I can relate. I have a MP3 player I hardly ever used despite being all loaded up with my audio stuff. I also have a cast off iPod that I haven't even gotten out of the box.
On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!
Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
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Gudanov - Jan 09, 2007 10:14:30 am PST #117 of 25496
Coding and Sleeping
Lee - Jan 09, 2007 10:15:46 am PST #118 of 25496
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Me, I'm happy to wait til they do a first revision.
Yep. My first reaction is definitely WANT, but I'll be waiting until my Apple person tells me the bugs are gone.
tommyrot - Jan 09, 2007 10:16:56 am PST #119 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So far I've managed to avoid cellphone contracts (I use a pay-as-you-go phone, as I don't use it that much). So at the moment I won't bite....
I say that if ND doesn't come here and say he's not getting one, that means he is getting one.
esse - Jan 09, 2007 10:21:13 am PST #120 of 25496
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
Yep. Also whether it's an international phone or not -- I'm not spending $500 on something I can't travel with.
Engadget reported it was quadband, so it would definitely work abroad. Wifi too, to boot.
JohnSweden - Jan 09, 2007 10:24:27 am PST #121 of 25496
I can't even.
I say that if ND doesn't come here and say he's not getting one, that means he is getting one.
I'd think Kristin's message above means that ND is getting two ...
That device does look awesome, I wonder what the deal will be for Canada. I just bought a new iPod too, because my old 40G one was in a bag with a broken bottle of coffee.
Pix - Jan 09, 2007 10:25:59 am PST #122 of 25496
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
I just wrote about this in Bitches, but it probably belongs here.
I don't care about the fact that it has a small iPod built in. I still want a nice big video iPod for all my music etc. I just want to replace the windows mobile phone with a phone that uses a Mac interface! So yeah, Mac is going to (as usual) make a fortune off of me.
DCJensen - Jan 09, 2007 11:15:41 am PST #123 of 25496
All is well that ends in pizza.
I just want to replace the windows mobile phone with a phone that uses a Mac interface!
I just was reading that. Yep the new iPhone is running OSX. Hmmm. Harbinger of more embedded OSX items?
tommyrot - Jan 09, 2007 11:34:40 am PST #124 of 25496
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The AppleTV is kinda' cool too - for its price, anyway ($299). The more video you have in iTunes, the more it makes sense to buy an AppleTV to display it on your TV. Currently I use my iPod to do that, but it's somewhat of a PITA and it's only at regular resolution, right? Plus my 60 GB iPod no longer has space for any video.
Tom Scola - Jan 09, 2007 11:47:46 am PST #125 of 25496
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
My computer sits right next to my TV, and it's plugged directly into it.
§ ita § - Jan 09, 2007 11:49:17 am PST #126 of 25496
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I love this at the bottom of each page:
This device has not been authorized as required by the rules of the Federal Communications Commission. This device is not, and may not be, offered for sale or lease, or sold or leased, until authorization is obtained.