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    Image of Xagest Xagest
    03:47 AM

    In reply to Not Many People Use Standalone CableCards
    I think my cable company charges for cablecards, but your set-top box is free (the first 2). This is so they can make money for the on-demand stuff.
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    12/06/09

    In reply to Motorola "Opus One" Android Phone Offering Nothing But a Tease
    It looks like it's running the Blur interface. The icons don't exactly match. Like, the Camera app doesn't have that black bar, I think, but the position is otherwise the same. And the camcorder and alarm clock icons are almost identical. The drawer looks like the smoother Blur drawer, as well.
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    Image of dragon:ONE dragon:ONE
    12/06/09

    In reply to Motorola "Opus One" Android Phone Offering Nothing But a Tease
    Well, I can already tell you it will indeed have WiFi - after all, 10 kb/s on iDEN will NOT cut it for an Android device.

    If this does indeed hit Sextel/Sprint/NEXTEL, sign me up... to bring it over to Boost.
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    Image of Lupus_Yonderboy Lupus_Yonderboy
    12/06/09

    @dragon:ONE: I can see this being HUGE on the Boost service, they have fairly good plans for those who don't want contracts, and I'm not sure if they have any smartphones yet (couple of Motorola QWERTYs I think, but nothing impressive). Hell, at $50/month unlimited, I might join you.
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    Image of dragon:ONE dragon:ONE
    12/06/09

    @Lupus_Yonderboy: Ha. I used pay-as-you-go before on Boost namely because of the loophole for free data. Loved it even at 10kbit speeds.
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    Image of Sir Gibler Sir Gibler
    12/06/09

    @dragon:ONE: Could be a hybrid device. My dad owns a construction company and he's moving away from solely iDen devices.
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    Image of EBone EBone
    12/04/09

    In reply to Low-end Motorola La Jolla Won't be the Jewel of the Androids
    My office is in La Jolla, so I'm getting a kick out of these replies.
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    Image of Brian Brian
    12/04/09

    In reply to Low-end Motorola La Jolla Won't be the Jewel of the Androids
    Heh, funny. Moto's naming their low-end device after my high-end town ... and they misspell the name just like we do. It's supposed to be "La Joya," stupid gringos!
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    Image of dagamer34 dagamer34
    12/04/09

    In reply to Leaked Motorola Sholes Returns, With a Disturbing Lump in Its Side
    And it's not running MOTOBLUR.
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    12/04/09

    @dagamer34: Yeah I think Blur is going to be reserved for the mid end "tween" handsets.
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    Image of Panzer23 Panzer23
    12/04/09

    In reply to Leaked Motorola Sholes Returns, With a Disturbing Lump in Its Side
    It looks like the design team lost a HUGE bet to the engineering team, wonder what it was...
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    12/04/09

    In reply to Leaked Motorola Sholes Returns, With a Disturbing Lump in Its Side
    Goodbye chin, hello forehead
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    Image of Duckspwn Duckspwn
    12/04/09

    In reply to Leaked Motorola Sholes Returns, With a Disturbing Lump in Its Side
    It's got cancer. The only solution is to terminate it, with extreme prejudice.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    12/04/09

    In reply to Leaked Motorola Sholes Returns, With a Disturbing Lump in Its Side
    Is...is anyone gonna say it? *looks around*....no? No one? Seriously, guys?

    Fine, I'll say it.

    "IT'S NOT A TOOMAH."

    #someonehadto
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    Image of BobFraggle BobFraggle
    12/04/09

    @OCEntertainment: First thing I thought. Figured it wouldn't take anyone too long to knock it down so I didn't even make the effort.
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    Image of jakemg jakemg
    12/04/09

    @BobFraggle: But you forgot the image.
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    12/04/09

    In reply to Leaked Motorola Sholes Returns, With a Disturbing Lump in Its Side
    Its still not Sholes. Sholes was the droid.

    Its called "Sholes tablet" because that was the code name of the device. The guy that thought up clever names was sick that day I guess.

    Major bummer about the bump though. Probably just went off my wish list for that.
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    Image of Adam Christopher Ekroth Adam Christopher Ekroth
    12/04/09

    @tande04: Is that really a deal-breaker though? I understand that its not really aesthetically pleasing, but part of me accepts it for who it is. I kinda like the look, whether that love-handle serves a purpose or not.
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    12/04/09

    @Adam Christopher Ekroth: Its close.

    I've got a G1 now so I can learn to love the ugly I guess.
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    Image of met2art met2art
    12/04/09

    @tande04: As I always say, I choose my phone for what it can do, not as a fashion accessory. People see my matte-black G1 and most make the comment that it looks like military hardware. Of course, after they see the Google maps GPS nav, and compass-based street view they start drooling... it's amazing how much some actual practical functionality can make a device start looking very appealing.
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    12/04/09

    @met2art: Slight aside.

    Still bugs me that the late comer to the magnometer game (3GS) has what I think is a more basic and useful feature than any implementation on the G1. Self orienting maps.

    On subject though I agree with you. I'm much happier with something a bit rougher around the edges.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/03/09

    In reply to Verizon's Buy One Get One Free Deal Includes Droid and Droid Eris (!)
    This makes me wish that I wasn't on Sprint :( The Droid is a sexy sexy smart phone. Hell, I'd even take the Droid Eris over my current phone.
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    Image of NyC88Rican NyC88Rican
    12/03/09

    @Nathan Obbards: The Hero and Eris are almost the same phone. Why complain?
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/03/09

    @NyC88Rican: Because there is no Droid :( That said, the Hero and Eris are close.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/03/09

    @NyC88Rican: Not complaining about the Hero so much as the lack of Droid. I'd snap that deal up and give my dad the Hero/Eris and take the Droid.
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    Image of NyC88Rican NyC88Rican
    12/03/09

    @Nathan Obbards: As great as the Droid is. Something even better will come up on Sprint. Once it does, I will be waiting to sign my life away to google. Sad, but the truth.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    12/03/09

    @NyC88Rican: Oh, I love Spring, but they got shafted with the Pre. As good as it is, it's got it's own issues.
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    Image of The Lab The Lab
    12/03/09

    In reply to Motorola's Playing With Multitouch Tech That Figures Out Where You Press Using Sound Waves
    What could be more twee French than a company called Sensitive Object that works on "acoustic touch"? Is it run by Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel?
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    12/03/09

    In reply to Motorola's Playing With Multitouch Tech That Figures Out Where You Press Using Sound Waves
    This will be fun when I get on the train, drunk, at 3 AM and the phone mistakes the noise of the homeless crackhead as me dialing my mother.
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    12/03/09

    In reply to Motorola's Playing With Multitouch Tech That Figures Out Where You Press Using Sound Waves
    Sound waves? I'd be interested in hearing how one deals with white noise. And what sort of sounds a finger touching a screen makes, or how you pinpoint it.
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