there is free wifi almost everywhere here in Seoul, my iPhone is happy
meh… everyone on my twitter …
meh… everyone on my twitter stream is tweeting about buying a new MacBook Pro… I need a raise, stat!
My thoughts on the iPad…
…because everyone has their own. They could be resumed to: I want! I want! I want! I want!
It’s shiny, it’s thin, it looks good… Like all my favorite Apple stuff. I don’t even care if it has lousy WiFi — I live in a 50m² apartment with only 2 rooms separated by wooden walls, I am never more than 5m away from my Time Capsule.
But will I get one? I’m not so sure. In the current set of things, probably not. This is why:
- As I said earlier, my home is small — albeit nice and cosy — as most people in Tokyo who are not on expatriate expense accounts. My main computer is a MacBook Pro which sits at all time on the arm rest of my sofa: there is no table/desk to put it.
So buying an iPad would mean relegating the MacBook Pro to a closet until I need it for higher level tasks — such as dumping photos into Aperture or writing code for home projects… Putting a ¥200.000 laptop in a closet feels wrong, but maybe I could live with it.
This is a coffee table, not a desk…
- I spend 3h of every weekday commuting to and back from work. I could really see myself enjoying movies, TV shows, my feed reader and internet/email on an iPad much more than on my iPhone as I do now. However, there is no way in hell I would ever pay another ¥4000 or so to Softbank for an unlimited 3G connection in addition to the one tied to my iPhone. You can only bleed your customers so much…
So unless the coming weeks see an announcement (I’m thinking iPhone 4.0 tonight) by Apple or Softbank of either tethering your iPhone to your iPad or an extra iPad 3G SIM at ¥500 for iPhone owners, I don’t think I will buy the iPad.
RT @JeromeSadou iPad graphic t…
RT @JeromeSadou iPad graphic tablet with Autodesk Sketchbook Pro http://bit.ly/dpD70K
booked my flight+hotel for Apr…
booked my flight+hotel for April 16-18 in Seoul — 韓国料理 fest!!!
if I can pay ¥4679/月 for a…
if I can pay ¥4679/月 for a 3G WiFi base-station — http://bit.ly/bbvcbb — why can’t I do tethering on my ¥5985/月 iPhone???
the last earthquake didnt go t…
the last earthquake didnt go too well with my Corona… feeling seasick…
2 year old Time Capsule died l…
2 year old Time Capsule died last thursday – just went to Apple Store, leaving with a free replacement unit :)
it’s snowing like crazy at wor…
it’s snowing like crazy at work right now!
twilight zone moment – @vertig…
twilight zone moment – @vertigo was in the same shinan-shinjuku car as me as i was typibg that last tweet… freaky!
at a conference organized by t…
at a conference organized by the french embassy… too many french people, having a mild case of agoraphobia
selling NIXON NOMADIC MIC head…
selling NIXON NOMADIC MIC headphones in BLACK (works nicely with an iPhone) brand new for \12,000 — see photo http://bit.ly/8ZOyxU
Rikaichan ported to Google Chr…
Rikaichan ported to Google Chrome!!! http://bit.ly/4Utt2n — hint: you need to restart the browser for it to work (still very beta)
10-15cm of fresh powder at ALT…
10-15cm of fresh powder at ALTS Bandai for new year’s eve and it’s still snowing big fat snow flakes… i love this country :D
4:37 departure for 3 days of s…
4:37 departure for 3 days of snowboarding at アルツ in Fukushima… yes, we are THIS hardcore