Obviously if you’re a Pre user you should not update to the latest iTunes. Not, at least, until Palm strikes back with some kind of firmware update to enable syncing again. It’s not like 8.2.1 has all that many new features either, so you don’t really need to update either. [Pre Thinking]

Update: Here’s Palm’s official statement:

Palm’s media sync works with iTunes 8.2. If Apple chooses to disable media sync in iTunes, it will be a direct blow to their users who will be deprived of a seamless synchronization experience. However, people will have options. They can stay with the iTunes version that works to sync their music on their Pre, they can transfer the music via USB, and there are other third-party applications we can consider.

The ads pop up about once an hour, seemingly without regard to what other programs may be running, which sucks if you’re in the middle of a presentation. Users have so far been unable to find a way to completely disable the various messages (the check box with “do not show this message again” doesn’t always work). While the ThinkPad line has continued to be well engineered from a hardware standpoint, the packaged Thinkvantage software has gotten progressively worse with each new version. Utilities that were once useful, such as the back-up tool, have become bloated and dysfunctional. Hopefully Lenovo will take heed of customer complaints and discontinue the ads with the next update. [Slashdot]

So, Samsung this morning sent out this little clarification of their claim:

The claim “the first LED television available on the Australian market” refers to Samsung launching the first mass market LED television widely available in major retail channels at a price under $9,999. A Samsung and a competitor 70″ LED television was previously available but in extremely limited distribution at a retail price of around $70,000; fewer than five units were sold across both companies*.

Samsung apologises for any confusion.

That little asterisk at the end there just refers to the data coming from Gfk.

But regardless of who came first, I’m still hanging out to test the Series 9 panels… I thoroughly enjoyed the Series 6 and from what I can tell, the Series 9 will blow those sets out of the water.