Gearing up for Hawaii

Just a week before heading for Hawaii, I am all excited about visiting these tropical islands in the middle of the Pacific. Adding up to the big-brother-is-watching-me [1] feeling, GMail offered some Hawaii-related hotel offers while watching a completely unrelated message. Lucky guess, or does Google actually know more about me than I thought? I am sure that somewhere in the future, we will be able to query Google "where to is my next trip?" and receive the right answer!

One of the many things I am anticipating to for this trip is shopping. Actually, I am always happy when I visit the States as there are always some things (usually gadgets) I would like to buy. This time, I have set my eyes on iPod touch. As it has been almost five years since I bought my last iPod (2nd or 3rd generation, white with 20Gb disk), technology has progressed a lot. I am especially looking forward to the touchscreen with gestures experience. Although I have considered iPhone too, I am going with iPod touch for several reasons: First, I am already quite happy with my Nokia E65 phone (we all know that Nokia knows how to make good phones); Second, I hear that iPhone has some rough edges, at least wrt its phone aspects; Third, it is quite expensive to buy it in Europe and in the US it is locked and requires a 2-year contract. I will probably follow up with a blog with my experiences with iPod touch once I try it long enough.

[1]. Actually, to me the "big brother" term is quite unsuccessful; my big brother has always looked after me in the metaphorical sense only! I guess I am lucky :-)