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    Image of Shamoononon: I shave my legs. Shamoononon: I shave my legs.
    11/25/09

    In reply to Don't Worry Palm, Everything's Going To Be OK
    I don't need an app for that.
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    Edited by Shamoononon: I shave my legs. at 11/25/09 1:20 PM Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was starred Shamoononon: I shave my legs. was unstarred
    Image of Fractal the Meek Fractal the Meek
    11/25/09

    In reply to Don't Worry Palm, Everything's Going To Be OK
    You all act so shocked, even though Chen showed on day one that the Pre was built for this.
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    Image of HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H. HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.
    11/25/09

    In reply to Don't Worry Palm, Everything's Going To Be OK
    Who buys this crap?
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    Image of Fractal the Meek Fractal the Meek
    11/25/09

    @HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.: Memers. My friend was so proud to show me the carefully selected fart app he purchased for his new iPhone last month.
     Reply
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    Image of Gordonium Gordonium
    11/25/09

    In reply to Don't Worry Palm, Everything's Going To Be OK
    Palm's catalog is growing at break-wind speeds!
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    Edited by Gordonium at 11/25/09 11:12 AM Gordonium was starred Gordonium was unstarred
    Image of GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag
    11/25/09

    In reply to Don't Worry Palm, Everything's Going To Be OK
    FartMan? No thanks. I'll just stick with FatMan, who broadcasts in glorious 720p, folks!
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    Image of sharkync sharkync
    11/25/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_ForgotNametag:

    I am sooo not watching that.
     Reply
    John Herrman promoted this comment sharkync was starred sharkync was unstarred
    Image of John Herrman John Herrman
    11/25/09

    @sharkync: Wait! It's totally not what you think it is!
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    Image of Odin Odin
    11/25/09

    In reply to Don't Worry Palm, Everything's Going To Be OK
    I don't know what's worse, that they're charging for them or that people have probably bought them.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    11/25/09

    @Odin: Who's the more foolish? The fool, or the fool who pays him for fart noises?
     Reply
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    Image of jpaugh jpaugh
    11/25/09

    @OCEntertainment: The people who authorized the app to be sold in the store seems like the foolish ones to me.
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    Kaiser-Machead promoted this comment jpaugh was starred jpaugh was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/25/09

    @jpaugh: But then the people that authorized it probably get a cut of the earnings of each app sold, so the bigger fool is still the person who buys the app.
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    Image of yantelope yantelope
    11/25/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Agreed. I can explain the supply. It's the demand that baffles me.
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    Image of Fractal the Meek Fractal the Meek
    11/25/09

    @Odin: Don't think anyone's a fool. At this point it's just a running gag a few people are cashing in on, seems to me.
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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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    tnkgrl promoted this comment Colin Cassady was starred Colin Cassady was unstarred
    Image of cruzer555 cruzer555
    11/24/09

    @tnkgrl: n900? How stinky! The best tmobile phone is an unlocked 3gs
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    tnkgrl promoted this comment cruzer555 was starred cruzer555 was unstarred
    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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    Edited by tnkgrl at 11/25/09 12:38 AM tnkgrl was starred tnkgrl was unstarred
    Image of tnkgrl tnkgrl
    11/25/09

    @Colin Cassady: It is me, but mostly I'm here: [tnkgrl.wordpress.com]
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    tnkgrl was starred tnkgrl was unstarred
    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
    12:06 AM

    @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 Segador Segador
    11/24/09

    In reply to Palm Pre Experiencing Big Ol' Backup Failures
    Slightly off-topic, but there's a fantastic, free program that lets you make swirly smoke-like effect similar to the one in the photo. Can anyone remember what's it's called and/or point me in the right direction?
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    Image of USB_Humping_Dog USB_Humping_Dog
    11/24/09

    @Segador: A cigarette?
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    Segador promoted this comment USB_Humping_Dog was starred USB_Humping_Dog was unstarred
    Image of Segador Segador
    11/24/09

    @USB_Humping_Dog: Close, but no cigar.
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    11/24/09

    In reply to Palm Pre Experiencing Big Ol' Backup Failures
    Official Statement:

    We are seeing a small number of customers who have experienced issues transferring their Palm Profile information to another Palm webOS device. Palm and Sprint are working closely together to support these customers to successfully transfer their information to the new device.

    Translation:

    We aggressively marketed our phone to, among other demographic groups, college students as they have a fair amount of disposable income and access to the Bank of Mom. Naturally, being college kids, the average Palm Pre owner got drunk and promptly broke the phones in what we are certain was a night of regret and burning pain on urination. Unfortunately, while we were somewhat successful in selling the Future Liver Transplant Recipients Of America replacement handsets, it appears that we really bollixed the restore feature. Seriously. There was a pooch and we just screwed the hell out of it. While putting features into the phone is our responsibility, we did not think this would be a problem until later. We have also come to realize that not only do college students have disposable income, they also have blogs and a penchant for whining. So we are trying to fix their shit real quick because neither our stock price nor Sprint's can take a hit. Maybe that will shut those brats up.
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    Image of crackel crackel
    11/24/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: all the while weaving the same old spin-doctor
    web of "a small percentage of our population is experiencing..." while, in fact, a much bigger problem exists.
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    Image of Gordonium Gordonium
    11/24/09

    In reply to Palm Pre Experiencing Big Ol' Backup Failures
    Palm Pres are being emo and deciding not to synch/transfer with ANYTHING, since they can't sync with iTunes?

    I guess Palm IS 17 years old, now... the prime age for nonsensical emo shenanigans.
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    Image of Chris Tomalty Chris Tomalty
    11/24/09

    In reply to The Best Smartphones on Every Carrier
    Best of Canadian carriers (other than the iPhone, which they all have now):
    Bell - Palm Pre (Samsung Galaxy w/Android coming soon)
    Telus - HTC Hero
    Rogers - LG Eve (with Android, another one not landed in America yet. Awesome keyboard)
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    matt buchanan promoted this comment Chris Tomalty was starred Chris Tomalty was unstarred
    Image of The Lab The Lab
    11/24/09

    In reply to The Best Smartphones on Every Carrier
    Seeing two Motorola phones in the "best phones" article makes me feel like I'm in a time warp. I'm glad they're back, they make great quality handsets.
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    Image of Mr_Human Mr_Human
    11/24/09

    @The Lab: Hah. Not in my experience. I loved my RAZR back in the day, but it was of poor build quality. Needed replacing several times.
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    The Lab promoted this comment Mr_Human was starred Mr_Human was unstarred
    Image of The Lab The Lab
    11/24/09

    @Mr_Human: Yeah they fell apart, just less frequently than any other phone of that RAZR era. I mean, cast metal hinges, glass screens and laser cut metal keypads. What was made better than that, at the time? Not that Kyocera or LG crap. Possibly Sony Ericsson, they were good. I'd be happy to see them make a comeback as well.
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/24/09

    In reply to The Best Smartphones on Every Carrier
    I guess I hadn't realized how quickly T-mobile had fallen.

    Used to be there was no question you'd see the G1 on there but now admittedly its a little outdated and t-mobile insists on holding on to it.

    Time to make something happen T-mobile.
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    Image of BroScience BroScience
    11/24/09

    @tande04: it maybe older, but its not outdated. with some tweaks from XDA, it can hold its own against the Cliq.
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    tande04 promoted this comment BroScience was starred BroScience was unstarred
    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/24/09

    @BroScience: No doubt but the fact its not on the list speaks volumes to me.

    What I was really getting at was that the Cliq is a far inferior phone to the G1 in most ways.
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    Edited by tande04 at 11/24/09 11:16 AM tande04 was starred tande04 was unstarred
    Image of Badongadoodle Badongadoodle
    11/24/09

    @tande04: make a list of those inferior ways, please. if you are goint to drop a dump like that - back it up. Ah, and a .2" smaller screen dosnt count.
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    OCEntertainment promoted this comment Badongadoodle was starred Badongadoodle was unstarred
    Image of MarcusMaximus MarcusMaximus
    11/24/09

    @tande04: That's not really true. The Cliq is equal or better than the G1 in every way. The only way I could see an argument for it being lacking is that so far, as far as I've heard, there's been no luck at getting root on it. That's really just a matter of time, though, and it honestly took a while on the G1 as well.
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    FigNinja promoted this comment MarcusMaximus was starred MarcusMaximus was unstarred
    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    11/24/09

    @Badongadoodle: I'll offer some input if you promise to never use the phrase "back up that dump" again. ;-)

    The CLIQ (last I checked) was running Android 1.5, which means it's already a generation behind. It also disqualifies it from the GPS app. Additionally, the MOTOBLUR interface is a questionable advantage at best. From what I've seen, the Facebook/Twitter integration gadgets are less than stellar and only provide a chaotic view of your network.

    I don't think the G1 is head and shoulders above the CLIQ....but I do think it has a little more dignity. If nothing else because it gets the Google Experience branding instead of MOTOBLUR. Sense and Rachael were good improvements on top of Android. I'm less than convinced that MOTOBLUR has such an advantage.
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/24/09

    @Badongadoodle: I'll defer to OCEntertainment here and go further and point out just general build qualities. If Moto put out the best they have with the droid then the cliq is certainly the worst. Every review of motoblur has been less than stellar. The widgets add little but sluggishness. The cliq may have more memory but you lose most of it just with blur (not to mention battery life, which on the g1 has been pretty damn good since 1.6).

    Then there are other advantages that are debatable but often pointed out.
    5 row QWERTY
    Dedicated call keys
    Secondary pointing device

    So the real question would be what does the cliq have that the G1 doesn't?
    5.0 camera which is always a debatable inclusion.

    Really though I wasn't really trying to say that the G1 is out and out better. Regardless of any other argument I'd say that everyone agreed that the G1 was a flagship phone for t-mobile. I'm amazed if anyone could really say the same for the cliq. Hell even t-mobile still pimps the MyTouch more then they market the cliq.
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    Image of anexanhume anexanhume
    11/24/09

    In reply to The Best Smartphones on Every Carrier
    After having owned an iPhone and now owning a Droid, I'd have to say no to the iphone having the best user interface. If for nothing else than the beautiful shade.
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/24/09

    @anexanhume: I just think its funny that people only say that now that the droid came out.

    Its the same thing its been from the beginning in most ways. Some tweaks here and there. People must love the flat icons.
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    Image of Badongadoodle Badongadoodle
    11/24/09

    @tande04: I dont know where you have been shopping, but how does a user interface differ with flat icons? Oh yeah, it does not.
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    tande04 promoted this comment Badongadoodle was starred Badongadoodle was unstarred
    Image of MarcusMaximus MarcusMaximus
    11/24/09

    @anexanhume: As an owner of a G1, I'd agree with you. Also, the fact that the android marketplace isn't ruled over with an iron fist means that we get apps like SNESoid/Gameboid that will never be available on the App Store.
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    OCEntertainment promoted this comment MarcusMaximus was starred MarcusMaximus was unstarred
    Image of tande04 tande04
    11/24/09

    @Badongadoodle: That would be the point but thanks for playing.

    Besides some changes in settings and other backend stuff what is the main difference between 2.0 and 1.6? Flat icons.

    #tips
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    11/24/09

    @MarcusMaximus: Thanks for tipping me off to what will likely be the complete ruination of my productivity forever.

    *downloads Gameboid*
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