or you’ll lose your Jailbreak.

It’s reading as 589.9MB for iPhone 4. Build 8B117 (same as GM seed).

For more, check out our complete iOS 4.1 walkthrough, and iOS 4.1 in 10 minutes quick start video (below).

Let us know if you’ve got it and how it’s working for you on your iPhone or iPod touch!

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Apple didn’t list IPS (inter plane switching) as part of the iPod touch 4 specs for a reason — the iPod touch 4 screen, while LED and “Retina Display” 960×640 resolution lacks the IPS technology of the iPhone 4 display.

IPS, which Apple has rolled out for everything from iMac to iPad to iPhone 4 provides a much greater viewing range than a standard display.

So the still camera isn’t the only step down when you go from iPhone 4 to iPod touch, but does anyone out there care as much about IPS?

[Engadget]

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Both iTunes Store music and iOS App Store apps are being downloaded at an increasing rate. Apps are just increasing faster.

As can be seen, the App store has reached the same total downloads in 2.2 years as the iTMS reached after five years. The two curves are likely to be the same height (around 13 billion each) before the year is over.

I’m downloading far more apps than music, what about you?

[Asymco]

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Waiting for iOS 4.1 to drop? What a better way to kill some time by visiting the TiPb forums to talk, commiserate, celebrate, get help, and offer advice to your fellow iPhone users. In order to create a new thread of your own or reply to any of the existing threads, you must be a registered member. Becoming a member is easy and free so if you haven't already head on over and register now!

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See you in the forums!

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