You just bought an HDTV, an iPhone, and a Kindle, but now there’s 3-D TV, Google’s Nexus One, and the Kindle 2 (or the Nook) that all want you to take them home too. Can’t the marketers and innovators at least wait until we’ve gotten used to all the gizmos and features of our current great “new” devices before they introduce the new-new ones?
Apple
Finding the Sweet Spot: When to Buy Apple Products, and When to Wait for the New One
It sucks to buy technology that feels outdated a few weeks after your purchase. On the other hand, buy too soon and you’ll feel like a sucker because the new item has problems that haven’t yet been solved or because, if you’d only waited a couple weeks longer, you’d pay way less.