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["Michael Williams" <michael AT metalab.unc.edu>]

I'm a Mac user and fanboy, and I think the iPhone looks/seems really
cool, but I have a couple of major hurdles to get over:

1)  Let's be honest here:  face grease.  Maybe I'm just a big
greaseball (what do you mean I *shouldn't* bathe in a replenishing mix
of butter and light sweet crude?) but I am constantly having to wipe
off the screen on my current phone.  The iPhone is *all* *screen*.
That thing would look terrible after a week of being shoved up against
my face.

2) $500?  I can't describe, on a family-friendly list, the things that
phone would have to do to be worth $500.  However, I have never been
much enchanted by the whole concept of smartphones and PDAs and such,
so maybe that's a great price, I dunno.  It just seems, like... wow.
If I want one, should I sell a kidney on Ebay *now* to avoid the rush?
Like I say, though, I may just be misinformed, and am totally open to
being told that, no, really, that's a *steal*.

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Michael G. Williams
michael AT metalab.unc.edu
robustmcmanlypants AT nc.rr.com
http://www.robustmcmanlypants.org/blog/