Question.
 

Why would Motorola limit who can get this phone to certain carriers?:

http://www.motorola.com/mdirect/hell.../2900888_1.jpg http://www.motorola.com/mdirect/hell.../2805750_1.jpg http://www.digitimes.com/NewsShow/20...s/image002.gif http://www.mobilemag.com/content/images/3422_large.jpg

I'm on Verizon and it's only being offered to Cingular people. Cingular sucks in the city. Verizon kicks ass. Isn't it in Motorola's best interest to sell it to as many people as possible? Is what Cingular is paying equivalent to what they could be making if the market for the phone was larger?

Does anyone have the Kyocera KX2?:

http://www.verizonwireless.com/image...lg/kyo_kx2.jpg

TM

Question.
 

The V3 can be used by anyone with GSM service, which s the service used by most of the world. Verizon uses CDMA, so unless you want to switch, you're out of luck.

FYI, post merger with ATT, Cingular ROCKS in the City.

Confession
 

How much did you get for the horse and oh-so-expensive saddle?

TM

Confession
 

I really hit pay dirt on the lunchbox collection.

Question.
 

So I just went to go check this out, because I saw the commercials this weekend and thought it looked like a pretty cool phone. But $500? $500??? For a phone? Damn. I'll just keep my three year old POS Nokia until it dies. It's not that much bigger.

Nederlander Redux
 

I had high hopes that being part of this little online community gave me an inside glimpse into The Big Events in TCOTU. More's the pity, it looks like our resident New Yorkers dropped the ball this weekend, and thus we were not alerted to the Latest Big Event of New York Society.

Fortunately, the blog Veiled Conceit caught Nederlander's second leap into marital bliss, and gives us the context we all crave, no doubt to be further plumbed with commentary in the next Seinfeld DVD.

• Nederlander is going to give it another shot...
  
  So remember how, a few years ago, you read that Seinfeld met some recently-married trollop at the Reebok Sports Club and started frenching her in public? Remember how you learned that her husband was none-too-pleased about having his girlfriend stolen like a Schnitzer's marble rye? I believe your exact words were "Sucks to be that guy." But then do you remember how it went on to say that the husband's family was richer than all hell, and that even after his being made a very public cuckold you thought "Still ain't too bad to have his life, better that the gold-digging prostitute be gone."
  
  The digger in this story was (is) the contemptible Jessica Sklar. If you're unfamiliar with it, here's how it broke down:
  
  1. Marry rich guy (Nederlander).
  2. Use Reebok Club membership he bought you to meet guys at gym.
  3. See Jerry Seinfeld and realize he's waaaay richer than your current beau.
  4. "Seal the deal" with Seinfeld and hitch your wagon to his gravy train.
  5. "Nederlander who?"
  
  ...

I'm guessing Thurgreed was at the reception and is planning to give us ShapeShifter-esque backstory soon as he gathers his thoughts.

Nederlander Redux
 

Jessica and Jerry are always on the "hosts" list for the Museum of Natural History events. They live across the street, you know...

Nederlander Redux
 

Come on. It's obvious that what she saw in Jerry was his sense of humor. After all, she already had enough money.

Nederlander Redux
 

HONey, HONey, HONeyyyy....

You can never be too rich.

Nederlander Redux
 

Even the NY Times noted the awkward Jessica Sklar "incident."

Link.

Nederlander Redux
 

Oh, right, and she wasn't as likely to be featured in Vogue with the other schlub.

Nederlander Redux
 

Now yah tawkin...


(I predict the end of spinsterhood for you dahling. [Said with motherly pat on the hand.])

Top 10 overrated stars
 

I have to disagree with #1, because I agree with Gatti that Shatner is good as Danny Crane.

10. Ben Affleck
Note: I have tried to keep a rule that anyone on this list has to have been famous for at least 10 years, but Affleck has stuffed 15 years of spectacular mediocrity into seven.

9. Keanu Reeves
8. Ozzy Osbourne
7. Snoop Dogg
6. Lorne Michaels
5. Whoopi Goldberg
4. Tony Danza
3. Madonna
2. Arnold Schwarzenegger
1. William Shatner

How did Tom Cruise not make this list?

link here

Question.
 

Yeah. Not a chance I jump ship for this phone. I love it, but I was looking at it for a gift for the gf. If you don't sign up for Cingular's contract, it's fucking $600. They can kiss my ass.

TM

Nederlander Redux
 

I used to be a member at Reebok (Two full-court basketball courts -- I still miss that place) and Jess and I were two inches from locking lips when she jumped my ship for Taye Diggs.

Thurgreed(that guy is short, but ripped the fuck up)Marshall