(Yeah, me included). I was around when BBSes were in vogue, and remember when they first opened up a unix shell on the internet for us to play in. Pico, Vi and ....what was the name of that menu they gave us to make it easier? Can't recall...

God. In reading all of these stories, it occurs to me there are a lot of old people here on giz.

@mr_switzerland: No kidding. For the 8 bucks I pay here in Toronto, I get instant access to all kinds of useless slop that never made it to the theatre.

Not sure, but I think crack might be cheaper.

Got to appreciate his honesty. That kind of transparency ensures that customers will take a close look when the final product comes out.

No thoughts on increased storage? 64 GB is nice, but 128 would be...uh, nicer.

@Deckard: Deckard FTW.

@pismosi: That hasn't changed. The invitations are out there. Stay tuned. As @Gothamite88 says, it's about the iPad.

Yup. When I hear "rights" I translate that to "lawyers". :)

@David Desonia: Also: even when you open it up during the day and have already downloaded content, it sometimes appears to be wanting to re-download it again. Which isn't a deal-breaker when you're in a wifi place, but on 3G? Not so good for those of us who are impatient.

@Bramsey89: Have to agree with @Frumpkin. I've been using it almost since the start, and still find that other national newspapers have better content.

Amazing. Entertainment and commerce has for the most part spread to the "global village". Yet gems like this remains stuck within the borders of the U.S.

At least if they've been watching some of these other devices, they will have hopefully gotten some important clues. Here's hoping we're not in for a few more years of "please give us cut-and-paste" nonsense.

Jason? Dude this is a great article but...it's coming in after all of the coding has been done. Wonder how many geniuses at Apple are banging their heads right now?

Excuses aside, we all have to own what we write. Sure, maybe he did it in haste. Doesn't matter. If you're going to go off half-cocked, don't be surprised when the demons of the internet come back to haunt you.

The only thing required for a Department of Corrections job should be a criminal records check. That's it. This is equivalent to them asking to see your little pink locked diary.

Look, we may prefer Apple and Android to Microsoft but the fact is that they are still the worldwide leaders of tech. Business and government still build their infrastructure based on Microsoft. Microsoft may be losing ground in some areas - absolutely. Right now it's still their market to lose.

@Deckard: Yeah. What's up with that? Even though a lot of us (me included) may use mostly Apple products, we all know and acknowledge that Microsoft still leads the pack and should have been represented.

@Rocket Dan: So when it comes down to it, it really is a matter of semantics on the part of those who preach. I.E. all by-products of most species, like ants or beavers = natural and good. All by-products of one species: man = unnatural and therefore bad.

@Alex Paul: Awesome idea! Pass the cost on to the consumer, which makes it absolutely clear whats happening. Then they can make their choice: stay within the app and pay through the nose, or suffer the "inconvenience" of jumping out to Safari to make their purchase before jumping - almost automatically - back into…