Morning Squidussion

by Alice O'Connor, Jul 14, 2009 6:50am PDT

There's a special chipper energy floating around the Shacknews virtual office this morning, the kind of energy that can only be channelled through cephalopods.

Squid and octopodes are of course the stars of the class, and even cuttlefish get a little screen time, but the poor nautilus is all too often forgotten. Few believe she was in that graduating class all those millions of years ago as her classmates have changed so much since then, but she was there alright. Secured tight inside a beautiful shell, with cold uncaring eyes and dozens of tentacles, she's my kind of cephalopod.

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Best thing about your iPhones shackpeeps?

I've been and checked out the prices/tariffs and I am trying to persuade myself that I should get one even though I have a phone (Nokia N82) through work which is completely free to me (calls, texts, data).

Convince me!

Jul 14, 2009 8:07am PDT

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  last.fm in my car : indosauros
  - Agreed. Internet radio in the car is pretty sweet. As is accessing iTunes. When babes say, "Do you have s... : TrickSh0t
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    http://www.pandora.com/on-the-iphone?from_home=1 : mafu5150
    - Pandora too, I like to use both : indosauros
  - Mobbler app on nokia s60 does this too :) : buzzbat
- Best thing by far is the fact that you can serve the *real* internet (not the shit mobile version) with a... : MagicWishMonkey
- The App store and the fact that just about every developer (game or otherwise) is looking at developing o... : nodebug
- everything : askedrelic
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  Latestchatty app for these boring rain days at work. Peggle is also great. : bongturbo
  - i just discovered peggle on the 360 marketplace. i had no idea it was so awesome. : jvox
- Constant access to the sum of human knowledge. : hawkeye
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  buy a itouch instead. a lot less money and it has all the functionality of the iphone ...except the phone... : cptstern
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    Thats not true, you lose any of the location based functionality in any apps that use it as well as havin... : nodebug
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    Actually the 32gb Touch is $400 but if you buy a 32gb iPhone and are a new contract the iPhone is only $3... : Begawkiness
    - lol : abrasion
    - UK tariffs I'm afraid. 16GB on a 18 month contract is £185 for the phone and £35 per month for 600... : vorm
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    because a minimum of $1260 a year is less than $400 : zerog83
    - yea but you're getting phone service for it and you can surf the web from anywhere : WhatIsThisFor
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      Well this is how I looked at it when comparing them, I need to get a new phone plan when I get married in... : Begawkiness
      
      This was my justification also. I needed a new phone plan anyway, and did not yet have an iPod. : indosauros
      
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      You won't regret it... Unless your coverage sucks, which seems to be the case with at&t : davidc02
      
      Coverage varies by area and provider, there is no definitive "so and so's coverage sucks" statement that ... : WhatIsThisFor
      
      I know people in my area here that have iPhones and they have told me their coverage is fine now, so that... : Begawkiness
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    I don't want to ever carry a camera, an mp3 player, and a phone separately... It's not a great camera,... : davidc02
    - Yea, if I were buying something for home use I'd probably rather have a Netbook. The iPhone is great bec... : WhatIsThisFor
- ifap.to obviously : Iwannaacura
- Bigger penis. : zebosausamite
- I traded in my unlocked 16GB iPhone 3G for an unlocked 32GB iPhone 3GS today. Love the new phone. : kramweil
- get an ipod touch 2gen instead. basically an iphone - the phone (unless you count fring/sip/skype). your... : Hoax
- the usability of it : Mr.SEX
- It's an amazing Internet device (browsing, email, streaming video, IM, gps and maps), phone works great, ... : Dave-A
- It has increased them amount that I read perhaps 500% : Clay
- I am very happy w/ my G1, just throwing that out there. 16GB, does almost everything that the iphone does... : BongSlayerB
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  Coolest tech I've seen since the Internet. The App Store makes it worth it. If you can't get to the App... : mrwolf710
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    Not really... : davidc02
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      appstore access I mean, the rest is true.. :) : davidc02
      
      It's just a really cool phone without the app store. With the app store it transcends to a new level tho... : mrwolf710
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  I can finally masturbate in the bathroom without the embarrassment of having to take the laptop in with m... : Phil
  - To solve this problem, I just make everyone else go into the bathroom when it's faptime so I don't have t... : daneloire
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    omg yes - 143 images in 3 folders. all hidden on my itouch. : cptstern
    - Images? Newb. : Omning
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    my average time spent playing games on an itouch is 5 mins max. about a rounds worth of tower defense. I have a ds and I play games for longer stretches of time however it sits unused in a box
    
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    my average time spent playing games on an itouch is 5 mins max. about a rounds worth of tower defense. I ... : cptstern
- Internet everywhere. It's also the easiest to use and best looking smartphone out there. : Mmmmmoo
- boy - do you guys work for apple? I'm nearly convinced. Question: Can you Jailbreak them without unl... : vorm

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