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    Image of Sir Gibler Sir Gibler
    02:48 PM

    In reply to Unknown iPhone Model Number Being Field Tested in San Francisco
    I'm going to tackle anyone in the San Francisco area using a phone. I have about a 1 in 808,976 chance of catching the bastard.
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    Image of Hearthatvoiceagain Hearthatvoiceagain
    03:10 PM

    @Sir Gibler: wow, didn't know the population of SF had shrunk that much, mind you it looked pretty totaled in Terminator Salvation.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    02:40 PM

    In reply to Unknown iPhone Model Number Being Field Tested in San Francisco
    So, just in case you were wondering if, after three years running, Steve Jobs might sit this year out, give everyone else a chance to "catch up to the 1st gen iPhone", rest assured everyone. Apple will not be pulling an iPhone Snow Leopard.
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    Image of KTK1990 KTK1990
    02:39 PM

    In reply to Unknown iPhone Model Number Being Field Tested in San Francisco
    The iPhone 3GS came out 8 months after the first field test reports came in.

    Looks like the iPhone version 4 will come out in 8 months or so.

    And it just happened to be in time for me to not be eligiable for an upgrade. On November 7th, I got my 3GS and started a 2 year contract then, couldnt wait any longer for a phone.
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    Image of Illundiel Illundiel
    02:59 PM

    @KTK1990: I love the will not be eligible for the upgrade thing. its weird that whenever the new iPhone nobody is eligible for the upgrade....almost sounds like some kind of money making scheme.
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    Image of dagamer34 dagamer34
    03:23 PM

    @Illundiel: There's elgibility and elgibility with reduced pricing. You can always buy another phone if you want, but you won't get new subscriber pricing.
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    Edited by dagamer34 at 11/29/09 3:23 PM dagamer34 was starred dagamer34 was unstarred
    Image of PotteryBarnClearanceSale PotteryBarnClearanceSale
    11/28/09

    In reply to Apple Rejected Me, a Site for Scorned App Developers
    FLAME WAR!!!!!!
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    Image of Slinkytech Slinkytech
    11/27/09

    In reply to This Week's Best iPhone Apps
    Oscar, the iphone grouch.
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    Image of Benguin Benguin
    11/27/09

    In reply to Stair Dismount iPhone Game Hands On (Verdict: Sadistic Fun)
    I'm going to have to check it out. Is it the same devs as the original?

    ... also I'm sure you probably just forgot, but a mention of the price and a link the iTunes store would be nice. I wouldn't usually complain, but since that info is usually in these reviews I just wanted to point out the small oversight. Which for the record, it's $2.99 [itunes.apple.com]
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    Edited by Benguin at 11/27/09 12:26 AM Benguin was starred Benguin was unstarred
    Image of Curves Curves
    11/26/09

    In reply to A Thanksgiving Message From the iPhone
    An IPhone came to my house for turkey today, but it came with my lame ass, no credit having, pimp wanna-be nephew. The only time he stopped playing with it was to eat some of my delicious turkey. Mr No Credit pimp had to take a plate home cause he is too poor to have food.

    (Can you tell I am jealous he has one and I dont? I turned up "Alices Restaurant" really loud so he had to yell into it.. hee hee hee)
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    Edited by Curves at 11/26/09 5:52 PM Curves was starred Curves was unstarred
    Image of phool phool
    11/27/09

    @Curves: I think your nephew is my cousin. Was he unshaven too?
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    Image of Curves Curves
    11/27/09

    @phool: 6'8" and eating everything is sight? Yeah, thats him.
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    Image of Monty Monty
    11/26/09

    In reply to A Thanksgiving Message From the iPhone
    Have a wonderful turkey day, Adam, Brian, Jesus, Wilson, Jason, Mark, Sean, John, Danny, Rosa -- wow, I can't remember everyone, and I am not even going to begin to mention all of the nutty commenters.

    Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I will be thinking of all of you as I am consuming my hundred and sixth turkey sandwich tonight.
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    Edited by Monty at 11/26/09 12:26 PM Monty was starred Monty was unstarred
    Image of jayhawk11 is not a fan of smallpox. jayhawk11 is not a fan of smallpox.
    11/26/09

    In reply to A Thanksgiving Message From the iPhone
    "I'm not on sale, because I'm a God damn iPhone."
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    Image of Odin Odin
    11/26/09

    In reply to Opening Up a Sega Genesis Leads to a Genesis iPhone Dock, Naturally
    That's no Genesis! That's a MEGA DRIVE!

    Good times.
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    Image of Segador Segador
    11/25/09

    In reply to Opening Up a Sega Genesis Leads to a Genesis iPhone Dock, Naturally

    And yes, these lighters are worth $115 each.
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    Image of Segador Segador
    11/25/09

    In reply to Opening Up a Sega Genesis Leads to a Genesis iPhone Dock, Naturally
    One of the better looking consoles of all time.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/25/09

    In reply to Opening Up a Sega Genesis Leads to a Genesis iPhone Dock, Naturally
    Where's the Dreamcast iPhone dock? Make it so.
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    Image of spudhed spudhed
    11/25/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: make one yourself, although youd have to cut a DC case sadly
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/25/09

    @spudhed: No, if I had a DC, I would play with the DC, the way it was meant to be.
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    Image of spudhed spudhed
    11/26/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: so get one, mine cost the grand total of five pounds from a car boot sale with 2 pads and 2 mem cards
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    Image of Odin Odin
    11/25/09

    In reply to The Best Smartphones on Every Carrier
    I have a relatively dumb phone. But it's:

    A) A cheapass contract phone which while not having a huge amount of minutes has unlimited texting and 3G internet as well as free calls to anyone on the same provider.

    B) Has Skype and facebook integrated. Skype is a big draw for me as I can talk to most people I know on it.

    I was thinking of getting an iPhone but eh it's not that worthwhile. Don't get me wrong it's still a great phone but you can do a similar job with an iPod Touch and a 3G mifi for a lot less money which is what I'm doing instead.

    Depends how much you value a compass, GPS and a camera. Out of those I think I'll only miss the camera and only barely.

    If I do pick up a proper smartphone when my contracts up I'll probably go android. I couldn't justify an iPhone after purchasing a 3rd Gen iPod Touch.
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    Image of tnkgrl tnkgrl
    11/24/09

    In reply to The Best Smartphones on Every Carrier
    Forget the Cliq - substitute with the N900 :)

    Incidentally, that's what's in my pockets right now (Pre, Droid, 3GS, N900)...

    Ah the joys of review units!
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    Image of Colin Cassady Colin Cassady
    11/24/09

    @tnkgrl: are you the same tnkgrl from the OQOtalk forums?

    And Amazon has yet to ship my n900 :(
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    Image of cruzer555 cruzer555
    11/24/09

    @tnkgrl: n900? How stinky! The best tmobile phone is an unlocked 3gs
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    Image of tnkgrl tnkgrl
    11/25/09

    @cruzer555: But the 3GS does not have 3G on T-Mobile US, while the N900 does.
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    Image of tnkgrl tnkgrl
    11/25/09

    @Colin Cassady: It is me, but mostly I'm here: [tnkgrl.wordpress.com]
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    Image of cruzer555 cruzer555
    11/25/09

    @tnkgrl: Its worth it for the vastly superior hardware and software.
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    Image of tnkgrl tnkgrl
    11/26/09

    @cruzer555: The N900 and iPhone 3GS have the same processor, and the iPhone wins by being thinner and featuring a capacitive screen...

    Otherwise the N900 hardware wins in every way. Better primary camera (5 MP with Zeiss lens and dual-LED flash), higher screen resolution (800x480), hardware keyboard, standard micro USB data/power port, micro-SDHC card slot (in addition to the built-in 32 GB of storage), stereo speakers, secondary front-facing camera (VGA), built-in kick stand!

    So how the iPhone 3GS hardware better than the N900 again?

    I have both devices, and own the iPhone 3GS (the N900 is a review unit), so I'm just being objective here.
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    Image of cruzer555 cruzer555
    11/26/09

    @tnkgrl: I admit the camera is better, flash in a phone however is USELESS. The screen resolution is indeed much better, I hope the next iphone will match it. Hardware keyboards SUCK they are a waste of space and slower for typing. Micro USB is worse than ipod dock connector because you can't dock it in a stereo system as easy. Micro SD is not necessary in a 32GB phone. All phone speakers suck, stereo or not. NOBODY needs a front facing camera in a god damn phone!!! Kick stands are useless wastes of space.

    Out of all the things you listed, many actually make the N900 WORSE like a crappy hardware keyboard. Only 2 things are better: the screen resolution, and the 1.8 extra megapixels.

    It is not worth using such an inferior phone with a pathetic crippled OS (maemo cant even use portrait mode) when the only advantages are more screen resolution (with an awful resistive touch screen) and a SLIGHTLY better camera.

    Summary:
    -The OS is literally the worst, even windows mobile 6 is better
    -The hardware keyboard practically doubles the size and slows down your typing
    -It has the worst type of touchscreen, a pathetic, atrocious resistive one
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    Image of tnkgrl tnkgrl
    11/27/09

    @cruzer555: Have you even used and compared both devices in person? I presume not.

    Have you tried the hardware keyboard on the N900? Obviosuly not, since it's pretty decent.

    I generally avoid using the flash on any camera (except for fill), but saying it's useless is a bit much...

    It's nice to be able to copy a music or videos from the 32 GB of storage to a friend's micro-SD card for them to enjoy on their phone without using Bluetooth or needing a computer - I've done it!

    The front-facing camera is useful for video chat software (like Skype) - most people just don't know it's even possible to do this on a phone and assume a laptop is required.

    Maemo is one of the best OS's I've ever used on any phone, and I've reviewed quite a few (check my blog: [tnkgrl.wordpress.com]) .

    Maemo is pretty much a full-on version of Debian linux with a fast and intuitive touch UI sitting on top.

    There's not technical limitation why the UI mostly landscape (the phone app and the picture viewer automatically switch to portrait, BTW).

    It's just that the N900 is the successor to the N810/N800/770 Internet tablets, and as such is primarily meant to be used 2-handed in landscape.

    Better than Windows Mobile? Are you kidding me? Clearly you don't know what you are talking about. Maemo is a gem.

    Have you tried surfing the web with N900? It's pretty much full-on Firefox with Flash 9 support. Name another phone that can do this.

    The resistive touchscreen is a hug mistake, I agree :)
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    Image of cruzer555 cruzer555
    11/27/09

    @tnkgrl: ANY hardware keyboard withers in comparison to a good touch version.

    Front facing camera is useful for skype and stuff, but not useful on a phone. Talking to someone while holding the camera filming your face is not very easy.

    Maemo is fast, maybe even a little slick, but it is like a shiny yet EMPTY box. By that I mean, it has very little features in comparison to phones from better manufacturers.

    Yes, it technologically can support portrait, but WHY DIDNT THE MORONS AT NOKIA ENABLE IT!?!?

    Maemo is a gem... In the roughest of the rough. Windows Mobile is far superior. Running Maemo is like running a stripped out debian, and running windows mobile is like running FULL windows on your phone, complete with file explorer and right click.

    Firefox is worse than safari, the only advantage is flash.

    By the way, before I saw the flaws, I REALLY WANTED THIS PHONE, it was only after experiencing the drawbacks that I figured I will wait a revision or two.

    In conclusion:
    In a couple years, when Maemo has been outfitted with all modern features, and they put in a capacitive touch screen, I am sure this will be a wonderful phone to have. I am looking forward to the n91o or whatever they call the next version, which I prey will have capacitive :)
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    Image of tnkgrl tnkgrl
    11/27/09

    @cruzer555: Sorry, but you lost all credibility when you mentioned "even windows mobile 6 is better [than Maemo]"...

    I'm done discussing this with you. I love my iPhone 3GS and my N900 and my Droid and my Pre, all for different reasons!

    The smarphone world is clearly getting divided into 2 camps: OS X, Android, WebOS and Maemo at the top, Symbian, BlackBerry OS and Windows Mobile at the bottom.

    If you can't see that, I don't have to convince you. Cheers :)
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    Image of cruzer555 cruzer555
    11/28/09

    @tnkgrl: You are wrong about the smartphone world. The ONLY good ones are Android and iPhone. Until they get their act together (which they probably won't) they are on the bottom with windows mobile.
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