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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    04/23/09

    In reply to Verizon Hub Phone Review
    Can't speak to the benefits of this phone, but landlines, be they regular or VOIP, corded or cordless, are still nice to have. You don't have to worry about where you left your cel phone when you've got a phone in every major room. You don't have to cluster around a cel phone running in speakerphone mode when several people on one end want to be on the line at the same time. And if you're not running VOIP and your broadband modem goes out, you still have the option of resorting to dial-up so you can check your e-mail and stuff.
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    Image of baltwade baltwade
    04/23/09

    In reply to Verizon Hub Phone Review

    The Hub is a landline slayer launched in a wireless world, where the landline is almost dead.
    I hate being the one to point this out, but by no means is the landline almost dead. Maybe if you're in your mid 20's, sharing a one bedroom apartment with a couple of people you met on Craig's List, maybe then the landline is almost dead. However, to the rest of the country the landline is as strong as ever.


    Where I see the Hub having a real appeal is as a computer replacement to all the people out there that only use the computer they have now a couple time a week for email and some light web surfing.

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    Image of matt buchanan matt buchanan
    04/23/09

    @baltwade: Except you can't do either of those things on the Hub yet.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    04/23/09

    In reply to Verizon Hub Phone Review
    About time that stuff like this is becoming more available. Saw very similar tech in the IBM building over 10 years ago.


    That said, it needs Skype. I no longer have any use for the videoconferencing, but I do use the phone portion of it a great deal.

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    Image of gman2093 gman2093
    04/23/09

    In reply to Verizon Hub Phone Review
    Could I put in an order for a big touchscreen computer (waterproof) for my kitchen? I already have a cellphone, so it doesn't need to call anyone. kthx.
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    Image of Sora57 is rendering Sora57 is rendering
    04/24/09

    @gman2093: I agree. And have it connect via WiFi which many of us already have and save $35/month to boot.
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    Image of IHateYourKids IHateYourKids
    04/23/09

    In reply to Verizon Hub Phone Review
    They should have an option to tie it to your cellular account. Throw in Skype on top of it and I'd consider it.
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    Image of matt buchanan matt buchanan
    04/23/09

    @IHateYourKids: Well, it is tied to your cell account. It's a Hub.
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    Image of Nick Nick
    04/23/09

    In reply to Verizon Hub Phone Review
    is it me or does matt seem angry with this hub-a-ma-jig?
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    04/23/09

    In reply to Verizon Hub Phone Review
    And it doesn't do Skype videoconferencing WHY?!


    Seems to me that that would be the killer app.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked
    04/23/09

    In reply to Verizon Hub Phone Review
    Is there a calibration screen/menu for the touchscreen? I know one of my GPS's was wonky till I recalibrated the touchscreen.


    I might just have to wander down to the Verizon Store to try this out..

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    Image of madog madog
    04/23/09

    @When'sUranusDay?_GitEmSteveDave: Even if you could calibrate it, would your sausage fingers be any more accurate?


    :D

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    04/23/09

    @madog: I kid because I love!
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked
    04/23/09

    @madog: I mashed the keypad to obtain my dialing wand, thank you very much!
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    Image of frigg frigg
    01/24/09

    In reply to The Biggest Advances in Governmental Tech During the Bush Era
    Someone should make a pediapedia that would let you know about all the ...pedias out there.
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    Image of Onoskelis Onoskelis
    01/24/09

    In reply to The Biggest Advances in Governmental Tech During the Bush Era
    Obama is outfitting his group of cronies with the "latest" tech using taxpayer's money.


    Obvious Gizmodo won't tell you that since their a bunch of socialist loving liberal Obama worshippers.

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    01/25/09

    @Onoskelis: Better than the FBI and the IRS being outfited with yesterday's technology using taxpayers' money. :)
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    01/24/09

    In reply to The Biggest Advances in Governmental Tech During the Bush Era
    It's all about teh Googlez.


    I liek to go on teh Googlez and look at the ranch.

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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked GitEmSteveDave_Isn'tFreshPerked
    01/24/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: I could almost understand why he said it as there is techinically more than one "Google". There's GoogleMaps, GoogleVideo, etc. So if you said "I use the GoogleEarth program to look at my ranch" or "I use the GoogleMaps search to find a great pretzel stand" you wouldn't really be wrong.
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