Monday, April 7, 2008 -- 10:36 p.m. -- on my couch

Dear Walt Mossberg,

What's up, my man? I go out of town for 2 days and I hear you've been saying a lot about when the 3G iPhone is going to land? Now, Walt ... I respect you ... you are the man when it comes to tech. My candle barely shines in the shadow of yours, but I've gotta speak out for all my readers -- and yours -- that are counting down the days until a 3G iPhone comes out.

Now I'm pretty sure that people have started to scratch the number of days just about everywhere so they can count down to what I believe is an imaginary timeframe that you've laid out ... 60 days from the other day. 60 days. Did Steve call you and let you know about this? Or are you just jumping on the June bandwagon that people have been talking about for quite a while now.

Seems like you just found a different way to say June and went with it. 60 days. It's like me not calling my hamburger a hamburger but going with a beef patty on a bun.

It's the same.

So just so you know, Walt ... totally fine that you want to do your own thing. You have earned the right. But I think that you might have confused some folks and made them think that you have information that no one else is privy to and that's where I draw the line. Steve is much more likely to invite you over for avocado sandwiches before me, but that doesn't mean he's spilling the beans to you.

See what I'm saying? I just don't like to mislead readers/callers, so I wanted to point out this little oversight.

So we cool?

Good chatting with you. Feel free to write back with a response. We could have lunch. I'll buy the beef patties.

Thanks for calling, Walt.
Scott

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I'm guessing that Walt didn't call you.

SCOTT'S REPLY: Not yet. But the day is young :-D

LOL @ Tedly's post! :P

SCOTT'S REPLY: C'mon, Walt. I'm at my desk for the next 20 minutes.

Unrelated- was just listening to my last generation nano and realized that it was easier to modulate the volume. The volume increases and decreases were noticeably more subtle than the phone ipod. Wondering if you or anybody has noticed that also. Always has bugged me a little on the phone version but haven't listened to the nano in a while and it stood out. Something that could be addressed on the new phone?

SCOTT'S REPLY: So more subtle as in on the iPhone you can feel the progression of the volume? I have to look at that. I have a last generation nano as well.

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