Yeah, sorry.  I got the email too and then went and changed the date.  I honestly don't expect the season to start on time and I'd guess we're looking at January before we get going.  So I'll just keep pushing the date back.  It's currently set at the latest date Yahoo allows but I assume that will move as the NHL cancels regular season games. 

Thanks, the single carded version is preferred which is nice as it saves me from acquiring another Spidey I don't need. 

That's a nice Ock. 

I keep hoping the electronics marketplace matures to the point where we don't have to replace phones every year (for those that do) or aren't so hopelessly outdated so quickly that there's a more natural degredation of the hardware over a longer period of time.  Pollution from electronics is the stuff that really scares me to be honest. 

I'm not looking for leaps in technology anyway.  Anything released in the last 18 months will be a huge leap for me anyway as I'm just using a standard Motorola Razr flip phone anyway.  Having a music playing device that I can call/text/surf with will be more than adequate for me for quite a while.  If I can pull off Rob's stunt of selling my phone or if the company I'm going with allows for upgrades without penalty (my current carrier does not) then it's all a win to me. 

Things work even better on a Windows Phone but no one knows that thanks to Microsoft's crappy marketing and company perception.

Wasn't Microsoft under some sort of court implemented ruling that restricted their marketing in the phone/tablet area for a number of years?  They certainly seem to have missed a large boat.

I've used Androids, my buddy has the R2 one...  He's let me use it a lot when we're out because he's anti-Apple.  Can't say things worked "better".  Similar I think...  I wasn't overwhelmed by it though.

Android stuff is fine and really I was probably leaning more that way based on handling both phones a bit and we have an Android tablet at home.  But when it comes down to it for me I'm looking for more of a music device that does some extra stuff (as I've said repeatedly) and I do love the iPod, so it seems a more natural, logical choice.  Phone don't care so much, music device for me the iPod is the runaway winner. 

The only other benefit I'm actually looking for is something I can use to access the nerdverse of yahoo fantasy sports.  Since changing jobs I can only access stuff at home.  It's been a painful ten months. 

I finally picked up Black Widow and the improved articulation "Shatterblaster" Iron Man today. I also saw a Nick Fury but luck would have it as it was missing the Nick Fury figure (f'ing thieves) at my local Walmart.

Interesting.  I finally found Black Widow and Nick Fury today.  Thankfully in my case the thieves didn't arrive before me.  They also had a Chitauri on the pegs but no Skrulls to be found.  Probably wasn't going to buy them anyway.  I passed on Hawkeye as well. 

Those were the only two figures I really had intent to purchase, so it was nice to actually find something I wanted for a change. 

We have valleys.  That's where we run da buffalo into. 

Adequate as a phone is really all I'm after.  I'm just not seeing any reason to not get an iPod that works as a phone instead of having an iPod and a phone.  At least that's the direction I'm leaning.  I still consider my old classic to be one of the greatest inventions ever. 

And thanks Rob.  Plans here are generally 200 MB, 1GB or 3 GB per month.  Only one company has unlimited and I don't like that company much at the moment. 

Quote from: Nicklab on September 17, 2012, 09:25 PM

Silly question:  why would you want to get the iPhone 5 right away?  If history has shown us anything, it's that new hardware may have issues.  So why not wait a few months until the craze dies down, and the hardware bugs are worked out?

I don't necessarily need to, but my current phone is going on 3+ years old so I had been waiting for the iPhone 5 to come out to get that one instead of getting the 4s.  I think just about everyone will be in the same boat with the operating system upgrade that comes out next week.

I think I'm in the exact boat you're in.  I'm looking at the i5 simply because I'm still using my 30GB iPod classic.  I was contemplating a new iPod and thinking Android phone but for how much I use the phone I have now, an iPhone even if it isn't spectacular as a phone solves two problems.  I'm looking at roughly the same (idiotic) rate for an iPhone or an Android (Galaxy or HTC) on a contract, so I might as well get an iPod out of it.  That's probably going to be my primary usage anyway so I am pretty much looking at it as an iPod that can take phone calls too. 

Any advice on how much data I realistically need?  Mostly I'd be doing stuff WiFi but some need for data will be there.  Plans in Canada suck but I'm curious what you guys use per month.

Que?

 

 

but we did sign Kane at the last minute.