well, that's a given :)
but really - Jason's response was holier-then-thou crap that was mostly
false. Kim's initial post was a bitchfest (but at least mostly true...)
about a new device that kicks ass for a number of reasons even if you
can't program it (you can't, at least not now) or get it for verizon
(you can't, at least not now) or that it uses drm (it does, and that
*does* cause problems - if you don't use the right os, for instance)
it still pushes the boundaries way out for this kind of consumer device
- multi-touch interaction, gestures, environmental sensors, you name it.
at the very least it'll put pressure on other manufacturers to give this
kind of functionality :_) and i'm just as disappointed that you can't
code for it because all of those features make me want to code for it.
give it time, and i'm guessing you will be able to - maybe they'll
sandbox the cellular components so that imaginary melt-down scenario
sounds less likely then it already does, for instance.
oh, and i wrote this on an all organically grown, assembled by an
Australian Pygmy co-op, cooled by the pyramid crystal power laptop. did
i mention it's free trade?
Tue, 2007-01-16 at 14:05 -0800, shift8 wrote:
> what a bunch of drivel this whole thread is.
>
> On Wed, 2007-01-17 at 10:56 +1300, Damian Stewart wrote:
> > Graham Miller wrote:
> >
> > > neat new stuff
> >
> > i bet it's still made by invisible Asian people. and this being Asia of
> > course, they'll dump their manufacturing wastes (their highly toxic
> > electronics-manufacturing wastes, mind) straight into the nearest river.
> >
> > > I only buy second generation and later, personally.
> >
> > forgive me but I try to only buy second-*hand* second-generation or later.
> >
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