Comments on: New Toy http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/new-toy/ falling indelibly into the past Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:27:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: KF http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/new-toy/#comment-2068 KF Tue, 23 Sep 2003 18:08:59 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=865#comment-2068 <p>The absolutely imaginationless “KF’s iPod.” I’m pondering better alternatives, but this seemed a reasonable, if overly literal, placeholder. </p> The absolutely imaginationless “KF’s iPod.” I’m pondering better alternatives, but this seemed a reasonable, if overly literal, placeholder.

]]> By: Francois Lachance http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/new-toy/#comment-2067 Francois Lachance Tue, 23 Sep 2003 17:55:53 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=865#comment-2067 <p>Okay, I’ll bite. </p> <p> What did you _name_ your new toy? </p> <p> Curious, as ever </p> <p> f. </p> Okay, I’ll bite.

What did you _name_ your new toy?

Curious, as ever

f.

]]> By: George http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/new-toy/#comment-2066 George Tue, 23 Sep 2003 12:45:20 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=865#comment-2066 <p>Thanks for your report from the field of consumer electronics. If only more devices were as well-designed as the iPod. Like you, I’m waiting for the mythical iPod/PDA/phone device. </p> <p> But I want it to have a camera, too. </p> <p> Oh, and GPS. </p> <p> Maybe a little built-in printer. </p> <p> Milk frother, too. </p> Thanks for your report from the field of consumer electronics. If only more devices were as well-designed as the iPod. Like you, I’m waiting for the mythical iPod/PDA/phone device.

But I want it to have a camera, too.

Oh, and GPS.

Maybe a little built-in printer.

Milk frother, too.

]]> By: Matt K. http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/new-toy/#comment-2065 Matt K. Tue, 23 Sep 2003 12:41:19 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=865#comment-2065 <p>I’ve been just as happy with my Nomad. The sound is positively _liquid_: I’ve been hearing things on my CDs I’ve never heard before. </p> I’ve been just as happy with my Nomad. The sound is positively _liquid_: I’ve been hearing things on my CDs I’ve never heard before.

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