The body is reminiscent of the old Yashica GS series of fixed-lens rangefinders. You could buy one of those for about $50 right now and it will deliver incredible images. The lens on those things is amazing, I think it's a 45mm/1.7 and sharp as a tack, and it has aperture priority. Manual focus. They're great old cameras. As to this thing, looks cool, but I don't know.

There's a lot of debate about the X1 on various camera forums. Most of the consensus is that this is either a design study or a render/photoshop.

I had t-mobile for years and went through 3 versions of the sidekick. Here's my experience - customer service was awesome. The OS on the device is great, but the hardware was always lacking (bad screen, crappy camera). For the OS, it seems like they always thought of everything, it was very user-friendly. On the hardware plus side, once you learn the device, all the buttons become second nature and it's easy to multitask on it. I hate their whole app store approach. Paying monthly for things like RSS (and myspace IIRC) is a crime. But the stock AIM and email apps were nice (browser blew though). I switched to AT&T who has comparably awful customer service (especially in the stores), but i wanted an iPhone.

You have zero idea about the differences between your G9 lens and pretty much any m-mount (or thread mount) lens.

Well, this is not a true rangefinder, it just vaguely looks like one. The only true digital rangefinders are the Leica M8 and the Epson R-D1.

AT&T store on Boylston is sold out. Apple store still has stock but there's a huge line, maybe 100-125 people. It's going around the block.

I think this is a great idea, but a 28mm (35 equiv) is too wide and f/4 a tad slow. Also, apparently the ISO only goes up to 800. So this will be great for sunny days, less so for anything else.

It's the Jay Leno of iMacs.

I've been on the fence about buying one of the old 12" powerbooks on fleabay. For what they are going for (600-700), it's tough to beat for a small mac laptop. But maybe I'll hold out. What I really want is the modern version of the old duo - very small, 10" screen maybe. Something ultra portable.

Yeah, the sidekick is the best deal going in data, I think. For ~$70 month I'm totally covered for voice and data. I'm really tempted by the iPhone, but the lack of IM is a big drawback for me.