Hmmmm, now I knew I didn’t know much about it in the first place, but after checking it out……Apple can keep it. Is it junk? No Way! It’s wicked nice and the “touch” part of it is so sleek and neat, but basically from the salesperson pitch on it, all it does is play music, play games, and you can surf the internet and send email only if you are in an internet “hotspot”. Wait for a hotspot? My life can’t wait. So maybe for additional features you have to pay for it?? I asked, “Hmmm, is there a data plan I can pay for to use the internet and send email on the whim??” He says, “No, you have to buy a iPhone with a cell phone minute plan.” So I was curious and stepped it up with my question, “Hmmm, okay, so I want a plan that gives me unlimited everything, minutes, text, internet, everything.” He says, “Okay, it’s $99.99 a month, plus and additional $20 dollars a month for unlimited text messages.” I say, “$20 dollars a month JUST for unlimited text messaging??” He says, “Yep.”

Now, let me explain to you that I like text messaging and I do my share of sending out some each day, like, 40 to 60 text messages a day depending on if I have to actually say something important. I have my Blackberry with Nextel and I pay $99 dollars a month for everything included. For $99 dollars I can send out as many texts I want, yap as much as I want, and also send email and go to any website I want anytime I want. Oh, and I got Direct Connect on my Blackberry too! So, my days of the iPod Touch is history. I was planning on replacing my iPod Nano, but I’ll hang on to my iPod Nano for my music. I’ll now start searching for a neat E-book reader.

Okay, I’ll admit that Nextel doesn’t have the best coverage for service and congratulations Apple for turning quite a profit this last quarter. Apple sold 3.36 million Macintosh computers during this past quarter, representing a 33 percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter. The Company sold 8.7 million iPhones in the quarter, representing 100 percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter. Apple sold 21 million iPods during the quarter, representing an eight percent unit decline from the year-ago quarter. (Source: HERE)

As for tonight, we visited Fremont Street. I like Fremont Street, just wander around outside visiting casinos. Fremont Street is a pedestrian street with no cars allowed. It’s not even a street set up for cars. It’s like a huge sidewalk that is laced with casinos on both sides. Over this street is a large roof made of lights and they performs shows on this canvas made of light bulbs. Let’s take a look…..

This is the Mermaid Casino on Fremont Street……

A light show up above on the roof canvas made of all light bulbs…..

So, that’s what it pretty much looks like……..next time I go there (if it’s during the day) I’ll get some daytime picture. It can be pretty crowded at night and it’s a Monday, imagine a Saturday night when the portable bars come outside to serve some delicious drinks!

Have a great night and I’ll be back tomorrow!