New year's resolution

A very happy 2009 to everyone. In case you haven't made up your new year's resolutions yet, you'd do well to read these gems from Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes:

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Apple to launch iPhone shuffle at Macworld

Many phone calls you receive might soon start with the called shouting "who's this?", instead of the more customary "hi" or "hello". And that's because Apple is all set to launch a phone version of its popular iPod shuffle at the Macworld expo, according to a senior executive who contacted this blog. The iPhone shuffle seeks to answer the eternal dilemma of "who should I talk with today", by making all your calls randomized. The phone will randomly pick one of your contacts and call them, whenever you hit the call button.

This is being touted as the new social revolution by Apple. While several social networking applications have opened up social interaction on the web, the mobile telephony world hasn't experienced this phenomenon so far. According to an analyst at Forrester Research, 83% of cell-phone users call no more than 3.7 contacts every month. The iPhone shuffle aims to change that by introducing its users to the joys of serendipitous calling.

We're told that it shuffle be available for free with a subscription AT&T voice plans starting at $69.99. AT&T is betting that if the shuffle takes off in a big way, the company might be able to do away with expensive infrastructure for caller ID.

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