Apple just launched a new line of iPods

[Elie]

And...

-A new Apple TV
-iTunes 10 with Ping

Go see for yourself...

https://www.apple.com

[Jammrock]

Yawn. The only interesting product is the new iPod Nano.

[UtwigMU]

Wow, the clip-on shuffle with big buttons is back. My shuffle is getting a bit weary after 3 years.

[Paddy]

actually, I'm tempted to get a shuffle for running now that they have reverted to the old style.

I used to use my iPhone4 with armband, but sadly returned it today due to poor local reception

Nice to see this place is still active

[Dr Mordrid]

My iPhone works fine for music and most everything else portable. Have to admit I love the UPC reader apps that price-shop for you. Wife loves that one too.

[Paddy]

yeah, It's taken me years to even consider apple, but I have to admit it does exactly what it says on the tin!

I've ordered another one with a different carrier so hopefully that will be better.

Nice to see you again DM - I can see you are still owning The Lounge!

[VJ]

I have decided to finally get an iPhone 4 by the end of this year (it hasn't been released in Poland, making it very expensive to buy; and I'll only go to Belgium in December. I've been longing for an iPhone for so long, that I will get it (even though it is expensive: no carrier support here, so we pay the full prices).

[Paddy]

I've got mine from a local supermarket - it's costing me ~ £630 for a year with 750 mins, 250 texts and 1gb/month data with free access to national wifi hotspots.

Much better deal than any of the carriers

[paulw]

VJ. Why buy a product with a design flaw in it?? Would you buy a car that when you held the steering wheel the wrong way it slowed or even stopped on the freeway?? I hoping that next year we start to see pentaband Android fones which like the iPhone are a true world fone (we'll forget about CDMA at present) .. I kind of sick of fone A not working on network B and visa versa Bit like the guys in the US must be getting....

[Elie]

Paul, I think this whole issue is being blown out of proportion. I've tried the iPhone 4 in Canada and never had a problem with loss of signal no matter how I held it.

If you saw the screen it's the most beautiful most detailed brightest to date.

I would get one now if I didn't already sign a three year contract.

[Dr Mordrid]

Paul, I think this whole issue is being blow out of proportion.....

^^^^____ What he said.

[Marshmallowman]

where as a $10 dollar phone will work better, as an actual phone than this item......

[Dr Mordrid]

Not really. Before this iPhone I had several such phones and got no better call quality or connection strength, and sometimes worse. Some couldn't even make a call if you were between metal shelves in a hypermarket like Walmart or Meijers, but the iPhone does this nicely.

OTOH, through apps, this single device serves as a portable computer (web, mail, FTP, photo editor, printing to wireless devices, etc), GPS, map & compass device w/waypoints, game pad, iPod, and almost too much else to list -example being the bar code reader/price comparator my wife loves so much. Most of these apps are free or less than $3, or rarely as much as $5.

The screen is sharp and clear, the interface more than adequate, most major sites now have mobile-enhanced pages for iPhone/Android users and more are added every day.