Last on this subject, I swear

Who would have thought that the biggest advancement in cell phones this week would come from someone aside from Apple?

T-Mobile's Hotspot at Home article at the New York Times

For those without the desire to chase the link, here's the gist: T-Mobile is releasing phones that will automagically switch over make calls over any wi-fi spot when you're in range. And they give you a free router if you start with their service!!! That means:

1. You have perfect reception when at home no matter what, or when in any location with wifi access.
2. You can save a shitload of money, because all calls made on wifi do not count as minutes that you have to pay for in your T-Mobile plan.

Considering that I live in a house that somehow is a dead spot for all cell phone networks - and live in the basement, making it even worse! - this is a really really attractive option. If you're an early adopter it is only $10 per month, which means it costs $50 per month to get INFINITE calls. There is no other setup in existence that gives you that kind of deal (except for creative skype usage, but I've never bothered with that).

So, on the one hand, you have a $600 dollar device, plus minimum $60 dollars per month...and it is no better - most say worse - at being a phone than any phone you can get for free with a new contract. On the other, you have T-Mobile revolutionizing how basic cell phone service works, and making a world of difference for people like me, and saving us money to boot. But I guess you can't watch dog skating videos on youtube without the iphone...and how could you live without that? Oh, that's right - very, very easily.

Another juicy bit of Apple news...they've been fucking over artists! This engadget post details a string of incidents in which someone was in talks to have Apple license their work for their commercials...and even though a deal didn't materialize, Apple uses it anyways!!! Gotta love that company.

Speaking of youtube, here's something you have got to see. This guy stuck a jet engine in a kayak, and then races across glacier-covered iceland against a Land Rover. It includes the epic line:
"Shaun must be getting tired...the jet engine has roasted his buttocks!!"