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dolo54 blows minds and blows engines!
11/27/09

In reply to Gifts for Design Lovers and Jon Ive Wannabees
I bought one of those ny coffee mugs at alphabets on 6th and a about 3 years ago. That's my favorite coffee mug by far. Besides the cute factor, it just feels really good in your hand. Hard to describe, but it has a nice tactile feel to it, I really like the fake paper seam up the side.
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Diziet_Sma
11/27/09

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Totally with you on the iPhone cases; they all look naff as fuck.
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Duckspwn
11/27/09

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I agree with not covering beautiful things with ugly, slightly more functional crap. I disagree with one thing though; the iPhone is not beautiful.
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The Lab
11/27/09

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The incase cases look great and do an excellent job protecting your iphone.

They are stupid expensive but worth it.
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OMG! Ponies!
11/27/09

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Mr Ive didn't pay for my iPhone replacement when my uncased iPhone took a tumble a couple of weeks back.

Until the replacements are on his bob, that pretentious bloke can piss off. There's nothing wrong with iPhone cases.
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Odin
11/27/09

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It's just plain stupid to advise against cases. I just shelled out £200 for a new 3rd gen 32GB iPod touch and the first* thing I did was shove that motherfucka in a nice Belkin leather folio case. Provided you don't get a shit ass case your iPod/iPhone can look just as good wrapped in something that protects both its form and its function.

I generally like to preserve both these aspects of my devices. But if I have to sacrifice one it'd be the looks every time. A broken device is useless and therefore its design is useless. There's only so much you can appreciate about the design of a paperweight.

Plus unless you have money to burn on replacements then if you crack or scratch your phone generally its design and beauty are ruined anyway so you've lost both. Better to sacrifice some measure of style for the security of keeping your investment intact.

My advice is just don't buy ugly cases. Get a nice one, keep your beautiful screen unscratched and fully functional.

* The second thing I did was jailbreak it.
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FritzLaurel
11/27/09

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Totally disagree with you on the iPhone cases. If they designed them properly, then I wouldn't need a case.

It's just way too slippery to be usable as is. Seriously, the person who designed that must've gotten their degree from Sears & Roebuck.

There is something to be said about design for the sake of design vs usability. As a device or gadget, if it's not usable, I don't give two shits what it looks like.
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Bluecold:Of volcanic temperament but soothed by a custard pie balsam.
11/27/09

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I threw a TS 45 away a couple of days ago.
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Bluecold:Of volcanic temperament but soothed by a custard pie balsam.
11/27/09

@Bluecold:Of volcanic temperament but soothed by a custard pie balsam.: Before the haet starts;
I was fully aware of what it was. It didn't work and the cosmetic state was deplorable. It wasn't worth it.
Some notes:
The front plate isn't brushed aluminium, it is painted steel.
The build quality is deplorable. The knobs are all plastic except for one. If that wasn't bad enough, it's plastic with non-stainless grub screws in them, so the plastic knobs cracked.
The selector push knobs have too long, too flimsy rods attached to them so they feel like they are from a third rate chinese microset.
So no matter how 'Apple' it looks, you don't want it. It'll destroy your admiration for the design and you'll grow to hate it.
My SX-434 Pioneer sounds like a champ, is built infinitely better, and although most will prefer the aesthetics of the Braun, the Pioneer doesn't look too bad either and it doesn't need to be attached to a wall to look good.
Braun pulled out of audio for a reason. They sucked at it. Even great design can't save shit products.

PS, i can't edit the post above for some reason.
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Duckspwn
11/27/09

@Bluecold:Of volcanic temperament but soothed by a custard pie balsam.: I believe there is a 15 minute time limit on editing. That's why.
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iheartpie
11/27/09

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I agree about cases ... but my biggest annoyance is screen protectors. They protect the screen, but at the expense of having an ugly screen with peeling corners ... is that really better than a couple of minor scratches? And one of my biggest pet hates are people that leave the peel-away plastic cover on shiny surfaces (like on watches and phones etc) that are on there when you buy the item ... If I ever have access to their objects I remove them immediately and slap them round the back of their head.

I have seen some good iPhone cases though, I have to say.
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aprather
11/27/09

@iheartpie: If you did that to something of mine, I would beat the living shit out of you. It's their gadget. If they want it on there, that's their business. Leave other peoples crap alone.
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Duckspwn
11/27/09

@aprather: No. I applaud this man. He is doing a service to all of gadget-kind by removing that stupid layer of plastic that morons love to leave on.
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qwerty613
11/27/09

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I need that boat. I need that boat so effing bad. It is what I have dreamed of for years. I am being completely serious, no sarcasm, I must own that schooner.
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Curves
11/27/09

@qwerty613: It is gorgeous. Just looking at it, you can almost feel the roll of the waves and smell the sea. Sorry, you cant have it, I want it. ;)
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dragon:ONE
11/27/09

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Only way I'd want a gadget case is if it was that fancy-pants new case Apple's using on their iPods for point-of-sale with the card swipe and barcode scanner on it.
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imaria
11/26/09

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Can't say I comprehend the case hate. It's nice that you're willing to spend $200 to replace a broken gadget just for the look, but I'd prefer to pay $20 and cope with some visual dissonance in exchange for actually being able to USE the damn thing.
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Duckspwn
11/26/09

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Starting at 195$? I didn't know that you were payed an ounce of gold per article you wrote Mr. Diaz.
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franco1975
11/26/09

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Am i the only one unimpressed by Fallingwater house Lego? I have nothing against Lego but Fallingwater lego looks amateurish and unfinished.
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Kaiser-Machead
11/26/09

@franco1975: It's also too expensive for the amount of parts you get, especially since they don't look like they're very specialized set-specific parts either.
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ubmic
11/27/09

@franco1975: it's not as bad as the flying saucer looking guggenheim
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franco1975
11/27/09

@ubmic:The Guggenheim is the LOLs. I think the problem lies with the size of the bricks vis a vis the size of the scale model . The bricks are too big for a scale that small. Maybe if they made the model scale larger it wont look so fake-like. Something about these architecture legos dont look right.
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fleebailey33
10/21/09

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i love my skype phone, its sexi

[www.ipevo.com] #bangolufsenbeocom5
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