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Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
05:51 PM

Speaking of the current drop in phone prices (Palm & Droid), Amazon has the Nokia N900 for $479.99 after a $50.00 rebate. That's down from yesterday's price of $509 (with the same rebate).

[www.amazon.com]

#tips, #nokia, #amazon, #cellphone
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fuchikoma
11/09/09

In reply to Specialized DVR For Cars Could Make Teens Better Drivers
I like the idea of light based feedback from an automated system. At first I thought DVR meant Digital Video Recorder - which would have made me a less safe driver. When I was first learning to drive, if someone was supervising me I'd stiffen up if I made a mistake, then think about it, getting distracted from driving. On my own, I'd make a mistake once in a while, but learn from it, and keep going competently. #cars
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RoofCoffeeCup
11/08/09

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I'd love to get a DVR for the cars I ride on. I want to be able to post peoples reaction to me. #cars
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comics0026
11/08/09

In reply to Specialized DVR For Cars Could Make Teens Better Drivers
I think the problem with bad drivers is that the majority of them don't think of themselves as bad drivers, or they just "occasionally" do a "few" "risky" decisions/actions while driving.

Plus, having your parents as monitors doesn't work so well because A) they over react to the smallest things because it's been so long since they've been in the passenger seat and aren't sure how to deal/are uncomfortable with this new loss of control AND/OR B) the teenager has already learned how to tune out what their parent(s) are telling them and may have created their own idea of how to drive based on what they've seen on TV and in films
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four12
11/08/09

In reply to Specialized DVR For Cars Could Make Teens Better Drivers
I've dealt with these "bitching Betty" devices in ambulances and fire trucks. What a pain in the butt - they'd sometimes flag you for a "red" if you hit a pothole and if you got three "reds" in a month, you had to go talk to the chief.

Swerve to miss the pothole? Beeeeep! That's a yellow! Break hard to slow down before hitting it? BEEEEEEEEEP! A red!!
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bagellord
11/08/09

@four12: Not to mention if some idiot cuts you off and you have to slam on the brakes, grandma decides to stop for a red light when she's in the intersection, or dipshit in the Accord wearing baggy pants and a sideways baseball hat runs through the red light in front of you. #cars
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GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
11/08/09

@four12: You have one point left on your license. #cars
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SEDAGIVE?!
11/09/09

@GitEmSteveDave_RockinLabCoat: Big badda boom! #cars
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david.m.hwang
10/27/09

In reply to Still Want a BlackBerry Storm 2 Review?
only if you can do so objectively.

given how you lambasted them already, a bad review might seem spiteful, while a good review might give RIM more credit than you intend.

that's why i didn't agree with your article about how RIM screwed gizmodo, regardless of whether it's true or not. I'm sure you guys must've contacted them asking for an explanation, but now I can't get it out of my head (nor others) that you may have a bone to pick with RIM.

Editorials and opinion pieces give publications character, but when the editing staff unites against one company/cause/party, intentions and motives are questioned.

It's the same reason why Fox News or MSNBC lost credibility.
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KSPRAYDAD
10/27/09

In reply to Still Want a BlackBerry Storm 2 Review?

. #storm2
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Derek De Vine
10/27/09

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Goes to show that ignorance is never the answer, on how you guys handled RIM not answering your emails. #storm2
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En0s1
10/26/09

In reply to Still Want a BlackBerry Storm 2 Review?
I will never vote for you guys to skip a chance at a review. Hell you guys can do a review about a NYC MTA Metrocard and I'd read it.

Why? Cuz y'all review the shit outta the Metrocard. That's why. #storm2
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KSPRAYDAD
10/26/09

In reply to Still Want a BlackBerry Storm 2 Review?
Since Giz went off the deep end on this topic I wouldn't / don't read ANY of your reviews anymore.

I think you need to just get out of the review business and stick to 'news'
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SirDrinksalot
10/26/09

In reply to Still Want a BlackBerry Storm 2 Review?
Only if it's an unbiased review, which I'm not sure is possible here. #storm2
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safil
10/26/09

In reply to Still Want a BlackBerry Storm 2 Review?
please review, if only to see the rants. funny though, could of sworn i rember u saying f*ck them and their phone/company and that they think we're motherf*ckers. hey, if that's what it took for you to get their attention, more power to u. #storm2
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Blackberry Bold
10/26/09

In reply to Still Want a BlackBerry Storm 2 Review?
Sure, go ahead and write a review. You guys should work more. #storm2
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macpatrik
10/26/09

In reply to Still Want a BlackBerry Storm 2 Review?
Paybacks a bitch.

They fuck all of us here over at Giz, I say you review their shitty and poorly designed hardware, AND their buggy and patched OS. #storm2
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aniteshj
10/26/09

@macpatrik: Explain how they fucked us. No really, please explain it.

Shitty and poorly designed hardware? Get your fucking head out of the gutter, their hardware turns heads, my Bold made people go whoa whoa against the bloody simplistic iPhone. Hardware design they have in spades.

And you mention a buggy and patched OS but you fail to realize RIM never intended on the phones being a HIT outside the business sector, this thing isn't built to do games, it isn't built to browse, what it is built to do is ram emails and texts up your ass till the cows come home, thats what the OS is for.

Is this coming from a person, who has never used a BB product, or just some moron who needs to jump on the "OMG RIM DISSED GIZMODO ROFL rOFL OMG OMG SHIEET"

I am upset that RIM didn't give a unit go Giz right away, whatever their reasons its available for review now, so really, take your ass kissing back to your basement and shut the fuck up.

/End of rant, goodnight people. #storm2
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macpatrik
10/26/09

@aniteshj: Let's make this brief. I've worked in IT for three years now and have set up thousands of BlackBerry's for clients. I know them in and out.

The Blackberry Storm 2 is going to be as big, if not bigger, of a piece of shit than Storm was. Please buy one of there good phones.

Goodnight.
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aniteshj
10/26/09

@macpatrik: In that case I can do nothing but agree with you. I returned my Storm after 4 days...4!

Am I the only one with the notion that RIM needs so stick with keyboards...

Who knows the Storm 2 could blow us away, or it could just blow. #storm2
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maven2k
10/27/09

@aniteshj: And I have at least 5 friends that have the Storm and absolutely love it. This is all just a pissing contest and opinion isn't fact. I have a Curve and I love it because it does what I need it to when I need it to even though it might not be right for someone else. Cell phones are just like cars, if you buy the wrong one you're not gonna like it and some people have had bad luck with certain models, that's just how the cookie crumbles. There, sorry to be such a wet blanket, but I get so tired of these "this brand is better than that brand" b.s. sometimes. Jeesh, now I'm going to bed, heh. #storm2
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Solday
10/26/09

In reply to Still Want a BlackBerry Storm 2 Review?
I love reading reviews here. So the more the better.

Quickly to the review cave! #storm2
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