The Monkey

So what's the best Samsung device AT&T has to offer right now, or in the near future?

Just FYI, the official HC records will indicate that I got mine before you because I said "First" first.

First.

I now plan to get a samsung device on my AT&T account.

Clear:

I should probably learn to focus my own damn camera better before I buy something for a pro.

Yeah, at some point (hopefully, I guess, because it's a good sign) demand will start driving up rates, which my mortgage guy (a snake) was trying to convince me was already happening. I haven't been paying enough attention to see if he was right. Nate, you should definitely argue for a float-down if their rates have changed.

Ugh, sorry to hear this Ari.

I'm just going to refi every other week until 2015.

The rugged build quality with weather sealing of the pro cameras is becoming more and more appealing to me.

happy birthday

The D600 pricing is disappointing.

The center of this debate, to me, seems to be what we define as innovation. Clearly, Apple is leaving stuff on the table by not including certain tech that's out there--but that's always been its way. And I think that has been both an engineering and marketing driven approach. Don't give them what they think they want, give them what we know they need, etc. Some of the best reviews I read of the iPad complimented it for what it decided to omit as much as what it included. Now, of course, that has its limits. But I am in no mood to return to the spec wars because I don't think we the consumers win there. Rather, making a product as close to perfect as possible for its intended use is what I like to see--and a vision I hope is not being lost at Apple.

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I like you guys and I like Chicago. So depending on life situation, I'd like to try to make it.

I agree. The innovation spark seems to have faded a bit (a lot?). Lots of obvious reasons there. But also a noticeably more operations-focused company. Perhaps we are moving toward more "workman-like" products as the pace of innovation is unsustainable, but the expectation is for yearly intros regardless? What galls me, too, is the ridiculous secrecy, but also clear rumor manipulation. Tell us wtf is going on with the iMacs already. And iCloud sucks. So while I am committed to my Mac ecosystem, it still has plenty of capacity to piss me off.

I dunno, the 5 seems attractive enough to me to upgrade from my 4. The LTE alone seems worth it.

Thanks John. Gonna give Clear a try. Then we'll see how the iPhone 5 does.

Nikon D600 should be announced this week.

Going to the knee doctor today. Fully expect him to tell me it's "just worn out."

I'm going to be staying in my parents' new place for a bit, which does not yet have internets. I'm thinking about getting a 4G hotspot. Does anyone have experience with these recently?

It was great to see all of you. Bad time for me right now, and good times with good friends was good medicine. And thanks to the crew for the bag of brew I received today! Safe travels all.

How'd they take the news?

FiOS Quantum has been pretty solid:

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