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Comment Re:DVD Entertainment System?..sans the DVD. (Score 2, Interesting) 415

"Anyone who has a kid knows if they like their kids movies then there's got to be a easy way for them to watch it." "I don't think Jr is really going to be all that excited about all the apps." I ripped all of my kid's DVDs for an iPod Touch because it was the easiest way for him to watch them. He can operate the thing without any help and it has a ton of age-appropriate learning/edu games from the App Store on there as well. He loves them. I limit his time with it pretty heavily and I've got the parental controls enabled, but that iPod is absolutely his favorite thing in the world. He's 3 years and 7 months old.

Comment Re:Finally, I want one (Score 1) 804

Don't feel sorry for me and my "regular" iPhone. There's no 3G coverage in my area, I don't use GPS and the location data in the current iPhone is good enough for most apps. The battery life is nice, but battery life isn't an issue for me currently so meh.

As for the real apps, I'm getting those too, in case you didn't hear. That little software upgrade at the beginning of next month will leave me plenty happy with my regular iPhone.

The only thing that has me a little bit jealous is the price point, but I'll gladly eat the $100 difference for the bliss I've experience over the last few months from having not used Windows Mobile.

Discovery Channel's Games Documentary Impresses 87

Rock, Paper, Shotgun notes the kickoff of a new Discovery channel series called Rise of the Videogame. Blogger John Walker discusses the show, which just began last week, with an eye towards its research rigor and friendliness to the subject matter. He comes away fairly impressed, both by the topics covered and the casting. Along with games industry luminaries like Nolan Bushnell and Al Alcorn, they chat with folks like Steve Russell (of Spacewar! fame) and Smartbomb author Heather Chaplin. "A little visually overwrought with its montage footage of real-world conflict, it's otherwise a solid, informative and supremely well 'cast' documentary. If you've read around the subject, it won't tell you anything new. But it's fantastic to hear the stories from the people themselves. Episode 2 is very sensibly about the rise of Mario, next Wednesday."

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