Be prepared to use your iPad/iPhone as a remote because the one that will ship with this receiver (and all other Pioneer A/V receivers) is a study in how NOT to design a remote. As in 'let's put tens of small buttons with illegible/multiple labels close together and make it really hard to use so we can cram every…

Alaska Airlines has issued iPads to their pilots for company manuals etc. Aviation maps will be next once ok'd by the FAA. The maps are only for reference. The plane's autopilot really does most of the flying anyway.

This cover was shown in a prototype Apple product back in the Newton OS days (1994?) on a CD-ROM based document reader. The project proposal video showed two mechanics working on an aircraft consulting the device featuring this very same cover arrangement.

Wow - lame Giz post. The NYT article is similarly lame. No mention of the Chemex - Germany, or the AeroPress - USA, or the Clever Coffee Dripper - USA. All three will give you an awesome coffee experience, for less than the cost of a Rancilio Miss Silvia, and are not from Japan.

Uh, where's the tech/gadget content in this post?

If you are a Mac user interested in Fractals, you should check out [www.artmatic.com] it will blow your mind.

Can't wait for the super efficient refrigerators this will go in. When will they ship?

@DancinDatsyuk: The Amazon MP3s will work just as seamlessly on your Mac/iPod/iPhone as they do on mine.

Plus - sign up for the MP3 newsletter on Amazon and get loads of free samplers as well. I have been shopping the Amazon MP3 store for quite some time now and am very happy with the experience.

@. . . . . . GhostBuster: It wasn't beige, but gray.

@Windhawk: Exactly - 60w incandescent puts out about 890 lumens, while the larger LED lamp is only 590.

Eh, unless I am mistaken, someone gave him the last name of 'Da Vinci' which just means 'from Vinci' so why would he use those initials in a painting. Its all in wikipedia so it must be true. [en.wikipedia.org]

Hmm, Dec 7th, isn't that a day that will live in infamy? Interesting choice.

Interesting tech. I'd hate to be the person sent to investigate the positive signals.

Wrap a 6' length of bailing wire around the steel wool ball and then twirl it above your head in the dark. Very cool.

Mac artists should check out [www.artmatic.com] for one of the more interesting graphics programs out there.

[yawn]

Or - a keyfob/carabiner that had the bluetooth xmitter in it you would wear on your belt.

@WhiskeyTab: So true.

What no Calculon?