Lynn Wallenstein

Arguing Religion

My iPod Touch Dilema

As you probably know, if you know me at all… I am not a fan of Apple products… I don’t own any apple computers and have long since cleansed myself of all ipod products (<3 Sansa). Recently BT (one of my, if not favorite, artists) released a piece of software for the iPhone/iPod Touch that looks absolutely amazing. It is called Sonify:

Sonifi™ is the brainchild of technologist/composer Brian “BT” Transeau. Sonifi™ is the world’s first portable remix engine for the Apple iPhone and iPod touch.

I REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY want this app.

Now money isn’t really a concern here… and while I will not be getting an iPhone anytime soon (<3 Android), part of me is debating getting a iPod Touch…. but I am having a hard time convinving myself to get this rather large piece of hardware (my sansa is REALLY small) for one single app… that and most of the music I listen to I have in FLAC format and from what I can tell the iPod Touch doesn’t play FLAC without some beta software and only in some special player… not good.

For now I think I am just going to have to watch videos and maybe make Dan or Mikey buy the app and play with it a little… Mr. BT, if you are out there… please port your app over to android… I will donate 1k to the cause!

I Hate the PS3

I am coming to terms with my completely irrational hatred of the PS3. I don’t know why I hate the PS3 so much… I can only liken it to marrying someone to find out they have plans to completely change and be someone else.

I have been a playstation lover for a while… I have had over 5 playstations between the 1 and 2 revisions in different sizes, shapes and revisions. I have bought wireless controllers, steering wheels, dance dance rev pads, multiple psps… you name it, I have had it. I have probably given Sony many thousands of my hard earned dollars and loved doing it.

So why do I hate the PS3?

I am not sure really. I have almost talked myself into getting one many times, but everytime I get close to clicking that “Buy Now” button, I talk myself out of it with “there are no games I want”, “what does it do that I don’t have?” or “it is a bad economy I should save my money”. And while all of those reasons are 100% valid and good reasons not to buy it, it isn’t really what is stopping me.

I feel betrayed.

I feel like Sony is trying to screw me out of every dollar I have and really doesn’t give a shit about my experience. Everything about the PS3 experience seems designed to rub me the wrong way… the insane opening price, as an early adopter I can almost let that swing … the real lack of of any block buster titles, ok maybe it is just my taste … the form factor from hell … the crap UI for navigation… it is like sand in my bathing suit… individually harmless, but in bunches hurts like a bitch.

Not sure why I had to get that out of my system, but I did.