Do people really edit office documents on their phone? I've never really seen the need or the practicality especially when NONE of the software on the market proves 100% round trip support (even Microsoft).

Having said that it would be a surprise if at least of the third party companies weren't already porting their software to the iPhone. Apple have made the iPhone a very easy device to develop for and distribute their apps.

>> most advanced cellphone manufacturer in the world

Yeah right. Wasn't it HTC that Microsoft gave the technology they nicked from Sendo to?

Their smartphones have a small fraction of the market when compared to Nokia and the Blackberries and their "me too" response to the iPhone is pretty poor.

Real books have big advantages. You can share with other people, they don't need to be charged to use, they cope with rough treatment and if you drop it in the bath it's not the end of the world. This thing is way too expensive to make much of an impact and it's bloody ugly too!

The GR-D is an awesome little camera and I love mine. Makes a superb reportage and black and white camera and complements all my pro-Canon gear very well. It's discrete, fast, has brilliant controls and is very well made (most of the body is metal) and the lens is fantastic even if it's not the fastest. The image quality is great and it's noise has an almost film grain look which is why it's used so much for black and white photography.

This is a camera used by photographers and not the general public looking to take snaps and caring how many pixels it has. The main worry from existing owners seems to be that the megapixel bump could be to the detriment of image quality.

The GRD II seems to address some of the issues people had with it, namely RAW write speed. At the end of the day this is a niche camera which some people love.

Actually it'll probably run fine on the older hardware. Unlike Microsoft Apple normall y make their OS faster with the upgrades and I was able to run the last version fine on an old iBook G3 - only missing out on some of the flashier graphical effects.

Re: DXN3585

Set the price high and no-one buys. Reasonable prices, good quality and no DRM - sounds like a winner and the death of DRM laden music is coming closer.

Remember this is a PRO camera and the features added are what pro's want. The Live View is for sports photographers using the camera remotely with the image sent to a laptop wirelessly, people doing macro work and reporters holding the camera overhead or round corners. For sports the 10fps is a very useful upgrade. Trust me even with 8.5fps on my Mark II you still miss the occassional shot.

Wasn't going to upgrade from my Mark II but the big improvements they've made, and 10MP is more than enough, means that I need start saving :O)

RAW requires much more processing power which costs money and most people after a pocket camera don't need it so the manufacturers don't make it. Pocket cameras have small sensors and as people want their megapixels each pixel is very small which makes them noisy. You can't have both with current technology.

RAW is also generally wasted for the average snappers that buy cheap compacts.

The technology will get there I'm sure but it'll take time. In the meantime DSLR's will always have the advantage of large sensors, low noise and decent optics.

Received my copy of Aperture in the mail this morning after trying both in recent months. Aperture just matches my workflow and needs much better even though I was very impressed with Lightroom. Hopefully the competition will drive both companies on make the products even better.

I've been trying both pieces of software over the last few months and gave Lightroom a final try at the weekend. Today I placed my order for Aperture. Whilst I loved the speed of Lightroom and the printing interface Aperture seems more flexible in terms of how I want to manage my pictures. Whilst the RAW performance isn't as good I can live with it. Nice to have two very good products to choose from and at a reasonable price too.