Meet the new overpriced gadget du jour, same as the old overpriced gadget du jour.

So Mr. Jobs went and created himself a new version of the same old thing... good for him.  I *still* can't see plunking down that much money for a device that does the same thing as similiar devices that support more features, file formats, and PC-end applications, when those similar devices cost half as much.

I mean honestly... if I didn't have my wife standing between me and Best Buy, I'd have house full of things I don't remotely need, and I haven't, not for a second, been able to justify buying an iPod.  Even if I somehow managed to do so, I still wouldn't get it because of the useless piece of crap software that you wind up locked into.

Really, at this point all I need is a good size MMC card to put into my new Nokia 3660, and I will have successfully smooshed my iPaq, MP3 player, and cellphone into one cohesive unit.

On that note - someone at Microsoft needs to get off their butt and start pushing the manufacturers to produce useful, viable PocketPC smartphones that after rebate are totally free.  I've yet to pay a dollar for a cellphone, and I don't think I ever will - why is it I can get a Symbian phone, valued at $300, for $0 (actually, $25 back after rebates), when the only Windows phone that comes close is an aging MPx200 that's slated to be replaced, um, eventually?  I wanted an MS phone, I really did... I just couldn't shell out the $ for something that I could get for free with another OS.

God, did I just say that?

- G