And now for a non-book, totally tech moment...

Well, MacWorld was today and Apple announced several new products...but only one really matters to me. I want an iPhone (go here for a great review and MANY pictures). I want it NOW. I want to sleep with it under my pillow. I want to rub it, ever so softly, against my cheek. I want to gaze lovingly at it. I long for it. I covet it. I crave it.

I love Apple for many reasons. I love them most of all for occasionally bringing something to market that genuinely makes me covet a bit of hardware. It is, as one would expect, a stunningly beautiful, simple and elegant device. I can not wait to explore the UI. I can not wait to have a phone that has built in WiFi, so I can get my email/web access *without* paying for the overpriced data service from my carrier. I can not wait.

Oh, and there is a new settop box, AppleTV that looks really slick and several other new/improved toys.....but, oh my, have you seen the iPhone *wistful sigh*. It will be shipping in June. That gives me 5 and a half months or so to really loathe my current phone...all its inadequacies...its poor design (both aesthetic and UI). It's lack of a 4 (or 8)gig drive. It is going to be a long few months.