[geeks] Gizmodo has a classic email from Bill G. you might like...

[Michael Parson]

On Fri, 27 Jun 2008, James Fogg wrote:

>> That is one of my biggest problems with PCs (and Macs) - they require
>> the user to learn arcane, intricate steps to perform seemingly simple
>> actions.  Personally I'm amazed we don't see more Internet Appliances
>> on the market - a basic machine with a recent browser and support
>> for local USB/Firewire/eSATA storage, Postscript and PCL printer
>> support, and a 10/100/1000 Ethernet port would suffice for many, many
>> sites. Base it on a commodity platform, and browser plug-ins become
>> trivial.
>
> This is why my next geek purchase will be an iPod Touch. A simple
> tiny web machine that can also support other network clients, like
> email and SSH/Telnet. Pocket Internet and no cell phone plan is very
> attractive to me.

If the Touch just had Bluetooth (and could be tethered to my BT/3G
phone), I'd have one already.  After the App store opens up and I get a
chance to see what kinds of things people will be releasing and for how
much, I might get one anyways.

-- 
Michael Parson
mparson at bl.org