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    Image of Gundem Gundem
    11/21/09

    In reply to If the Xperia X10 Partners Up, It'll Be With AT&T
    AT&T GOT!
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    Image of dragon:ONE dragon:ONE
    11/21/09

    In reply to If the Xperia X10 Partners Up, It'll Be With AT&T
    Please 2011, AT&T, my FUZE is already wearing out and I'm not due until February 2011.

    @#$%#@ upgrade cycle.
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    Edited by dragon:ONE at 11/21/09 6:48 PM dragon:ONE was starred dragon:ONE was unstarred
    Image of reluttr reluttr
    11/21/09

    @dragon:ONE: I agree, there should have some sort of program that lets you upgrade 1 year before the end of your contract, but you pay slightly more for the phone
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    Gundem promoted this comment Edited by reluttr at 11/21/09 7:40 PM reluttr was starred reluttr was unstarred
    Image of Gundem Gundem
    11/21/09

    @reluttr: There used to be such program. It's gone now.
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    Image of reluttr reluttr
    11/21/09

    @Gundem: really it doesnt make sense as to why they got rid of it... because if they still had that option then they would had sold alot more 3gs's then they did. Because all of the fanboys upgraded to the 3g, but they couldn't upgrade to the 3gs.
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    Image of dragon:ONE dragon:ONE
    11/22/09

    @reluttr: EXACTLY. I wouldn't mind paying a little more for a Tilt2 earlier than having to wait it out until 2011 for any chance of upgrade (they say I can upgrade 'early' to iPhone 3G... on the same date in 2011 as my regular upgrade.)

    Of course, the other route for us WinMo users is to fake out enough hardware/warranty replacements that they just decide "screw it, we'll send you a Tilt2".

    Since from what I've seen, that's what most Sprint users are doing, after all, with their Touch Pros, and coercing Sprint to give them TP2s.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/21/09

    In reply to If the Xperia X10 Partners Up, It'll Be With AT&T
    And God just clipped the wings off of a thousand angels in response.
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    Image of WingedGenius WingedGenius
    11/21/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: You realize that there are more people on AT&T who are willing to get something other than an iPhone than people on T-Mo who get Android phones....

    I, for one, am extremely glad to see that there's a high possibility that the X10 might be AT&T's first Android phone.
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    OCEntertainment promoted this comment Edited by WingedGenius at 11/21/09 7:39 PM WingedGenius was starred WingedGenius was unstarred
    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    11/21/09

    @WingedGenius: Seconded. While I have been less than thrilled with the set of Android phones T-Mo's gotten (really? the CLIQ is the best we can do?), AT&T's got nothing. And as much as I dislike AT&T, more Android exposure is better for the platform as a whole. Sprint and Verizon both have solid Android phones (Hero, Droid). If AT&T just ended up with a CLIQ or something, well, that's not exactly a great Android flagship.

    Then again, I was personally waiting for something a little more rugged to come to T-Mo to replace my G1. Or just wait til my contract is up and go back to Verizon. ;-)
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    Image of fleebailey33 fleebailey33
    11/21/09

    In reply to If the Xperia X10 Partners Up, It'll Be With AT&T
    not true, the t-mobile 2100 band it slightly different then overseas, i am pretty sure giz is wrong here and it
    will not work.

    edit, if it is the 1700 band i am not sure, i know most of the world uses a 2100 that is not compatible with t-mobiles 3g,
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    Edited by fleebailey33 at 11/21/09 6:12 PM fleebailey33 was starred fleebailey33 was unstarred
    Image of geolemon geolemon
    10/29/09

    In reply to Ericsson's Spider PC Concept Projects the Keyboard and Screen
    I don't see why it's even this big.

    Google "virtual keyboard" to see a device that's a projected keyboard that's 1/3 the size of that spider device, and companies talking about projectors that can fit in a cell phone for basic resolution at least. #ericssonspiderpc
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    Image of Lupus_Yonderboy Lupus_Yonderboy
    10/29/09

    @geolemon: Probably for the actual "computer" portions of it - if they're building it right now, the smallest stuff that they're using is probably the guts of a smart phone, so if you assume that that's about 1/3 of the device, and a pico projector is about 1/3 of the device, and as you stated the virtual keyboard is about 1/3 of the device, that's three thirds right there...

    My question is actually "why do we need people to come up with prototypes of this?" All the pieces that they're using are commercially available - the keyboard is $150 from Thinkgeek, you can get pico projectors for between $300 and $600, and if you're willing to work with Pico ITX, you can get tiny motherboards for about $230. So if you're a modder and you have the time, you can probably put one of these together for under $1,000.00, depending on memory/harddrive/case/etc. #ericssonspiderpc
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    Image of Odin Odin
    10/29/09

    In reply to Ericsson's Spider PC Concept Projects the Keyboard and Screen
    This sort of illustrates why I don't like it when capacitive touch screens try to emulate physical buttons. There's just no feedback so it's too easy to make mistakes. I tried to play Sonic 1 (a game I had mastered in my youth) on my friends iPod and couldn't do green hill zone for crap because the controls were too close together and with no feedback it was all to easy to push the wrong direction.

    Don't get me wrong I do enjoy touch screen controls, but when they try to imitate physical controls it just doesn't work. Sonic 1 could have just as easily been controlled by pressing on the right to run right and pressing on the left to run back and maybe tapping the corners/middle/twice for jumping. #ericssonspiderpc
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    10/29/09

    In reply to Ericsson's Spider PC Concept Projects the Keyboard and Screen
    The tripod looks like some creepy deployable turret/forcefield generator. #ericssonspiderpc
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    Image of Zerod Zunaro Zerod Zunaro
    10/29/09

    @Odin: It oddly reminds me of GladOs, the maniacal computer of Portal. #ericssonspiderpc
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    10/29/09

    @Zerod Zunaro: I don't blame you. #ericssonspiderpc
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    Image of Odin Odin
    10/29/09

    @Zerod Zunaro:
    Is anybody there?
    Night night. #ericssonspiderpc
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    Image of Zerod Zunaro Zerod Zunaro
    10/29/09

    @Odin: "Ah, there you are"
    *machine gun noise* #ericssonspiderpc
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    Image of Odin Odin
    10/29/09

    @Zerod Zunaro: Arrrrhhhhh! Put me down!
    Where are you taking me!?
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    Edited by Odin at 10/29/09 12:24 PM Odin was starred Odin was unstarred
    Image of Fenister Fenister
    10/29/09

    In reply to Ericsson's Spider PC Concept Projects the Keyboard and Screen

    War of the worlds, anyone? #ericssonspiderpc
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    tande04 promoted this comment Fenister was starred Fenister was unstarred
    Image of fatbencher fatbencher
    10/29/09

    In reply to Ericsson's Spider PC Concept Projects the Keyboard and Screen
    always they create standalone shapes. Who is going to put something like this on the coffee table when they don't have to? Make it flat, so it can be put up against any wall. Why take away the clutter of a keyboard... and replace it with different clutter? #ericssonspiderpc
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    10/29/09

    In reply to Ericsson's Spider PC Concept Projects the Keyboard and Screen
    I think it would be hard to use a keyboard like this because it's always nice to have that tactile feedback of hitting a key. I think typing with no physical buttons would lead to more mistakes. #ericssonspiderpc
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    Image of FriarNurgle FriarNurgle
    06/18/09

    In reply to Sony Ericsson Bracelet Phone Calls the Fashion Police
    Is #4 where the Medical Alert information goes?
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    Image of Rabid Penguin Rabid Penguin
    06/18/09

    @FriarNurgle:

    #4 is a button.


    #1) Not pointing to anything

    #2) Not a button

    #3) Not a button

    #4) Button

    #5) Buttons

    #6) Buttons

    #7) Button

    #8) Button

    #9) Button?

    #10) Button?

    #11) Not a button.


    In case you were wondering.

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    Image of PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:
    06/18/09

    In reply to Sony Ericsson Bracelet Phone Calls the Fashion Police
    Dear Sony: Please make one of these to fit around the neck and automatically strangle anyone who buys it.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE
    06/18/09

    @Purple Monkey Dishwasher: They did. In a movie called Wedlock staring Rutger Hauer:
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE
    06/18/09

    In reply to Sony Ericsson Bracelet Phone Calls the Fashion Police
    Isn't that more of a bangle than a bracelet? Great, now Walk Like an Egyptian is stuck in my head.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    06/18/09

    In reply to Sony Ericsson Bracelet Phone Calls the Fashion Police
    Just wait until Sony unveils the patent for its upcoming second generation Rolly, which latches onto your brain stem, hijacks your motor function and makes you break dance uncontrollably.


    I'm sure fashionistas and hipsters alike are soiling their ironic or faux futuristic garbs as we read this.

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    Image of admoseremic admoseremic
    06/18/09

    In reply to Sony Ericsson Bracelet Phone Calls the Fashion Police
    I would hate to type a text message on that thing...
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    Image of Rabid Penguin Rabid Penguin
    06/18/09

    What happened to 9 and 10?
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