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    Image of AlexSea AlexSea
    11/30/09

    In reply to Asus O!Play Review: Best-Priced HD Video Player Is the New Champ
    just curious, would a 5400rpm HD (in an enclosure) connected through usb 2.0 be enough to drive 1080p? that is the nerdiest sentence i've ever typed, by the way...
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    bornonbord promoted this comment AlexSea was starred AlexSea was unstarred
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    11/30/09

    @AlexSea: Then you've got some nerding-up to do, son. ;-)

    1080p that you have on your computer is likely highly compressed using some sort of MPEG codec. The throughput needed is pretty low. USB 2.0 and 5400 RPM will do juuuuust fine.
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    Image of Nathan Obbards Nathan Obbards
    11/30/09

    In reply to Asus O!Play Review: Best-Priced HD Video Player Is the New Champ
    I wondered why you didn't run this in your comparison tests as I have heard so many people swear by it.
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    Image of egoods egoods
    11/12/09

    In reply to MacPadd Aluminum Mousepad Lightning Review
    Just to reinforce some other comments made here. DO NOT BUY FROM THIS COMPANY. Seems the complaints about there customer service are far reaching: [consumerist.com] #macpaddreview
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    Image of crumb crumb
    08/24/09

    In reply to Samsung Omnia HD i8910 Review
    Good, Samsung finally decided to drop their proprietary jack. They're catching up. Why is a 3.5mm jack a plus?
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    John Herrman promoted this comment crumb was starred crumb was unstarred
    Image of John Herrman John Herrman
    08/24/09

    @crumb: I'm not sure the balance has tipped toward that being catching up, since there are a still a lot of media-centric phones on the market with proprietary jacks. But yeah, soon it'll be a given.
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    Image of Sicpup Sicpup
    08/23/09

    In reply to Samsung Omnia HD i8910 Review
    Personally, I can't wait to play with one. I still love my i910 Omnia- it is the best phone I've ever had, and the WinMo platform is solid.

    First thing you'd need to do is turn off the touchwhiz (not only does it sound like a golden shower, it just sux), the set up a simple today screen, and customize thru the built-in app.

    Once you do this you set up the shortcut page and you have 12 apps right there with 2 click access (one click to the shortcut page, 1 click into your chosen app).

    Use the app manager to close any open programs either one at a time or all at once- your choice- and you don't have a problem with system resources as you are using a phone, not a desktop.

    Multitasking should be a simple thing and as long as you don't have 7 programs running, it works well.

    Bumping WinMo for Symbian? Well OK if you want to use this as a semi-work device. Just don't multitask, use powerpoint, expect MS Office to work or mind app hunting for patches.

    For the money, I still can't find fault with the i910. Sure, the camera is only 5mp not 8mp, and it ain't gonna capture in 720p, but for $550 less, I'm OK with that.

    Bottom line: Omnia's rock, and the learning curve makes you a better user and the phone a better toy.
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    08/23/09

    @Sicpup: Word up from a very happy i910 owner!

    This looks pretty neat, although it's a bummer to hear of the mishmash when you get to a certain depth.
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    08/24/09

    @elliop: I'll accept that clarification with thanks sir! :)
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    Image of Pew Pew BOOM Pew Pew BOOM
    08/23/09

    In reply to Samsung Omnia HD i8910 Review
    I bought it about 1 month ago and I'm loving it, huge screen, nice camera, very loud and clear sound from the speaker, etc... Although the game that comes with the phone is kinda stupid. I don't want to drive the car with the god damn sensor, or maybe I'm just stupid and haven't figured out how to configure it properly.
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    Image of John Herrman John Herrman
    08/23/09

    @Pew Pew BOOM: Does the software get much more manageable once you're used to it, or do the quirks just keep getting more annoying? It's clearly a nice phone, but some of those software flaws are downright frustrating.
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    Image of Pew Pew BOOM Pew Pew BOOM
    08/23/09

    @John Herrman: I didn't find the software too annoying, maybe because my last phone is a Nokia N95 8GB. However like you pointed out, you do have to go through lots of steps to do one simple thing. Also, I think the screen lock it kinda of stupid too, you need to lock or unlock it with the little key on the side, nothing happens if you touch the screen....nothing. It would be nice if I don't have press a key just to check the time, it is a touch screen phone after all...
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    Image of tnkgrl tnkgrl
    08/23/09

    In reply to Samsung Omnia HD i8910 Review
    I've been using the i8910 on and off along with the N97 since early June. Here's some of my coverage:

    - [tnkgrl.wordpress.com]
    - [tnkgrl.wordpress.com]
    - [tnkgrl.wordpress.com]

    PS: Newer firmware fixes the poor audio quality during HD video recording, although it's still a problem when streaming live video with Qik.

    If you can live with Symbian touch, the i8910 is definitely one of the best phones son the market today. The capacitive OLED screen is miles ahead of the N97 resistive TFT screen.
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    (Starman) AnalysisDialysis promoted this comment Edited by tnkgrl at 08/23/09 3:22 PM tnkgrl was starred tnkgrl was unstarred
    Image of Pew Pew BOOM Pew Pew BOOM
    08/23/09

    @tnkgrl: I hate Nokia's software updater, I just couldn't fix the god damn "error 1720" problem.(Which occurred out of nowhere) When it was time to ditch my N95 8GB, I didn't even consider any Nokia phones.
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    Image of JudithBabalastic JudithBabalastic
    08/18/09

    In reply to Pentax W80 Camera Review: Waterproof and Now Slightly Ruggedized
    Panasonic TS1 is not that much of a revelation either.
    You have to replace all the seals every year and it's not doable by you or free. Image quality is not that great also. Cramming all these pixels in a tiny sensor is not that good aparently, no mtter the brand. The Canon D10 is quite good but it is very very ugly.
    Overall the Pentax could be a very good camera (if they had kept the W60 sensor), but it's simply on OK camera. Not bad at all.
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    Image of SigmundWellwood SigmundWellwood
    08/16/09

    In reply to Klipsch Image S4i Review
    It's not that these headphones won't work with anything else– only that the remote and mic won't work.

    Apple's been adding the remote compatible headphone jack to all of their products lately– I think it even works with the newer macbooks.

    It doesn't break "listening" compatibility and adds cool functionality if you happen to be using an Apple product.

    I use my Apple remote headphones all the time with standard 3.5mm headphone jacks all the time, the remote is so small you hardly notice it and it's nice to have it built in when something is compatible.
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    Image of John Herrman John Herrman
    08/16/09

    @SigmundWellwood: No, it doesn't break listening compatibility, but volume and simple play/pause function doesn't work on a lot of products you'd expect it to. Not a dealbreaker, since they're still nice headphones, but still a notable drawback.

    And yeah, it does work with the newer unibody MacBooks.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    08/16/09

    @John Herrman: Not working with the unibody Macs turns me off completely to these, as I've grown fond of using my current iPod mic for my MBP.

    It's a pity, but I guess I will get those premium Apple buds after all if that's the case.
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    Edited by Kaiser-Machead at 08/16/09 4:30 PM Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of Hi, I'm God Hi, I'm God
    08/16/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: He said that they do work with the Unibody Macs...
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    08/16/09

    @Hi, I'm God: Yeah, I went back and saw my mistake just after i could make the edit. Well, I'll just eat this hearty dose of fail and be done with it.
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    Edited by Kaiser-Machead at 08/16/09 11:50 PM Kaiser-Machead was starred Kaiser-Machead was unstarred
    Image of itchytooth itchytooth
    08/12/09

    In reply to Pentax W80 Camera Review: Waterproof and Now Slightly Ruggedized
    So, it's a little cheaper and a little worse than the Panasonic TS1? Am I understanding correctly? It's a shame, because I actually like the design of this more than the TS1.
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    Image of itchytooth itchytooth
    08/12/09

    @itchytooth: Whoa, those sample shots look terrible! Was there sunscreen all over the lens?
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    Image of idkmbffc idkmbffc
    08/12/09

    In reply to Pentax W80 Camera Review: Waterproof and Now Slightly Ruggedized
    No water photos? I'm surprised. I was expecting these photos to be wetter then the front row at a Jonas Brothers concert.
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    Brian Lam promoted this comment idkmbffc was starred idkmbffc was unstarred
    Image of alexmg2420 alexmg2420
    08/12/09

    In reply to T-Mobile HTC Touch Pro2 Review: Wait, How Much?
    Actually, I have the AT&T Tilt. The backplate DOES fly off half the time...
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    Barry99705 promoted this comment alexmg2420 was starred alexmg2420 was unstarred
    Image of Barry99705 Barry99705
    08/12/09

    @alexmg2420: Weird, yours must be broken, mine has never come off, it's hard to pull off when I want it to.
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    Image of Scazza Scazza
    08/12/09

    In reply to T-Mobile HTC Touch Pro2 Review: Wait, How Much?
    I think alot of people overlook the fact that on WM devices, as outdated as the OS appears to be, you can still load a shitton of free software from the web, you have a massive catelog of apps from WM2003 that all run fine. Plus its as easy to pirate software on a WM phone as it is on Windows, vs trying to jailbreak an iphone.
    You guys make it sound like WM will kill one of your pets. With the touchflo, most regular consumers will rarely even see the OS underneath all that skinning, and it works very well.
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    Image of Joshua Pacada Joshua Pacada
    08/12/09

    @Scazza: This is 2009, I think most regular consumers at least somewhat interested in this part of the market will have played with an iPhone. They would NOT confuse this phone with an iPhone or the Pre. Not even close.
    Trust me, I'm a tweaker and I love WinMo for the factors you mentioned, however to say that their 'skinning' is a substitute for the complete reworking of what a mobile OS can be is unfounded.
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    Scazza promoted this comment Joshua Pacada was starred Joshua Pacada was unstarred
    Image of Scazza Scazza
    08/12/09

    @Joshua Pacada: I completely agree, its not a good substitute, but it is certain useable for most regular consumers. HTC, as a hardware company, have made a fairy nice skin that runs great (check out other skinning apps for WM, see how shit they run).
    However, my point is that everyone hates on WM without checking out some of its unique features that even now platforms like andriod and iphone don't offer. Also dont think this is a dig at either of them, I own an iTouch, and i love some of the apps, but having to pay for anything worthwhile, when I can DL for free similar stuff on WM is kinda annoying.
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    Image of KefkaticFanatic KefkaticFanatic
    08/12/09

    In reply to T-Mobile HTC Touch Pro2 Review: Wait, How Much?
    HTC phones are so nice, but they charge you up the ass for them. I wish I had a bunch of money.
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    Image of Bigbadbikernerd Bigbadbikernerd
    08/12/09

    @KefkaticFanatic: Not the Touch. I had one and it sucked ass.
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    Image of RT100 RT100
    08/12/09

    In reply to T-Mobile HTC Touch Pro2 Review: Wait, How Much?
    wow. that's pricy, especially for a winmo phone that comes loaded with 6.1! good that they tweaked it so much with touchflo-3d. the old touch diamond was really really hard to use.
    And i don't see it as that big of a deal that they removed the front facing camera, because who would you talk to? noone else has video-conferencing capabilities (on their mobiles at least). is talking with ONLY audio really that terrible?
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    John Herrman promoted this comment RT100 was starred RT100 was unstarred
    Image of John Herrman John Herrman
    08/12/09

    @rt100 Penn State: Nah, but it's always frustrating to see a component stripped out like that, no matter how trivial.
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