It has been an excellant e-reader for years for me and I will continue using it. No dedicated reader for me. I can’t justify buying something that only does one thing. Besides that the Kindle etc won’t fit in my pocket and I don’t need a reading light with my TX. I have never used the camera in the phone I have, nor do I text. I had that shut off when I found that I was being charged 20 cents for each spam advertising text I received.

Let’s hope history repeats itself in someways and they bring a decent PDA back with phone and internet access that doesn’t cost an arm and a leg. I would be perfectly happy if Palm would revitalize the TX with phone capabilites.

In Charlie Stross’ slick novel “Halting State”, the characters (Brits and Scots, all) called theirs “mobies”. Somehow, someone with those accents can get away with it without seeming like wussy-boys.

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That’s also why many of us are ticked off at Apple for adopting the rather stupid idea that the iPod touch should be a game machine only, and thus something that doesn’t need a camera. A lot of us need a productivity device without the high cost of AT&T cellular service. Apple is long overdue adding a camera and mike (for note taking on the go) to the touch. They’ve now added insult to injury by claiming it isn’t necessary. I hate it when companies and salesman try to tell me what I want and don’t want.

The addition of a tiny VGA movie camera to the Nano doesn’t change that. It’s a mere 640×480 pixels, so poor Apple didn’t dare allow it to take individual pictures. Apple may want to hype it as competitive to the Flip UltraHD Camcorder, but it isn’t. The Flip has a far better resolution of 1280 by 720. It can also tape up to two hours. I’d be surprised if the Nano, with some music already installed, can tape more than 15 minutes.