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It's no surprise that the most serious and ambitious surf movies convey a traditional and heroic ethos. And it's probably no surprise that they sometimes share a peculiar fate with other films that offer idealized portraits of heroic masculinity, such as this year's 300 —the tendency to have clueless film critics misread them as "homoerotic."
Although the iPhone looks great, there's a couple things that make me leary to consider it. For one, the iPhone is a 1st generation product. I've always tried to stay away from the 1st generation anything, especially electronics, as they tend to be buggy. Other things that bothered me is that you can't install 3rd-party apps on the iPhone, you're locked to a carrier, and of course there is the non-replaceable battery issue.
I figure the iPhone will revolutionize the mobile market, and Nokia's N95 will to. But give Apple 2 or 3 years to really wow us.
Today JVC unveiled a new small, $299 surround system. It’s built for those who wants a small surround system for their video games or for some nice iPod sound.
The system features two HDMI inputs, two component inputs, two composite inputs, two S-Video inputs and two digital audio inputs plus a USB Host on the front together with a iPod connection. More info inside.
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