Swing.... and a miss.
If i so much as blink out of rhythm Apple earphones fall out of my poorly designed ears. Now they're adding a pendulum weight to the cord? Yeah, that's just what I need - touch the control, watch the earphone fall out, re-insert, repeat.
I've got a half dozen iPods laying around from over the years, but this one won't be joining the collection.

That is a sexy beast! I'll take it!

While unsubstantiated, wickedphoenix above claimed that 35mm is equivalent to 80MP, with high tonal range ringing in the equivalent of 160MP. Okay then, that is the number that should be considered the starting point for "enough". For all the computer analogies, I think everyone has missed the mark; Mega pixels are like torque and if you want to win the race, all other things being equal then torque is where you put your money. Yes, lenses are the horsepower that everyone talks about: I got this one with this f#, I got that one with that Image Stabilization, but they don't mean squat if you can't record the image accurately, and that is done with MPs.

I for one completely disagree that 12 is enough. 120 may not be enough; 1200 may not be enough. Bring on the Hasselblads, more really is merrier.

$16,100 as of Oct 23. Wow. That's so out of my price range it's lost its humor factor.

:(

Yes, everything does burn out eventually, hence the reference to 50,000 hours. Is it just late or something in the US? I mean, there is a huge wealth of common sense information right in the text of this post and yet there's a gaggle of geese honking about the stats. The only thing really missing is a price. And since I have to ask, yeah, I know I can't afford it...

There were commercials for a similar product in the early 80's. It showed grandma changing her own car tire on the free way. Not that being first to market is all that important, because apparently it didn't take off. Seems that the off road community has found a practical market for balloon jack and I'm happy to see it's still around. As for the socks...

:j

Hey, wasn't Engadget giving away those SPOT watches at the Seattle event in Late 06 / Early 07? Yeah, I thought so. But I'm not too proud to admit that I wanted (a free) one and was bummed that I didn't get the prize.

Ah, fond memories! :-j

Heck, this little experiment is small potatoes compared to the data that the credit card companies and grocery store chains are collecting on you... or did you think that they gave you a preferred customer card just because you were special?
HA! It's all about tracking what toilet paper you buy, what part of town you shop in, how often you travel outside your home neighborhood, how many babies you have (and therefore diapers you buy)... and that's just the stores.

Think of the data that the credit companies have on you. Your salary, everything you've ever bought on-line, where you've traveled for work, where you vacation, what type of car you prefer to rent versus what car you own, who you admire and send flowers to, the type of home you own or condo you rent, the jobs you've had, the restaurants you prefer, the smut you subscribe to, the gifts you buy and on what frequency, whether your a Borders, Amazon, or Barnes and Nobel type of person, Starbucks or Seattle's Best, Bud or Bud Light... these people have more data about who you are and where you go and when and how often and your preferences while you're there and how many drinks you have at which bars... and you're worried about a little anonymous cell phone tracking?
I say again, HA!

Happy Birthday! Until we celebrate together!

I'll even wear the Old Spice!