I stand corrected. I was told by two long time Iphone users that you can't. I'm sorry.

Michael

No, I'm more of an open source fan. I did convert my netbook to a hackintosh for a while though! I need cheaper hobbies! :)

Michael

open source,,,,, did you hack your iphone

No, actually I have a Palm Pre. I am a big fan of Sprint's coverage and the phone is supremely hackable! :cool:

when you hack it is it open source?

There is a large homebrew software community for the phone so in that sense it is about as "open source" as your going to get. It's very easy to write programs in Java for the Pre and Palm doesn't seem to mind you throwing them up on the internet for users to try. In fact many of the homebrew apps became "official"apps sold via the Palm app store over time. I couldn't get an Android phone because Sprint didn't carry one at the time I needed to upgrade. Most of the computers I have at home are running some flavor of Linux, my media centers are currently running Boxee (even my Windows 7 machines), and I really prefer Open Office and Firefox to Microsoft Office or Internet Explorer.

Michael

ooooh.... collllloooorrr.

Just think, in the future, they may make books with all color images . .. and the pages will flip so fast that the images move! ...they might call them "Movies" :cool:

Seriously, at what point does the printed word need to become a DVD player?

when Disney and Marvel comics, whom just came on board, put their comics & graphic novels on it

Good point. This has uber-geek drool all over it then. How big of a market-share will the comic-book reading on tech be?

Honestly I don't think it will have that much of an effect. Comic readers are also collectors and with Apple's DRM you won't be able to anything with the E-comic after you read it. This is my biggest gripe with the Kindle. I can't even donate my license to a library so they can figure out some kind of two week "lending" system!

This will lend itself to other facets, comic books is only 1 example, although Marvel is a pretty big company..... also I said "graphic novels"?.... as far as being collectable goes, who knows what kids in the future will consider "collectable"