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    Image of hbuzzell hbuzzell
    02:23 PM

    In reply to BlackBerry Internet Service Outage Kills Email On Virtually Every Carrier Nationwide
    Mine started working again during lunch today but seems to be a little slow - getting emails that I should have gotten b/w 8-11am this morning but the test email I sent about 7am this morning finally came through!
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    Image of Killjoy Killjoy
    02:12 PM

    In reply to Nexus One Google Phone Could Arrive on T-Mobile January 5th, Says 2nd Report
    T-Mobile point-blank refused to sell me a MyTouch when I re-upped my contract this summer. "It won't be available until fall or winter, sir, but we do carry the G1!"

    I've been deciding how to use their failure as leverage, and this seems as compelling a reason as any.
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    Image of NorwoodIsMyHero NorwoodIsMyHero
    01:57 PM

    In reply to Nexus One Google Phone Could Arrive on T-Mobile January 5th, Says 2nd Report
    The 2nd coming is taking place on January 5th? I thought that no man would know the hour of His coming, and that He would come like a thief in the night.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    02:03 PM

    @NorwoodIsMyHero: Google is no mere man.
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    Image of NorwoodIsMyHero NorwoodIsMyHero
    02:23 PM

    @OCEntertainment: Hmm...

    So if Google is no mere man, and knows when the return of the Messiah is, are you saying that Google is God?

    I'll be looking for a divine beam of energy to come shooting from space to hit the earth. When it does I'll finally have answered a question I've always had.

    Where does, or I guess did, OCEntertainment do all his blog commenting from?
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    Image of NorwoodIsMyHero NorwoodIsMyHero
    02:24 PM

    @NorwoodIsMyHero: Of course I sort of did the same thing so maybe you'll see where I do mine from too.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    02:35 PM

    @NorwoodIsMyHero: Whooah, now, heey there. Come-...come on, don't be so hasty th-there with the blinding light and the smiting. There's other creatures besides men and God....there's...well, there's nephilim. And cherubim...I mean, did anyone ever ask Gabriel when Jesus and/or the Nexus One is arriving? I mean, not that he'd tell you, but he could know....

    All I'm saying is that there is a remote possibility that Google is a supernatural entity ranking with the sacred caretakers and defenders of God's divine message to mankind that may or may not possess, among other pieces of knowledge, Jesus Christ's second coming itinerary.

    .......Okay, you know what, yeah. Yeah. Make with the smiting. Totally understandable.
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    Image of Bigbadbikernerd Bigbadbikernerd
    01:37 PM

    In reply to BlackBerry Internet Service Outage Kills Email On Virtually Every Carrier Nationwide
    Mine's working on US Cellular...
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    Image of lankysob lankysob
    12:56 PM

    In reply to Nexus One Google Phone Could Arrive on T-Mobile January 5th, Says 2nd Report
    I'm on T-Mobile. I have a G1. I was eyeing the Droid. This news changes all of that.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    01:10 PM

    @lankysob: Seconded.

    Don't get me wrong, I love my keyboard. And if I can't hang on to my G1 to still have the option, then no deal (plus I'm not keen on extending my contract). But this phone actually looks just beautiful enough, and has all the right hardware (read: Snapdragon) to make for a very fine phone indeed. Maybe, just maybe, worth trying to adapt to going keyboardless.
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    Image of Hosemaster Hosemaster
    02:01 PM

    @OCEntertainment: Bah, Pay the $35 and move over to Even More Plus. Once they let you out of contract, the phone is yours.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    02:07 PM

    @Hosemaster: It's a little bit more than $35 to terminate my contract with T-Mo this early (still in my first year). But rest assured, once that contract is up, I'll be staying out for as long as I can. T-Mobile's contract-less plans are looking good, and if Google can help push along the no-contract style, I'm thinking by the time 2011 rolls around, with a little luck I might not need to.

    Other carriers: follow suit, ok?
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    Image of Hosemaster Hosemaster
    02:58 PM

    @OCEntertainment: Not a termination, but a migration. I did mine just after my first year was up, don't know if you'll be eligible prior to that.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    03:04 PM

    @Hosemaster: Huh. I was not aware that this kind of thing was possible. I'll have to do some talking to some folks about that. Sounds like exactly what I'd like to do. Thanks for the tip.
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    Image of Jux Jux
    12:47 PM

    In reply to Nexus One Google Phone Could Arrive on T-Mobile January 5th, Says 2nd Report
    This makes a lot of sense, and as a T-Mobile user, January 5th (or whatever confirmed date it winds up being) cannot come quick enough.
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    Image of Jstick Jstick
    12:49 PM

    @Jux: doesn't it say available from google on the 5th? meaning not from t-mobile yet, or did i read that wrong?
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    Image of Jux Jux
    12:55 PM

    @Jstick: Yeah, it says available through Google on the 5th with subsidized plans for agreeing to a T-Mo contract. My hope - HOPE, because it's not confirmed - is that existing T-Mobile users will be able to upgrade to the device with a contract renewal at that time.

    If T-Mobile were to bungle that aspect of it, I'd be severely disappointed.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    12:56 PM

    @Jstick: The original article does say that, though it does not say that it won't be available from T-Mo on the 5th either. The question then becomes is there a reason why they would stagger the release dates?

    That being said, I can't wait for January 5th, either (screw you, New Year's). I just want to know what the unsubsidized price is. Also, this "commission" is an interesting angle I don't think anyone's brought up before. Buy a Nexus One, take it to T-Mobile, T-Mobile pays Google a bit of change for getting them a new customer. Interesting idea, indeed.
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    Image of speaknspell23 speaknspell23
    01:19 PM

    @Jux: You are limited as to when you can upgrade your phone. I believe if you have more than 12 months (it might be 13) left on your contract you cannot get the subsidized price on the phone however, you can purchase it for full price.
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    Image of Jux Jux
    02:12 PM

    @speaknspell23: Yeah, I'm not sure of the exact timeframe, but I've been with them for 8 years now, and I'm about two years out of my last upgrade. They usually throw deals my way - the last time I upgraded, I got two full upgrades within three months for "loyalty."

    It's easy to play the game with wireless companies, for the most part. I don't imagine I'll have any problems getting this one at full upgrade.
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    Image of Xeno Xeno
    12:39 PM

    In reply to FSJ's Anti-AT&T Manifesto Makes Me Raise My Fist in Solidarity
    I agree with the sentiment. At&t sucks and they have for a long while. They should be investing their massive profits in making network improvements.

    If you really want to put it to them and show them that you care about quality vote with your dollars. Cancel your contract tell them why. Move to the best network you can. If you don't then you are saying to them that what they are doing is the right decision. This is how Capitalism works.
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    Image of maven2k maven2k
    12:33 PM

    In reply to BlackBerry Internet Service Outage Kills Email On Virtually Every Carrier Nationwide
    I noticed a few minutes ago that I had emails on my computer and not on the berry. I did a battery pop and it works fine now.
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    Image of Krdshrk Krdshrk
    01:29 PM

    @maven2k: I did that too - still not working.
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    Image of maven2k maven2k
    01:44 PM

    @Krdshrk: It's not working, again. It must've just been a coincidence that some mail camr through when I did that because it's back to coming in drips and drabs. Sorry...
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    Image of clR3vv clR3vv
    12:15 PM

    In reply to FSJ's Anti-AT&T Manifesto Makes Me Raise My Fist in Solidarity
    +1 Anyone more inspired to do operation chokehold now?
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    Image of blash blash
    12:14 PM

    In reply to FSJ's Anti-AT&T Manifesto Makes Me Raise My Fist in Solidarity
    Is it actually Randall Stephenson or is it Fake Randall Stephenson?
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    Image of green or blue green or blue
    12:12 PM

    In reply to FSJ's Anti-AT&T Manifesto Makes Me Raise My Fist in Solidarity
    I'll repost since it applies:

    The second I clicked on gizmodo and noticed that decked-out AT&T advertisement orange home page I thought to myself, "better scroll down to find a recent post that shits on AT&T." Well well, lookie here. Irony is like fine wine, it hides away in your cellar, and continues to grow finer with age.
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    Image of badhatharry badhatharry
    12:12 PM

    In reply to FSJ's Anti-AT&T Manifesto Makes Me Raise My Fist in Solidarity
    Was this his "one more thing?"
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    Image of hbuzzell hbuzzell
    12:11 PM

    In reply to BlackBerry Internet Service Outage Kills Email On Virtually Every Carrier Nationwide
    I was wondering what was up; but I do have the gmail app loaded on my BB so all is well, just takes me a little longer to access my email. Thought my BB had finally died this morning.
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    12:07 PM

    In reply to FSJ's Anti-AT&T Manifesto Makes Me Raise My Fist in Solidarity
    Wow. FSJ is holding nothing back. NICCCCCCCCEEEEEEE!!! Let these flamers KNOW FSJ!
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    Image of yantelope yantelope
    12:04 PM

    In reply to FSJ's Anti-AT&T Manifesto Makes Me Raise My Fist in Solidarity
    so, how long are we going to keep posting pictures of the AT&T as the death star while AT&T sponsors this page? Just curious if it was part of the contract.
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    12:09 PM

    @yantelope: Contract? Dude. AT&T wanted to advertise on Giz. They payed Giz to do so. End of story. Giz shouldn't have to tailor their content to appease AT&T, regardless of their current advertising status.
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    Image of MikeSWelch MikeSWelch
    12:12 PM

    @yantelope: I think this is wonderful. Gizmodo is fine accepting checks from ATT but they are still telling it like it is.
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    Image of NorwoodIsMyHero NorwoodIsMyHero
    12:14 PM

    @MikeSWelch: AT&T wouldn't want them to change it anyways. IT would be too obvious and wouldn't help them anyways.
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    Image of yantelope yantelope
    12:15 PM

    @TheSonOfKrypton: I'm not complaining. I just find it amusing that AT&T would want to advertise on giz given their past articles. Of course giz usually just posts links to other people complaining about AT&T but it's still amusing.
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    12:18 PM

    @yantelope: True true.....
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    Image of Noobs-R-Us Noobs-R-Us
    12:46 PM

    @yantelope: It's called biting the hand that feeds it or smacking the hen that lays the golden eggs or whatever other hackneyed sayings that are out there.
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    Image of MikeSWelch MikeSWelch
    12:50 PM

    @MikeSWelch: OMG I GOT STARRED!!!

    I just want to thank all the great people who have helped me to achieve this greatness. I also...

    *OMG! Ponies! runs up on stage and grabs the mic from my hands*

    OMG! Ponies!: I'm really happy for you, but Kaiser-Machead is the greatest commenter of all time. OF ALL TIME
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    Image of yantelope yantelope
    01:15 PM

    @MikeSWelch: man, you got a star by flattery. Well played.
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