uninteresting :: rich

tonight’s the night - the motorola q smartphone goes on sale at verizon at midnight. it’s a treo-killer that i think will eventually become even more ubiquitous than treo’s are now. originally announced over a year ago, the launch seems to have delayed for some reason or another. now, the nerds are frothing at the mouth to get it.

i wasn’t interested at first, but my 1-yr old samsung i730 is getting a little long in the tooth and i think it’s time to put it out to the great ebay pasture in the sky. the q is pretty reasonably priced ($199 2/yr agreement, $249 1/yr agreement) so i can probably even save money on the trade. so eat me.now i’m trolling the forums at sites like qusers.com and eagerly reading threads of first-reports like “Just ordered the Q!!!!” (to which everyone asks “how? when? where?”) and “Got Mine!” (to which everyone asks “how? when? where?”). there’s lots of speculation about which is really the fastest way to get your hands on it - ordering online, by phone, or in stores. we shall see.

sadly, i’ve been caught up in this ritual for a long time now. back in ‘96 i was frothing over the newly introduced palm pilot. just like today, i read similar first-reports in online forums. one guy reported that the CompUSA near me(!) had 1 left in stock. i promptly got up, walked out of work, drove down and asked for it…the sales guy had no idea what a ‘pilot’ was, then pulled out the box from behind the counter and said “is this it?” and i was like “YESSSSSS”.