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At a conference ATM with spotty 3G and having Opera Mini around for these times is a plus in my book. No one would ever mistake it for an Apple designed app, but I don't see an alternative to its pluses for those rare times. I don't even consider it Safari competition as it's unlikely to be mosts primary browser on WIFI or strong 3G. There's a reason all the speed tests are on 2G (though like I said it's a plus on spotty/weak 3G too). Opera Mini now the number one free download in all 22 App Stores -- Engadget

Approved! Opera Has Made It Into The App Store

In Vegas at a security/antivirus conference. So far todays highlights include seeing a man swim laps at the MGM Grand pool using a small keg for flotation and three girls, nearly topless, running out of the CSI: The Experience ride.

Congrats. Do tell.

Still waiting on mine. Peeking Inside the iPad - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com

Curious if anyone has seen The TAMI Show? Worth picking up? The best concert film you've never seen - Film Salon - Salon.com Amazon.com: The T.A.M.I. Show Collector's Edition: The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys, James Brown and The Flames, Chuck Berry, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, The Supremes, Lesley Gore, Jan and Dean, Gerry And The Pacemakers, Billy

Some cool images at: Car Record Players & Other Cool Vintage Devices

Tickets to Vegas.

Better collection is Ingmar Bergman - Four Masterworks (Criterion Collection), but you can't go wrong with Passion and Persona. Solid titles all around. Speaking of miracles...

Cool wallpaper.

If anyone is a Bergman fan. List Price: $119.98 Sale: $29.98. Ingmar Bergman Collection (Hour of the Wolf / The Passion of Anna / Persona / Shame / The Serpent's Egg) (6-DVD) - Drama Classic Movies on DVD (1966) Starring Liv Ullmann; Directed by Ingmar Bergman; MGM (Video & DVD) : OLDIES.com

It isn't the $50, it's either carrying it around as a substitute (and losing that functionality or carrying around one more thing). Though I know streaming audio isn't that important to many (especially when discussing quality). Are there good FM stations left in the area? All my faves are back East. Anyway, sorry guys. No disrespect to the Clip (been impressed). I knew it was a silly question. Maybe I could velcro a Pico Slim and Clip+ (for my music) on the back of my iPhone (for streaming). Maybe even add a microcassette player for oldish school flair. Wall - strike - block of sound.

Goofy general question I know, but although I've been repeatedly tempted to pick up a Sansa since hearing Grahame's on two different occasions (especially straight to a CD3K), I keep wondering about missing a net connection and audio streaming (WFMU, Pandora, various news, etc). Any of you guys with a Clip (or iPod, Zen, etc.) love the sound, but can't get over the loss of internet content?

iPad LapDock http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMr6HYJ3Bo0

In case you want to watch the keynote: Apple - QuickTime - April 2010 Apple Special Event

'Big Lebowski' Porn

Cool compromised solution... First look: Camera for iPad

How a Book Publisher Failed to Get J.D. Salinger's Final Book 'Hapworth 16, 1924' Into Print -- New York Magazine

Probably right after that 2008 rumored iPhone nano.

Top 4 anti-iPad rage videos - The Week

I think that's a safe bet.

Jeremy Irons of Reversal of Fortune Jeremy Irons of Dungeons & Dragons

And a bunch of commentary... The iPad in the Eyes of the Digerati - Room for Debate Blog - NYTimes.com "Second: future touch-screens will be designed to show you a slice of time, not (like the iPad) an old-fashioned slice of space."

Makes me think of: Alex Payne - The Moderate's Position on iPad Openness. Will be curious what you think once you handle. It's a joy to touch. Making converts quickly. "Do I still think the iPad is “cynical”? I think it’s cynical of Apple to have a device that’s so closed from the get-go, but the goals of the device are so endearingly humanistic that you can’t really call it anything but hopeful. I think I was probably wrong on this count, but it’s something you can’t really understand until you’ve interacted with the thing."