This article was published on April 3, 2011

Please tell me you wouldn’t buy this


Please tell me you wouldn’t buy this

Yes it’s a neat-ish idea but seriously, after 3 minutes you will have thrown it across the room in frustration. Going with this Spotify gizmo however is a step in the right direction – it’s still usable, useful and very very cool –  but using a retro typewriter when you could be on a gorgeous wireless mac keyboard is just, well, pretentious.

Update: For those of you interested in buying one, you’ll be disappointed to know that (for the moment) it’s merely an awful photoshop job and not available for sale.

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