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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    03:10 PM

    In reply to iPhone Fitted With SLR Lens (It Was Bound to Happen)
    Takes camera-like pics and make calls.
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    Image of dagamer34 dagamer34
    12:27 PM

    In reply to Motorola Sholes Returns, Looks Like a Keyboard-Less Droid
    Needs to be GSM and sell it WITHOUT a data plan and I'd buy it for $399.
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    12:29 PM

    @dagamer34: Why?

    There are hundreds of thin little touchscreen dumbphones out there. Why would you get a smartphone and leave out the data part?

    It would be worth more with only a data plan.

    Edit: Oh and it is GSM.
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    Edited by tande04 at 12/02/09 12:31 PM tande04 was starred tande04 was unstarred
    Image of geolemon geolemon
    12:49 PM

    @tande04: Why mandate a data plan? I've got wifi in my house, at work, and often when out and about.

    Only people who NEED internet all the time should have to pay for data plans...
    ...not people who just want to use certain features when opportunities allow. And for most of us - that's all the time we are home and work anyway.
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    Image of iamxyj iamxyj
    12:52 PM

    @tande04: 95% of the time I am somewhere that has WiFi access. I wouldn't pay $30 extra a month to fill in that extra 5% of the time. Give me the phone without data plan plz.
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    Image of Genetic_Bloom Genetic_Bloom
    12:56 PM

    @tande04: How do we know it's GSM? If it's part of the Droid line like it said in the article it's going to be on Verizon since that's what all of their Android phones go by, and that means it's going to be CDMA. We don't know if that's true or not, but I don't think we can be sure that it's GSM either.
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    12:56 PM

    @geolemon: I actually wasn't even thinking about wi-fi at the time I wrote that.

    Still I think thats a stretch. Phone companies probably shouldn't "mandate" anything but thats a whole 'nother argument. You want a data plan with a smartphone because thats the whole idea behind it. While you're out and about. While you're not at home or work. If thats not what you're using it for you should really be looking at another phone.
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    01:01 PM

    @Genetic_Bloom: Its not part of the droid line.

    The article is wrong. They just took it out of the tips feed and didn't do a very good job of replicating the real story (I mean they didn't even get the name right).
    Its just another android phone from motorola.

    We know for sure its GSM because its UTMS/HSDPA. Rumor has it hitting t-mobile.
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    Edited by tande04 at 12/02/09 1:10 PM tande04 was starred tande04 was unstarred
    Image of tande04 tande04
    01:06 PM

    @iamxyj: I don't know.

    I think its silly. Get a laptop, get a netbook (heck get a zune HD or iPod touch). You want a smart phone pay the data plan.

    Trying to use a smartphone like that is silly in my opinion. You want a phone for when you're on the road. You want a phone for when you're at a game. You want a phone for when you're out on the town. I've tried the wi-fi only option with a touch and its pointless.

    Wi-fi is not that ubiquitous. In some ways its even harder now because of some of the security holes you have to jump through.
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    Edited by tande04 at 12/02/09 1:19 PM tande04 was starred tande04 was unstarred
    Image of OGHowie OGHowie
    01:11 PM

    @dagamer34:

    Do companies force data plans on people that pay full retail?

    I understand forcing it on people who are getting discounts, but not forcing data on people who pay retail would make sense.
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    tande04 promoted this comment OGHowie was starred OGHowie was unstarred
    Image of tande04 tande04
    01:24 PM

    @OGHowie: I think they base it off the device and not what you pay for it.
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    Image of iamxyj iamxyj
    01:30 PM

    @tande04: I know what you mean.

    I would never get an iPod touch or Zune HD because I already have a perfectly usable MP3 player (1st gen iPod nano). I want an Internet capable device, but most importantly I want it to be a phone so I don't have to carry around multiple gadgets.

    When I say I have WiFi access 95% of the time, I don't mean jumping through security holes to get the access. I actually have legit access.

    Maybe it's just because I don't really use popular social networking sites/things such as facebook and twitter so I don't need to have Internet access when I'm on the road.
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    01:40 PM

    @iamxyj: I just think its silly and I don't understand it.

    If you want something to look at the internet on at home or work they've had those for 30 years, they're called computers.

    If you aren't using a smartphone as its intended with a data plan there are lots of other devices out there that will better serve your purposes.
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    12:09 PM

    In reply to Motorola Sholes Returns, Looks Like a Keyboard-Less Droid
    Its being refered to as "tablet" because it lacks the keyboard and because thats what its called.

    Sholes = Droid
    Sholes tablet = whatever they end up calling it.

    [mobile.engadget.com]
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    Edited by tande04 at 12/02/09 12:14 PM tande04 was starred tande04 was unstarred
    Image of IronicSans IronicSans
    12:07 PM

    In reply to A Memo for My Favorite Rude Cellphone Users
    Done better in 2004, when Gizmodo wrote about this similar product you can print out for personal use: [gizmodo.com]
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    Image of N@tedog N@tedog
    10:37 AM

    In reply to A Memo for My Favorite Rude Cellphone Users
    Wow, self righteous much? Talk where you want. Why is there this stigma that talking on a phone at a reasonable volume in a public place is a vice and frowned upon while talking with a physical person at the same volume is accepted?

    I personally think it's because the effected only hear one side of the conversation from one voice pattern, so it's harder to tune it out.

    Get over it.
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    Image of Helen McGee Helen McGee
    10:52 AM

    @N@tedog: Yeah, exactly. No one gets all bent out of shape about people talking to each other in person in public. Why the frak is people talking to each other via phone in public such a no-no, if they're otherwise being socially acceptable (not loud etc)?
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    Image of Ruthless, If you let me Ruthless, If you let me
    10:57 AM

    @N@tedog: I'd use it for the assclowns that talk on the phone while at the register. Get off the phone and fucking pay already! Otherwise, I don't care.
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    Image of psychiccheese psychiccheese
    11:39 AM

    @N@tedog: "talking on a phone at a reasonable volume."

    No one does that. They feel the need to shout, probably because they're so far away from the other person. That's what annoys me. Also, people who talk on the phone when they should be doing something else (talking to the checkout person, getting married, etc.) are simply being rude and inconvenient for those around them.

    Not to mention the people who don't pay attention to what they're doing when they're on a cellphone and will simply walk into you (and not even apologize after).
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    10:37 AM

    In reply to Nokia Has No Plans To Give Up On Symbian Or Maemo
    Thus ensuring that Nokia will continue to NOT be a force in the US Smartphone market.The battle for mobile OS dominance is over before its started. OEMs who cling to vain hopes (PALM) will suffer dearly.
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    Edited by Alfisted at 12/02/09 10:37 AM Alfisted was starred Alfisted was unstarred
    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    10:50 AM

    @Alfisted: The advantage Nokia has over Palm, however, is that it's not putting all its hopes on one OS on one phone.

    So far, in the consumer market, the smartphone race is between the iPhone and Android. The Pre, while fantastic, was little more than a boost to Palm. They need something way better to stay in this game. WinMo 7 is nothing but potential right now, but we'll have to wait to see how that goes.

    Nokia, however, has the resources, the history, and the name to push a phone product. If they can pull together a solid piece of software, they have a lot more going for them. The question is, will it be too late, or just in time for the next revitalization period in cell phones? There's still time before 4G phones take off. That would be a good time to have a really groundbreaking phone.
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    Image of Monty Monty
    10:17 AM

    In reply to iPhone Fitted With SLR Lens (It Was Bound to Happen)
    Sure, the duct tape is fine but without the pipe cleaners to operate the auto-focus the product is clearly only reaching half it's potential.
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    Monty was starred Monty was unstarred
    Image of Segador Segador
    10:15 AM

    In reply to iPhone Fitted With SLR Lens (It Was Bound to Happen)
    Just go buy a Holga on Amazon. They're less than $30, and you'll have way more fun, as long as you can find a place that develops 120 film.
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    Segador was starred Segador was unstarred
    Image of pixelpushing pixelpushing
    12:27 PM

    @Segador: How about just mess with things you already own, like this guy did? Why go buy something else and wait for it to arrive in the mail later that week?
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    Segador promoted this comment pixelpushing was starred pixelpushing was unstarred
    Image of Segador Segador
    12:39 PM

    @pixelpushing: Because the iPhone/lens kludge looks like ass, functions poorly, and would be clumsy as hell to carry around. the Holga is cheap, lightweight, and takes better pictures, with a similar photo style.
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    Image of Emulsifide Emulsifide
    10:05 AM

    In reply to Patch Your Blackberry Software, Lest a PDF Take Over
    Thank you for this. I did not receive an email from RIM or any other notification regarding this problem. I will be patching my BES server at work tonight.
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    Image of Curves Curves
    09:02 AM

    In reply to Strechable, Flexible, Twistable Antennas
    My dad did this years ago by bending and stretching a coat hanger on the back of the TV. If that didnt work, he made me stand next to the TV with one hand on it and one hand in the air.
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    Image of B-low B-low
    09:06 AM

    @Curves: Are you made of metal then?
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    Curves promoted this comment B-low was starred B-low was unstarred
    Image of Curves Curves
    09:13 AM

    @B-low: I dont think so, but I was receptive enough for football season.
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    Curves was starred Curves was unstarred
    Image of Enginseer Enginseer
    09:41 AM

    @Curves: Very convinient you were too young to use any contrareceptives then.
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    Curves promoted this comment Enginseer was starred Enginseer was unstarred
    Image of Slade Slade
    09:42 AM

    @Curves: Can you come by my house and be my night light because you must be able to light a room by now.
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    Curves promoted this comment Slade was starred Slade was unstarred
    Image of Curves Curves
    09:45 AM

    @Enginseer: I see what you did there.
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    Curves was starred Curves was unstarred
    Image of Curves Curves
    09:46 AM

    @Slade: Certain people tell me the whole room does light up when I walk in. ;)
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    Image of Noobs-R-Us Noobs-R-Us
    09:57 AM

    @Curves: Must have been your braces. I hear you can pull in radio reception with those too.
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    Image of Enginseer Enginseer
    09:58 AM

    @Curves: Using my lack of english as mother tongue as an excuse for a terrible pun? Yes, maybe!
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    Image of Coolmodo Coolmodo
    04:42 AM

    In reply to A Memo for My Favorite Rude Cellphone Users
    I have no problem with people using their phones in the restaurant, in public, in their car or any other place as long as they do so quietly (or appropriately i.e. in a loud place you can be loud, in a quiet place you should be quiet). I do so myself and have never had problems.

    After all its 2009 and these gadgets are supposed to make our lives easier not harder by creating social constraints as to where we should/should not use them.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    01:36 AM

    In reply to A Memo for My Favorite Rude Cellphone Users
    Worse than the person screaming into their phone is when they do it using the speaker-phone function. So not only to you get to enjoy the idiot near you at full volume, you also get whomever he or she is yelling at...
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    Image of Demonbird Demonbird
    12/01/09

    In reply to AT&T Comes in Last in Consumer Reports Study That Surprises No One
    Not surprising, but I am surprised Verizon is number 1 when I have had recurring paperweight status inducing errors to my phone (On 4th one) for the last 3 months, and when I went to verizon they told me NOT A SINGLE SOUL has suffered this error before (Though I brought printouts from their site of people reporting it, they refused to see them) and blamed me repeatedly for the error, refused to comp my bill any for the downtime their incompatibility with the phone THEY SELL caused.

    "We can replace your phone, but we'd need you to sign up for another two years and to move your upgrade date."

    "But, you broke my phone, that isn't fair. This is a amss defect and another one will do it as well."

    "We can replace your phone, but we'd need you to sign up for another two years and to move your upgrade date."

    "... I'm going with AT&T, they'll give me a refurbed iphone for 50$ and charge me less a month anyway."

    "..... uhhhhhhhh"
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    Image of crsrc crsrc
    01:28 AM

    @Demonbird: the same exact thing happened with my first gen chocolate years ago. The touch buttons stopped working on 3 different phones in 3 months and each time they would bitch and moan about replacing it. The last time they didn't have any in stock and they refused to even give me a discount on a single phone, even with signing a new contract. Since I was going on vacation the next day I was forced to pay full price to replace the piece of junk LG.

    I vowed to never buy another LG and to leave Verizon as soon as my contract was up, which I did when it ended around the time the iPhone 3g came out.

    Everyone is always hoping the iPhone comes to Verizon but I am praying any carrier but them gets it. The 2 years I was with them their customer service was so bad I could really care less how great their service was. No customer should be treated with such blatant disrespect.
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    Demonbird promoted this comment crsrc was starred crsrc was unstarred
    Image of Demonbird Demonbird
    01:30 AM

    @crsrc:
    Same deal with me, but they wanted to extend my contract just to replace with the same phon, said if Iw anted a different one I myself would choose I would have to pay full retail, though the Nokia Intrigue I have, that they sell, has incompatibilities with their network that renders it unusable.

    How has AT&T treated you?
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    Image of crsrc crsrc
    03:55 AM

    @Demonbird: I haven't run into any problems with ATT (other than shitty coverage, but I rarely can't make a call and I have decent 3G at least half the time in the Bay Area).

    With the iPhone, you just deal directly with Apple for hardware problems so that side I can't really say. Apple is pretty good with replacing a broken iPhone though. I've known several people that have shattered their screens and many have gotten it replaced for free and at the very least they'll give you another for the subsidized price (although it seems that if you politely complain enough they'll always give it to you for free)
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    Image of Segador Segador
    12/01/09

    In reply to Carbon Fiber, Biometric and Bluetooth iWallet is the Undisputed Fort Knox of Wallets
    Sadly, the anti-theft features of this wallet are defeated with three words from any armed assailant:

    "You open it."
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    Segador was starred Segador was unstarred
    Image of Segador Segador
    12/01/09

    In reply to A Memo for My Favorite Rude Cellphone Users
    The bighorn has the right idea.
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