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    Image of fleebailey33 fleebailey33
    06:08 PM

    In reply to Xperia X10 Will Be on 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.
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    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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    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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    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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    Image of PurpleMonkeyDishwasher: PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:
    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_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    06/18/09

    @Purple Monkey Dishwasher: They did. In a movie called Wedlock staring Rutger Hauer:
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    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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    Image of Xeno Xeno
    05/08/09

    In reply to Sony Ericsson Claims PlayStation Phone "Could Happen"
    Heh, weird Firefox won't let me reply to people. It just jumps to the top of the page. Anyways... while I see the potential of gaming on cell phones I'm still unconvinced that it is all that great. I guess I haven't yet seen a cell phone that handles games anywhere as well as my DS or PSP.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    05/08/09

    @Xeno wishes there was a preview button: Using Firefox now, and it seems to be working fine.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    05/08/09

    @Xeno wishes there was a preview button: it happens in IE as well. i got stuck for a week like that and it just appears to "fix" itself. i can't tell you what i did, but i came back to work one day and voila.
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    05/08/09

    In reply to Sony Ericsson Claims PlayStation Phone "Could Happen"
    Eh SE has the same problem Nokia does. The sad fact is in the US you have to play the game the carriers want you too.


    I don't like it, you don't like it, apparently SE and Nokia don't like it but they at least need to realize from a business POV they've got to work a little harder at getting some of their A-list phones actually on a carrier.


    Basically it doesn't matter if they do make one. It will be over a year from when we first hear about to when we actually see it, it won't be available from a carrier, and SE will charge way to much from it in the few places you can actually find it.

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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    05/08/09

    @tande04: Ugh, A-freakin'-men. If T-Mo had the SE's I liked, I probably would've gotten one from them instead of sifting through ebay for deals on them, and even then, the prices are outrageous for the most part.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    05/08/09

    In reply to Sony Ericsson Claims PlayStation Phone "Could Happen"
    it would have to be something like the iPhone in the sense that it sees continued support. the one thing i like about it (don't have one) is that it isn't pushed out and then immediately forgotten about. the iPhone is apple's baby and it isn't treated like a disposable camera like we see with samsung, sanyo, motorola, etc with the bajillion different phones. i imagine sony would go the same route as apple, but i don't think enough 8 year olds have phones to drive the business.
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