I wonder why people always comment on how many flames MS would receive rather than writing a direct flame. :-)

You certainly cannot let the sun shine everywhere on your body at once.

I find it strange that Apple has moved away from a voice-based interface with their "visual voicemail" GUI on the iPhone (for a very good reason!) and now with the new iPod shuffle has moved back to one.

"object" is indeed the most appropriate translation in this case.