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Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile
As a side note, here's an Apple fan/disciple. I honestly don't understand the obsession. Yeah, let's get excited about some geek toy made in China which is overpriced, saddles you with obscenely restrictive terms of use and locks you into a long-term contract with a lousy cell phone carrier. Yep, that sure excites me - not.
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Yeah - I totally agree 100%.
The only thing is - the phone is kind of awesome. The bastards - and Steve is a bastard - just get it right with the UI and the hardware. It's not perfect but it is far closer than any other device out there.
I don't get all new wriggly over things like DVD and BlueRay (it COULD happen, has happened but I think I'm past that unless I totally regress to my 1990s state) but the iPhone has released the kraken inside me who was previously dormant.
That Kraken, likes the iPad.
Alot.
I just want the base model though, I'd like 64gb but I can deal with 16. It would be nice to have the 3G model but I am not prepared to take on another monthly charge.
I just hope someone jail breaks the new iOS 4 so I can tether with it. I hate cell phone companies and their stupid charges for every feature. I could go on a serious anti-competitive rant over cell companies but I will contain myself to the new gadget fever.
$500 and change is a lot of money for a stupid gadget. The money is from my 'garage' fund. My 'garage' fund is money that flows through my garage, I sell something I have no use for anymore from the garage and it goes into the garage fund to be spent on more things I don't need.
Incidentally, I have a netbook and I think they are dumb. I got it for $150 with the purchase of my wife's laptop from Dell. It's a nice computer and I like it but it's just too damned small. The screen on the iPad is about the same size but with the zoom functions and the touch screen and what not - it isn't 'cramped' like the netbook is.