As most of you know, I am more often an avid Apple supporter.  But in this case, I am very disappointed they chose to take this route.  It makes you question why all of the iTunes music is DRM if you not allowed to potentially synch it with other media.  This is also in the context that I store all my music in iTunes.  This is now making me rethink.

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Palm Pre

I know I have not written in a while.  Yes, I am getting lazy and passive as I did previously.  I will once again try to do better.  On to the topic item.

I had been previously been holding off on purchasing a cell phone.  However, with a need to more and more turn off the Blackberry from work I decided it was time to take the plunge.  The only question would be what network would I go with and what phone to purchase.  From the network perspective, would it be Verizon, AT&T, or Sprint?  From a phone perspective, would it be the Storm, iPhone, or Palm Pre?  Well, the verdict is and I believe you have already figured out my choice at this time.  Was it the right choice only time will tell.  

For those who have not figured this out, I went with the Palm Pre with Sprint.  Part of what influenced my final decision is I really like to try and be technology diversified and not depend on a single brand.  In that same vein, I also like to make sure I get exposed to the various presentations and approaches from different vendors as well.  If you have followed some of my other technological posts, you know I already have some items from the other vendors mentioned.

So far so good.  I really like what I see from the Pre.  The major shortfall I see at this time, is the application store.   If it follows the model of Sprint’s digital lounge I believe it will flounder.  I make this assessment in comparison of Apple’s application store where you pay a small fee for an application once.  With the applications, I have been seeing you may have to pay a monthly fee to use the application.  So, this in turns make the Sprint provided applications more expensive.

Along with the applications comes the discussion about space on the Palm Pre.  Right now, this initial offering of the Palm Pre has only 8 Gb of space, really on 7Gb because of the OS.

The OS is a high point in my mind.  It is very intuitive.  I believe I learned a lot more just by playing with the phone and using the built in help.

So for now, I would say Pre-it if you have not already done it.

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I can understand these things needing to be in place for movies which have not been released, movies that are playing in theaters, or even movies that only out on DVD. But Geez! TV shows that air on public television? Get a grip!

Here are a couple of stories you should read to try and get an idea of what is happening:

• AT&T on the lookout for Web Piracy
• TorrentSpy ruling a ‘weapon of mass discovery’

Well, let me start by talking about my tunes. I finally made the plunge and gave in to the latest trend. I got myself an iPod, and invested in some Bose headphones. So far, I am quite happy with my investment. Apple is quickly reminding me why I thought my Apple IIe was so great. Yes, I was originally an apple consumer thanks to my parents. Don’t worry Apple, I am not leaving again. Also, I am introducing your next generation consumer to the joys of having an Apple. That should be good for another MacBook Pro, right???? Hello Apple?!?! *Echo* *Knocking on the computer monitor* Hello Apple? Right?…

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