Apples design philosophy was built around making these things desirable to use, use of higher quality materials and tighter fit and finish. Apple makes aesthetically pleasing products, in the same light Visio looks to be trying to capture the same segment.

no need to resort to name calling. if you wanted a more detailed explanation, a more detailed question might have been helpful. in lieu of providing an exhaustive analysis here, please look here:

From TFA: many photog pros still swear by the speed and durability of Compact Flash.

funny how, when its -10 degrees i really would like to have automatic start to warm up my car rather than drag my half-asleep, groggy ass out into the cold. its not conducive to putting me in a good mood for the day.

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i can only wonder what the US govt would have done...

on a Gixxer Forum:

if only we could all treat each other that way. its so much easier in theory than in practice. Any time we try to extrapolate, inevitably we assume the other person will behave like us, unless we know them REALLY REALLY REALLY well. even then we sometimes to that. But hey, we can try, right?!

i see a lot of what you're saying and sadly some people tend to get very easily riled up in their own social causes. Ultimately though, while a lot of what you're saying is true, in my experience the single biggest thing to remember is that Women, like Men, are individuals. They're all different and there are ones…

yech... worst. Ferrari. ever. A VW GTi has character at a considerably more reasonable price point. Owning a 348 is akin to asking someone to set your bank accounts on fire. True the engine itself was ok, but everything around it was built by Tony, on a Friday, 10 minutes till close, while he was drunk, the day after…

can anyone comment on the Ease into 5K app? i have an iPad but my phone is a WP7 (and yes i love it), but i'm curious to know how it works. is it like a pedometer that i'd have to carry it around or something? Is it worthwhile for an iPad owner?

indeed, what does it like to done on it?

you got nothing on the 7th Day Arsonists.

shouldnt this be on io9?

Fuck Ferarri. Fuck their Paranoia, Fuck their insecurity, Fuck their F1 Team, Fuck their FXX you cant take home, Fuck their flammability, Fuck their flappy paddle gearboxes, Fuck their Ringer Test cars, Fuck the 348, Fuck that prancing horse and Fuck the wheels it rode in on..

i'll just leave this here...

I'll double down on that.

i didnt say they were bad at all. they are good headphones, they jsut also happen to be popular with the hipsters i've seen in the city, thats all.

Grados are ok for somethings, other phones are better for otehr things. there is no best, but there is a difference in quality and application. Grados are popular hipster cans because they sound decent and are made in NYC and therefore have the local sheik thing going on. You can bet there are Sennheisers, Fischer…

This is a well reasoned comment that deserves promotion. Personally i'm not into the whole Planar Magnetic thing. i think the expense is unjustified. I'll settle for a good $150-$200 set of cans any day. Though i do like the open back design.