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Kelly,

I experienced the exact same thing with my iPhone. I put it on the arm of my sofa, which for all the world looks to be level, only to watch the iPhone slowly slide off. It's really slick!

I already had a bumper on order and wasn't sure if I'd use it or not, but it or something like it is probably a necessity if you leave your iPhone on anything but a perfectly flat surface.

Other than that, I absolutely love it. The screen is beyond words. It's "blow away." I've also not had any reception issues and in fact, can now actually get a tiny signal in my company parking lot a place were most phones, including my previous 3G, get the dreaded "no service."

Relax, Apple keeps aside a quantity of phones specifically to deal with defects. No electronics product of any kind ships without a small percentage having issues. I read somewhere from Sony that 3-5% is average.

My launch 3G was defective out of the box with a broken "home" button. Their were lines around the block and it was sold out for weeks. Yet I brought it to the store the next day and they handed me a new one.

Unless the Retina display issue is rampant across a huge portion of iPhones (which I seriously doubt), those with issues shouldn't have any problems getting a replacement phone in a reasonable timeframe.

Of course it's little more than a summary of a much better article that Arstechinca posted a few days ago. But hey, at least it's not from Engadget.

I've been running Boot Camp, Parallels 5, and Fusion 3 on my MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid 2009, 3.06 GHz) with Windows 7 for a couple of days now. I've done some testing and thought I'd give you my thoughts and observations. Each was running it's own, clean install of Windows 7, nothing was shared.

I ran the "Windows Experience" test in all 3 (64-bit Win 7 in Boot Cam, 32-Bit in both Parallels & Fusion) to see how Windows rated my system.

Boot Camp: 5.9
Parallels 5: 4.5
Fusion 3: 3.6

These are just numbers, but in reality it's a very good approximation of how they feel in real world usage. Parallels is undeniably faster than Fusion. It's snappier, has a more responsive GUI, and often feels like the real thing. Fusion on the other hand is very sluggish at times, and I get the spinning wheel far too often.

Another big advantage for Parallels is disk space. The "60 GB" hard drive that Windows sees under Parallels, in reality is less than 10GB on my OS X drive. On the other hand, what Windows sees under Fusion is exactly how much space the file takes up on your drive. It's a significant difference if you're pressed for space.

On the other hand, there is no denying that Fusion 3 is more polished than Parallels. There are some weird, quirky things with Parallels that you don't ever see using Fusion. Odd files will appear on the desktop, your dock will disappear and reappear, and occasionally you'll find Windows or Mac apps launching to do things you were trying to do in the other OS. None of this seems to affect the reliability or function of either OS X or Windows, but it's a bit off putting for a version 5 release.

Finally, and this probably matters little in the grand scheme for most users, but Fusion 3 is 64-bit under Snow Leopard, while Parallels is not.

If speed is your priority, use Parallels. If a polished user experience without any quirks is your thing, go with Fusion 3. You already know when to use Boot Camp, but with either solution, for the best performance and experience, don't use the Boot Camp partition.

Boycott.

"You keep using that word. I do not think it means, what you think it means."

- Inigo Montoya

I got the same impression reading the interview. That's why the marketing people are so reticent to let the developers do interviews. All it takes is one arrogant ass to sour potential buyers on a game. This game is too big for that to happen, but Todd Alderman didn't endear himself or his game to players.

Although anthony909 isn't serious, I'll admit I liked the Apple Bluetooth headset. It wasn't the most feature rich headset on the market, but it had some advantages. One, it didn't require a separate charger and it's battery level integrated with the iPhone itself. Not having to carry a charger on trips is a huge plus when you've already got so much crap to carry. Two, it is very, very small. You'd hardly feel it on your ear and it could slip into a sport coat pocket or a pair of jeans and be unnoticed.

When I'm ready to get a new one, the Prime is on the short list. Although I'd prefer a less noticeable design. I want my headset to be as invisible as possible, not a fashion accessory.

>I absolutely deny you to show me a free Mac client that looks or works as >well as Tweetie does. Which ones, specifically, are you referring to?

I would say Nambu has eqiuvalent functionality, more even when you add groups and true URL previews (you have to click them in Tweetie to get a preview). It's got a very nice UI (although not quite a nice as Tweetie), is updated frequently, and is free.

I love Tweetie on my iPhone. I want to love Tweetie on my desktop. As it stands however, Nambu is a better desktop client.

Thanks to this post I'm now enjoying Nambu. It's the best desktop client I've seen for the Mac, and I've used TweetDeck, Thwirl, and Seesmic. TweetDeck had been my previous favorite, although it's a resource hog.

As an iPhone Tweetie fan, I'm anxious to see the desktop app, but it'll have to be impressive to best Nambu.

BTW, am I alone in hoping Apple will build Twitter support into the next version of iChat?

Unless you really want the HD video capability, the 40D is still a better still camera than the 500d. To do better than your 40D, and get HD video, you'd need to step up to a 5D Mark II (which is a superb camera, don't borrow one if you can't afford to then buy one!).