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I just got a Touch. I'm a huge Apple fan and have played with friend's iPhone's and own an iPod touch. My vote is for the Sprint Touch.
The main areas where the iPhone blows away the Touch are in media abilities - this is especially true if you use iTunes - and the quality of the web browser and screen.
IMHO, the Touch is better at everything else, and web browsers will begin to get released that compete with Safari, although the Touch's smaller screen will still be an issue. I'm also amazed that people say the iPhone loads web pages over EDGE as fast as the Touch does over EVDO. In using my friends iPhones over EDGE, loading web pages was much slower. I would even say that PIE on the Touch loads pages almost as fast as my iPod Touch does over WiFi.
I also like the Touch 20 key on screen keyboard much better than the iPhone keyboard. Add to the mix 3rd party software like the TouchPal keyboard and I think text entry is much better on the Touch.
Lastly of course is calendar and email. I use my Touch with an exchange server so the iPhone is currently useless in that area which is a huge oversite on Apple's part. Amazingly, the iPhone doesn't even sync wirelessly with .Mac calendar and contacts and only does push mail with Yahoo.
To me the decision boils down to whether or not you want an iPod + Phone or PDA + Phone. The Touch is a very capable media device though. It just doesn't have the ease of use and elegance of the iPhone, especially with how easily the iPhone syncs music, pictures, and video with iTunes.
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