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Originally Posted by twistedmosaic
Let's dissect:
And a Ipod. And portable video player. And a wireless email client. And camera. And web terminal.
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I have less then no interest in getting an I-pod, in fact you'd have to pay me to get one. My portable CD player works just fine and I don't have to deal with the shitty sound that comes from having all of your music compressed as one does with an I-pod.
A portable video player? You can't be serious.
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Originally Posted by twistedmosiac
So you're saying you aren't in the target market?
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If by target market, you mean ....
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Originally Posted by twistedmosiac
I watch movies and shows on the plane on my PSP all the time...it's screen is pretty comparable. Have you tried it?
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Thanks to Shrub's administration, not only am I not allowed on a commercial airline flight, I'm not allowed on an Amtrack train either, so no I haven't. I also don't have the money to waste on a PSP. My PS2 works just fine at home, thanks.
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Originally Posted by twistedmosiac
Since you didn't include tax, I figure we'll compare apples to apples (no pun intended). Also, you didn't include dialup internet service, to access your land line, so we'll call that another $10 a month before tax. That makes the price difference $1056. To fully replace an iphone, with everything you'd need except internet connectivity, you'd also need a camera ($100) an MP3 player ($150) and a portable DVD player ($100), so that brings your "porn star escort" fund down to $353 a year. Good luck with that.
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I neither want, nor do I need a camera, so that's $100 back to me.
I mentioned the MP3/I-pod thing above, so that's another $150 back to me.
Same for the portable DVD player, which is another $100.
As for dial up internet service, I most certainly did mention it, but where I live it's included with a land line, they don't fuck you twice with your pants on.
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Originally Posted by twistedmosiac
Reasons to be so fucking pathetic you have to check your fucking email or go online every 15 minutes:
1. Checking flight times from the hotel
2. Checking online auctions
3. Getting directions in cities you aren't familiar with
4. Approving pictures from photoshoots while you are meeting with another vendor
5. Snapping, annotating, and emailing quick pictures from the field to the home office, and getting their emailed responses
These are all things I would have used an iphone for in the last two weeks.
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1) You can't use the actual phone in your hotel room because, why exactly? It's not like it's a long distance call to the fucking airport to check on flight times or to the airline itself.
2) ...
3) Any halfway decent hotel will this thing called a concierge, who is a person whose sole job is to help people who stay at the hotel, whether it's calling an airline and checking flight times for them (See #1), making restaurant recommendations and reservations, giving directions (See #3), acquiring escorts/prostitutes.
4) Whatever.
5) So you're going to base a photoshoot around some shit pictures you took with a crappy camera phone? Whatever dude, your bosses must have
REALLY low standards
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Originally Posted by twistedmosiac
In some client-centric industries, the image boost alone from having the latest technology is worth the $350 a year you say could be spent with prostitutes.
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