Pugwash

Oh, if you do go for the Moon Watch, it's sold with a steel strap. I changed mine out for one I picked up in Thailand, but you can get some amazing 20mm deployants from several EU-based strap dealers. For instance, look here: http://81.169.162.205/watchstrap-s335h330-..._20mm_25_3.html

Yes, he's based in the UK. You have zero Customs risk, very fast delivery (for in-stock items) and the amazing Precious Time customer service. I have a few watches from him and highly recommend him. Tell him Pugwash sent you.

I got mine from Precious Time i the UK, so drop him a mail and ask what they cost these days. This is the back: ps. History? This watch went to the Moon! You can't beat that.

This Miss Understood?

Ok, your turn to give me a watch. He said 1% (10 million) in 2008. I think I've told you before that if you're going to be pedantic, you have to at least be correct.

The 'butterfly' clasp is a Deployant. It's a rather standard fitting on fancy phones. Would you prefer something dressy or sporty? Chrono or non-Chrono? Large, Small, medium ...

It's up here. Have you changed internet provider?

Excellent, another Brit. Welcome on board.

Sure, he's not a thief. He's smart and not a nice person to work for, but he's not stupid or criminal - he doesn't need to be. Seeing as branding him and the company Apple thieves (as opposed to the pirates they saw themselves as) was part of your argument, it makes the rest of it look as equally badly researched. I don't think the iPhone vs Iphone case is over by a long shot, but it's definitely not as cut-and-dried as it at first appears.

Well, if you ask those two, they say yes. Yes, both Pele and Maradonna said Best was the greatest footballer in the world.

My brother wins. He saw me wearing a platinum IWC FA Jones.

Yes, it was invented at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Centre. This is basic computer history 101 stuff. The point you made was that Apple stole it: They didn't. Xerox sold them the concept in a complicated share trade thing. Xerox made about $18,000,000 from the deal, so if that's theft, place come round my house and burgle me.

Nice work. You just need to get the white balance right and you're there.

We'll see. I still think Cisco are posturing. It's all a negotiation.

No, he didn't. This is sheer fiction. Check your history.

Because they were hoping to get it cheaper than the inevitable legal fees will now cost them and Cisco. I bet the negotiation went something like this: Apple: "Look, we can pay this much for it, and we'd rather you got it than our lawyers and your lawyers. Sure, you can sue us, and you might think you'll win. You won't, but ... like we say, we'd rather you got it than lawyers." Cisco "Sue? Ooh, we get to defend a tenuous trademark! Hee, hee! We'll sue, cos what you offered us isn't worth the jackpot we'll get if we win. Ha ha ha! My Brother is a lawyer and he needs a new Maserati." Basically, they're not suing, they're negotiating, in court.

Wow. Very, very wow. All that's missing is an AR coat and you have a killer. Did you leave the crystal in for the blasting?

Nice one.

No doubt about it, at his best, he's god-like, but this isn't about his playing. He's hired to make the world turn and look at the US. It's an attempt at giving MLS credibility which, let's face it, it doesn't have. I doubt he'll find the playing challenging and the competition he'll get will be really poor which will give him the boost in confidence he needs to play well. Does anyone remember George Best? Supposedly the best footballer ever. He went to the US in his declining years and made a difference. "I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars - the rest I just squandered." - George Best.

Cool Strap. Is it an Il Muppetto? I'm wearing my Old Faithful TTK Noobmariner. I put it back on its steel strap to get used to a steel band for when my Mofo 45mm Black-Ass Planet Ocean arrives from Precious Time.

Very true, however the iPhone is made, like pretty much every phone, in Asia. The clincher is that I know for a fact the software on the iPhone is not yet finished, and will not be finished before June. The Hardware is currently undergoing compliance testing with the FCC, so we can be sure it's pretty much locked down.

Not yet, and the factory Angus is talking to that's making the Cousteau will not be making the plain one as the Cousteau has a bigger case. However, we're hoping that Silix Prime will be commissioning this watch as their 1:1 copy project.

They don't have the rights to use the term iPhone? This is not true, yet. If Cisco wins the court case, then it'll be true. However, I bet you one of two things will happen. Cisco loses the case or it's settled out of court quickly and quietly. ps. Cisco only holds the trademark in the US. pps. Here's Apple's stance on the whole thing: Apple spokesman Alan Hely said "We think Cisco's trademark lawsuit is silly," and that Cisco's trademark registration was "tenuous at best". "We are the first company to ever use the iPhone name for a cell phone, and if Cisco wants to challenge us on it we are very confident we will prevail. Yes, I'm a Wikipediant.

Obviously I'd be interested, apart from the fact I know that a mirror cannot be made for under $800. The iPhone itself, apart from not even being finished yet, has some seriously expensive insides and the only reason it can be sold at its current price point is because of the two-year lock-in with the service provider. Ken, I'd be very wary of anyone claiming to be able to make this cheap enough to wholesale it to you cheaply enough for you to make a profit at $300. However, I'd love to be wrong.