9:42AM Okay! We're in our seats and there's some Dylan playing on the sound system!
Am I really prepared for this nerd shit?
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Gage’s dad already has two of them, Gage will have one within three months, Cosmo will have one within six months, and I will complain about how I can’t afford one…
Barring a dramatic change in income, and possibly even then, I won’t be getting one.
Maybe there’s a killer app on the way, something on the order of VisiCalc for the Apple II, but as far as I can tell, this’ll be the biggest dud since the G4 Cube.
No multi-tasking, no camera, no good data service (you think AT&T 3g is bad now?), no good text entry, no open software development, no root access, no SMS, no phone calls, no disk use.
Yeah, the new chip and battery life are cool, but that’s kind of like saying the Delorean had a really cool engine and gas tank—if you’re stuck using them with a limp product, who cares?
