The sales of the iPod Touch remains strong?

According to Daringfireball which quotes an "Apple" source; the sales of the iPod Touch is very strong in spite of the economic crisis and the high price of these mp3 players.
If the information is confirmed, it will be the proof of the gravitational power of the AppStore which multiplied by ten the advantage of this mp3 player (even more than for the iPhone) and which should consolidate Apple in its will of to impose in a market that one believed saturated, that of the portable game consoles.
It should be said that even if the iPod Touch does not have the possiblity to telephone, it has at least a price "complete" , not obliging one to engage in a heavy subscription over a two years period. It can especially be offered as a gift, certainly expensive, but less than the iPhone of which the total price with its two year subscription exceeds the thousand euros.