A Black Hole of Happiness

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
See my example. If your question is "Does Apple ever drop the price on the identical product" the answer to that seems to be "infrequently". They more often update the product with more memory/features and keep the price the same. Or sometimes they even drop the price, as with computers. Then the older version becomes much cheaper in their refurb store.

So, if one were to guess on the iPhone, chances are the prices will stay the same until they update it in some way, at which point you'll get more memory for the same price or perhaps more memory for a lower price.

Let's just say that they're not trying to compete on price.

[Fugee]

I saw this avatar on the Survivor Sucks Big Brother board and thought you might want to use it on days when you want to scream.

[ltl/fb]

Originally posted by Fugee
I saw this avatar on the Survivor Sucks Big Brother board and thought you might want to use it on days when you want to scream.

Aw, thanks!

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
When you type fast onscreen, the buttons are small enough that you accidentally hit the ones next to the one you want. this causes typos, but if you just keep typing, it knows what you're trying to type because the software (presumably) has those types of typos covered and it fixes them for you.

TM

earlier today, a sort of unimportant email cc'd to sh-----, my in-house lawyer client, went to sh------, opposing counsel on a new lawsuit. I know I will be more careful of the "guess the email address" software from now on. I'm just saying.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
They hold much, much more now than they used to.

when I first got my Mac, Ty's avatar ran unduly fast- now it is the same speed as on a PC.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
My helpful hint for purchasers of Apple products: If you or anyone you're close to works for a school or other educational institution, check out their Apple store. Some things, like the iPhone, aren't going to be any cheaper, but some of their iPods and all of their computers are usually about ten percent or so cheaper than buying straight from the Apple store.

as Lawtalkers' official IP attorney, i simply note that this is the individual advice of RT. this does not represent the advice of this site, notwithstanding her high rank.

[SlaveNoMore]

ThurgreedMarshall
I'll also try not to shove my old phone straight up your ass.

TM

Whatever.

FWIW, I spent even more money on HR Derby (fun) and All Star Game tix, so I really have no truck in this frivolous spending discussion.

[SlaveNoMore]

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
iPaid $400 for a 15GB iPod iN 2004. The most expensive iPod iS now $349, for video and 80GB.

I think Wonk bought his kids a Radio Shack TRS-80 in 1980 for $1,700, so its' all gravy.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Whatever.

FWIW, I spent even more money on HR Derby (fun) and All Star Game tix, so I really have no truck in this frivolous spending discussion.

That wasn't you in the kayak?

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
And I have it on good authority that you didn't stand in line for it on day 1. Or stop and cheer when the last available one in Century City sold out within 2 hours of introduction. What kind of poor excuse for a lemming are you?

The one all the way in the back?

TM

[ABBAKiss]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
eta: I am impressed by people who keep a fresh flower in the bud vase in their VW Beetles.

I had plans of doing this, but alas, I still have the stuffed flower they gave me when I bought the car in the bud vase. It is a stuffed daisy.

BTW, a stuffed daisy? WTF?

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by ABBAKiss
I had plans of doing this, but alas, I still have the stuffed flower they gave me when I bought the car in the bud vase. It is a stuffed daisy.

BTW, a stuffed daisy? WTF?

depends. it's not crabmeat stuffed, is it?

[Gattigap]

Originally posted by ThurgreedMarshall
I bought an iphone. I could not wait until the next generation. And let me tell you something: I'm glad I didn't.

It really is a great product. Everything is seamless and intuitive. It's sleek, small, light, easy to use and beautiful. I have very few complaints. The internet is very slow if you're not in a wifi spot, but if you are, it's awesome. Email is easy and great, although it doesn't come in in real time (but we know they'll fix that and put blackberry out of business). Typing on the screen takes some getting used to, but once you trust their correction software, you can just type away and not worry about it. The camera works well. The ipod is better than any ipod on the market. I watched a movie on it and the definition is great. I put a bunch of photos on it and scrolling through them is lots of fun. The thing really has very few weaknesses and I can't imagine that, once the price drops, people won't replace their phone the first opportunity they get.

TM

Does your firm support it for your work email? I asked this question to one of my firm's IT guys in passing recently and got laughed at.

[Shape Shifter]

Originally posted by Gattigap
Does your firm support it for your work email? I asked this question to one of my firm's IT guys in passing recently and got laughed at.

No, but Microsoft's inevitable imitation will.

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by Gattigap
Does your firm support it for your work email? I asked this question to one of my firm's IT guys in passing recently and got laughed at.

Not yet. (Although, if the firm can hook up to its current IMAP POP Exchange* or whatever platform, you can get your email hooked up to it.) But, see below. I'm sure Blackberry is sweating their collective asses off.

http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/new...nc-for-iphone/

TM

*I have no idea what any of these words mean.