Okay, so sometimes you get it wrong.

As you remember, I wrote a short blurb about a section in Apple’s iPod touch features guide PDF that states the following:

Before you can use any of the iPod touch features, you must use iTunes to set up and register iPod touch, and to create an iTunes Store account (if you don’t already have one).

I am here now to issue a formal retraction.

AppleInsider got their hands on an iPod touch and wrote a review. They note the follwing:

Once plugged in correctly, iTunes asked me to register, but allowed me to skip that step and go to the typical setup page.

And as it turns out, an iTunes account is not required after all, according to multiple reader reports, both here and at The Unofficial Apple Weblog.

I’m sorry for any confusion the previous article may have caused. I believe in doing the right thing and getting the facts right, but sometimes you mess up, and when you do, man does it suck.