It seems sacrilegious, but someone was bound to break open the new iPod Touch sooner or later. So it's sooner rather than later as the guys from iFixit breaks open their brand spanking new - though not for very long - iPod Touch. At first glance it's like an iPhone, only not as fat. But what's the difference on the inside?

From their expert handling of the device they discovered some differences between it and the iPhone's hardware. One thing iPod Touch owners should be very happy about is the increased size of the battery. Because of the lack of a mic or a speaker that the iPhone required, the iPod Touch's battery is by far the larger.

Apple also seems to have gone for a more elegant, hassle free design for the iPod Touch's internal structure. Although this might be more efficient for manufacturing and processing, it might present some problems with repairing as many of the parts are connected in such a way as to fiddling or replacing an individual part might be difficult.

The guys also discovered that the front of the iPod Touch is made of glass, or at the least, a material that doesn't scratch easily. They used a key to scratch it and, lo and behold, it's still as smooth as a... well, an unscratched iPod Touch screen. The screen of their iPod Video wasn't as lucky.

They also found that the processors of the iPod Touch and the iPhone are very similar so the reports that they are able to run the same programs may indeed be true. There's a large chance we'll be seeing programs to transfer apps between the two devices pretty soon.