@sid9221: Or one made of steel, perhaps.

We in the UK thankfully got to work our way through the aspect ratio confusion before the transition to HD, having had a SD 16:9 standard for a while. It's your common or garden anamorphic transfer.

They better not put the best tracks on DLC. I want it all, I want it all, I want it all, and I want it now.

Right, what they've actually done is sold you a third proprietary system, that isn't even built into your TV like the original proprietary systems are. It's like they set out to come up with something even worse.

@thevpuli: They did have a one-number system for SDHC. Class 2, Class 4, Class 6, Class 8... I guess they got bored with it.

Homeopathy is snake oil. UV sanitising is more like a Monster Cable. You're paying for something, which actually does something, but it's quite certainly something you don't need and the same result can be had much more cheaply.

My favourite simplification from Phil Plait is that, in essence, the air is blue! It's just a very pale blue. After all, the colour of some transparent fluid, given a single source of illumination like a flashlight is just the colour of the light it scatters.

@DJKGinHD: I don't think even Jobs would be up for that kind of insane showmanship, although it would explain the conspicuously higher price of this model versus its predecessors.

You missed an important detail - background wireless transmission won't depend on the software in question being loaded in the system. If you've played Animal Crossing, then people will be able to visit your town if their DS sees yours. Even if you're currently playing Mario Kart, or nothing at all.

@PsychoSuperman: I don't think that'll be in a system update somehow.

I've never found "whisper-quiet" to be a particular encouragement. It's not exactly silence. People whispering at the movies, for example, are only slightly less likely to get a boot to the back of the head than people playing on their iPhones.

"just .06 inches thin"

Life on Mars was very popular with the UK public too, don't let its short run fool you. "Ashes to Ashes", the follow-up, just finished its third and final season and has done even better.

Life on Mars was very popular with the UK public too, don't let its short run fool you. "Ashes to Ashes", the follow-up, just finished its third and final season and has done even better.

Remember those clip-on magnifiers for the original Gameboy? They should do that for the new iPhone, it'll make tablets obsolete.

@sbunny: Go go three-part harmony.

@nicointhesky: Not as an EU-wide rule, it isn't, and I don't think it's true in any of the member states either. You must be confusing statutes requiring that handsets be available off-contract.

Ah, the Selectric 251. A classic.

@Sockatume: Aaack, that was meant to skip to 1:15.

I wonder if maybe it's just a bit too rigid? The previous iPhones could flex like crazy to ditch the energy from the impact.