I have the iTrip model listed here: http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/itripse

Now, when I plug it into my iPhone 3G, it gives a scary message about possible interference, and asks me if I want to turn on Airplane Mode. If you just hit NO, then you're good to go. I just used it today in fact on a 350mi trip that lasted 6 hours. It retains full phone, GPS, and bluetooth functionality while in use. I wasn't able to test it with WiFi, but I have no reason to think it wont work as well.

Flashpoint, you're an idiot. You don't know what A-GPS is.

Of course, I expect Garmin to do what they're good at and make a good GPS-enabled phone... but you're still an idiot.

What you're talking about is a software solution, not a hardware solution. Unless you want something rack-mountable?

You can install Leopard Server on nearly any Mac. It can run on Intels, G5s, G4s... the only somewhat steep system requirement is 1GB of RAM.

Almost everything you want could be accomplished with an update to iTunes, you wouldn't even need a server OS for that. You know your regular Leopard installation has file sharing, right? If you want a cheap server, get a Mini, attach a couple external hard drives and put them in RAID-1 in disk utility, and put the whole rig on a UPS.

I've purchased XServes for a design team that I'm on, and you don't need server hardware for nearly anything a home would do. Do you need ECC RAM? Redundant, hot-swap power supplies? A 1U chassis so you can stack 42 of them in a rack for maximum computing density? Lights-out management?

Guys, I've seen this misconception several times on this site:

The iPhone is NOT exclusive to AT&T for 5 years. Apple signed a 5-year contract with AT&T, but only 2 of the years are exclusive.

So AT&T will continue to sell the iPhone (or whatever models replace the iPhone) until at least June 2012, but other carriers in the USA will be able to offer it starting June 2009.

Ok, so a regular light bulb costs $1 and uses 60W. This bulb costs $14 and uses 13W. So you pay $13 extra to save 47W.

At $0.15 per kWh, $13 is 87kWh. It takes 1850h or 77days to use up 87kWh at a 47W load.

So, this bulb will pay for itself in 77 days of usage. If its on 8 hours a day, it will pay for itself in 7-8 months. I'd say thats a good investment. It starts paying for itself before its one-fifth through its life. It'll save you like $65 before it goes out.

Zak, for that George Carlin reference, I give you +5. Also, as I heard it from GC, the saying is "Tough Titty Kansas City".

If it's the diameter of a human hair, its NOT a nanobot.

Man, these days, everyone is nano-this and nano-that, but a human hair isn't even close to the nano scale... the *thinnest* hair is around 10 micrometers, and most is 5-15 times thicker.