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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Far from CES, it's my Yoga Mamas focus group. Which gadgets would we buy?]]></title><link>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/01/09/far-from-ces-its-my-yoga-mamas-focus-group-which-gadgets-woul/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/01/09/far-from-ces-its-my-yoga-mamas-focus-group-which-gadgets-woul/</guid><comments>http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/01/09/far-from-ces-its-my-yoga-mamas-focus-group-which-gadgets-woul/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/consumer-experience/" rel="tag">Consumer Experience</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/rants-and-raves/" rel="tag">Rants and Raves</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/aapl/" rel="tag">Apple Inc (AAPL)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/cmcsa/" rel="tag">Comcast Cl'A' (CMCSA)</a>, <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/category/iphone/" rel="tag">iPhone</a></p><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="0" align="right" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bloggingstocks.com/media/2007/01/mamas_focusgroup.jpg" alt="" />I'm not exactly on the forefront of gadget desire. Sure, those shiny pretty things are fun, but I'm not willing to lay out cash until I'm really sure I want something. I only got wireless for my laptop in November 2005. I can count the months I've owned a camera phone on my fingers. I've never, ever surfed the web or emailed from a "mobile communication device." <em>I don't even have an iPod</em>.<br /><br />And yet. As soon as I laid my eyes on the shiny, sexy photos of Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ:<a href="http://finance.aol.com/quotes/apple-computer-inc/aapl/nas">AAPL</a>)'s<a href="http://aapl.bloggingstocks.com/2007/01/09/engadget-live-apple-iphone-in-pictures/"> new iPhone</a> -- a cell phone, iPod, movie player, camera, and "mobile communication device" in one, I called my husband. He's been threatening to buy me the biggest, fattest iPod for months, though I insist I don't need one.<br /><br />"Will you buy me an iPhone?" I asked him. "You have six months to save up!" I'm already planning out how I'll use it to take and email photos of my sister-in-law's new baby, due in July, straight from the hospital. <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/01/09/aapl-up-over-7-sure-i-want-an-iphone-too/">Melly Alazraki chimed in almost immediately</a> -- she wants one, too.<br /><br /><iframe width="175" scrolling="no" height="150" frameborder="0" align="right" src="http://webcenter.polls.aol.com/modular.jsp?template=1089&amp;view=99613&amp;pollId=99696&amp;channel=aol_us_moneynews1" border="0"></iframe>I started emailing my friends, the urbanMamas (a.k.a. <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2006/11/27/i-am-a-yoga-mama-we-kick-soccer-moms-tushies/">Yoga Mamas</a>). We're like a ready-made focus group for professional women who blog but are otherwise far from the cutting edge of gadget-savviness. "Do you want one?" I asked.<br /><br />The answer: yes, yes and more yes. (And one "no" because "<span chatdir="1">I like the iPod and phone together, but I dislike having the Internet available anywhere anytime. I already waste too much time on it.")</span> We've been waiting to enter this market, and Apple has given us the appetizer we needed.<br /><br />What else at <a href="http://ces.engadget.com">CES</a> has my focus group opening up "budget.xls" on their computers to find some room for new goodies?<p><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/01/09/far-from-ces-its-my-yoga-mamas-focus-group-which-gadgets-woul/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Far from CES, it's my Yoga Mamas focus group. Which gadgets would we buy?</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/01/09/far-from-ces-its-my-yoga-mamas-focus-group-which-gadgets-woul/">Far from CES, it's my Yoga Mamas focus group. Which gadgets would we buy?</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com">BloggingStocks</a> on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 19:14:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/01/09/far-from-ces-its-my-yoga-mamas-focus-group-which-gadgets-woul/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/forward/732814/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/01/09/far-from-ces-its-my-yoga-mamas-focus-group-which-gadgets-woul/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>aapl</category><category>apple</category><category>apple iphone</category><category>AppleIphone</category><category>ces</category><category>cmcsa</category><category>comcast</category><category>comcast tivo</category><category>ComcastTivo</category><category>consumer electronics show</category><category>ConsumerElectronicsShow</category><category>iphone</category><category>tivo</category><category>tivo comcast</category><category>TivoComcast</category><category>urban mamas</category><category>UrbanMamas</category><category>yoga mamas</category><category>YogaMamas</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Gilbert]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jan 2007 19:14:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
