"An era can be said to end when its basic illusions are exhausted." - Arthur Miller

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Wilson's, iPod, Mobile Wars,

Wilson's Leather Closing - Apparently starting 2/14 Wilson's Leather is going out of business. A liquidation company bought the business is will be selling off its products and closing stores. Note that returns are no longer allowed and more then likely the % of starts at the maximum price they charge for an item, not its normal day to day price.

iPod Shuffle Changes - Apple has updated its store to reflect a change made to the iPod Shuffle line. The 1GB model has dropped in price to $50 and a new 2GB model is now available for $70. The colors and design remains the same.

Mobile Wars! - Well maybe a skirmish. Verizon kicked off a little price battle by introducing plans that allow for unlimited calling. No more counting of minutes. However the price isn't right, with the Basic Plan starting at $100 per month. Unlimited voice and data is $140. AT&T responded with their own unlimited plans, $100 for voice and $35 for data. Sprint then said "me too!" and has their unlimited voice and data at $120 but it’s currently limited to San Fran, Philly, Tampa and Minneapolis. Finally T-Mobile, always last to join the band wagon, has created a $100 unlimited voice and text message, making it the best all around deal if that’s all you do on your phone, but no mention of what unlimited data costs. Whatever you go with, just make sure to shop around for what meets your needs. Personally those plans are still outside my price range.

Batman Trailer, Justice League Bump - Justice League is being pushed back to 2010 and do reduce consumer confusion will remove Superman (killed by Doomsday) and Batman (kicked out of the JL) from the movie. Considering Warner Bros inability to use its DC property to maximum effect, I expect the project to get cancelled. Frankly if they are going to continue to assume their audience is retarded and unable to track multiple versions of the same character across different platforms, I really don't care. I don't appreciate the insult to my intelligence and rather not encourage them to continue to idiotic policy. Basically just because the suits are not smart enough to keep track, don't assume your audience is as brain dead. Also, the Batman Trailer is expected to be attached to 10000 BC which is coming out on March 7rd.

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