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Gundem
11/21/09

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AT&T GOT!
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dragon:ONE
11/21/09

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Please 2011, AT&T, my FUZE is already wearing out and I'm not due until February 2011.

@#$%#@ upgrade cycle.
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reluttr
11/21/09

@dragon:ONE: I agree, there should have some sort of program that lets you upgrade 1 year before the end of your contract, but you pay slightly more for the phone
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Gundem
11/21/09

@reluttr: There used to be such program. It's gone now.
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reluttr
11/21/09

@Gundem: really it doesnt make sense as to why they got rid of it... because if they still had that option then they would had sold alot more 3gs's then they did. Because all of the fanboys upgraded to the 3g, but they couldn't upgrade to the 3gs.
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dragon:ONE
11/22/09

@reluttr: EXACTLY. I wouldn't mind paying a little more for a Tilt2 earlier than having to wait it out until 2011 for any chance of upgrade (they say I can upgrade 'early' to iPhone 3G... on the same date in 2011 as my regular upgrade.)

Of course, the other route for us WinMo users is to fake out enough hardware/warranty replacements that they just decide "screw it, we'll send you a Tilt2".

Since from what I've seen, that's what most Sprint users are doing, after all, with their Touch Pros, and coercing Sprint to give them TP2s.
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Kaiser-Machead
11/21/09

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And God just clipped the wings off of a thousand angels in response.
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WingedGenius
11/21/09

@Kaiser-Machead: You realize that there are more people on AT&T who are willing to get something other than an iPhone than people on T-Mo who get Android phones....

I, for one, am extremely glad to see that there's a high possibility that the X10 might be AT&T's first Android phone.
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OCEntertainment
11/21/09

@WingedGenius: Seconded. While I have been less than thrilled with the set of Android phones T-Mo's gotten (really? the CLIQ is the best we can do?), AT&T's got nothing. And as much as I dislike AT&T, more Android exposure is better for the platform as a whole. Sprint and Verizon both have solid Android phones (Hero, Droid). If AT&T just ended up with a CLIQ or something, well, that's not exactly a great Android flagship.

Then again, I was personally waiting for something a little more rugged to come to T-Mo to replace my G1. Or just wait til my contract is up and go back to Verizon. ;-)
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fleebailey33
11/21/09

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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.

edit, if it is the 1700 band i am not sure, i know most of the world uses a 2100 that is not compatible with t-mobiles 3g,
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PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:
11/19/09

In reply to Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 to Cost $880? What The?
In all fairness, they do cost quite a bit to make and keep in mind that this is off contract. I'm pretty sure the 3GS costs just about as much off-contract.
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atrus123
11/19/09

@PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:: Yeah, it's a lot but it's not really that outrageous. After all, it does have some killer internals, even if some folks are skeptical about the design.
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kingbob337
11/19/09

@PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:: Yep, I was just about to say that. Just checked, they were about 950 to 1050 without a contract. So 880 for a 1 Ghz phone is surpising only because it is so cheap. I'd except this to be subsidized down to about the 150 range.

Btw, I doubt the plastic exterior will make the final cut for the device.
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_Lowkey_
11/19/09

@PurpleMonkeyDishwasher:: Actually, 6000 Swedish kronor is just slightly cheaper than the off contract price of a 3GS 16GB or a HTC HD2 in Denmark right now.
I assume that prices are about the same in Sweden, so it's really not that shocking.
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Serolf Divad
11/19/09

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$880? Wow... that's just $680.00 more than I paid for my Dell Mini 9 netbook... what a steal!
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atrus123
11/19/09

In reply to Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 to Cost $880? What The?
Even despite the so-so videos, I'm still cautiously optimistic about this phone. I think with a little more optimization, it could end up being a killer phone. The only near deal breaker for me right now is the lack of a physical keyboard, but if SE manages to deliver in the end, I may overlook that and get one of these to replace my (much beloved) G1.

Edit: but of course, that all also depends on whether or not I can get it at a very reduced price on contract through T-Mobile.
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Bokusatsu_Tenshi
11/18/09

In reply to Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Hands On: Why Aren't My Pants on Fire?
Kinda running off-topic here, but you know, experience tells me "meh-ness" isn't always a bad thing.

When I look back at all the gadgets I used, surprizingly it's the ones I was more "meh" about that ended up being used the most...
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Gundem
11/18/09

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AT&T GET!

*crossingfingers*
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bnetter12
11/18/09

@Gundem: most likely
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tande04
11/18/09

@bnetter12: my money is on tmobile.
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otko
11/18/09

@tande04: It will support both 3G bands so either way an unlockable GSM model would be win/somewhat win for anyone rocking a sim card.
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tande04
11/18/09

@otko: Like the other conversation we were having though I don't know if its an end all win for Sony though. Sony needs a US flagship carrier phone. They've shown time and time again they're getting closer with the hardware and the software, they just need the name recognition now. I'd be amazed if many people even know that sony makes cell phones in the US.

I imagine they'll do something like Nokia is doing with the n900. Offer up an unlocked one for the people that really want to go that way but really put a push out for a carrier subsidized phone.
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otko
11/18/09

@tande04: That would be ideal. I could see that being a very smart move for SE. Nobody ever says "Hey, how about that new Sony Ericsson phone". I would be very happy to make this my next phone if it were to land on T-Mobile. I've always liked the Xperia line-especially being that HTC really built them. I don't like how chunky it is but you can throw that in the list of non-deal breakers if it's picked up and subsidized. That big screen, the Nexus on top of Android-it would be a sweet fight for mothers love between the Droid and the X10.
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YankBoffin
10/02/09

In reply to X10 iconRemote RF Universal Remote Review
And here I thought they went out of business a decade ago. They're still alive? I used to work with a guy who had his house heavily stocked with X10 controllers and loved them. I think they're novel but never much felt the need to have this much control over my appliances.

That said, this remote looks awesome namely due to the "His" and 'Hers" buttons. Hilarious, yet not a bad idea!
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beartrash
10/01/09

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I have never had X10 work well in any of three different homes.

It's never been very reliable, it would often take two or three attempts to issue an on/off or dim command.

Crap product.
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SQLGuru
10/01/09

@beartrash: I've had it work great for how I use it (lamps in apt's w/ no overhead lights) The big problem I have now is that with everything going to CF bulbs, the dimming doesn't work any more.
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CurtisLolzord
10/01/09

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Weren't these the guys way back when who were the kings of all spam and/or really annoying banner adverts? Pop-unders? Some crap like that?

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Jason Chen
10/01/09

@CurtisLolzord: Yup
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Monty
10/01/09

In reply to X10 iconRemote RF Universal Remote Review
Is it wrong for me to question any technology that has been around since the King James era and has barely evolved since then? They had an X10 control cartridge for the VIC-20.

In a day when we want to control our entire home via a simple one buck iPhone App, is it reasonable to think we should be buying a billion RF boxes to control each device in our home separately with a barely acceptable remote control? Yes, there are a lot of add-on items for X10 technology, and I don't mean to dismiss that - but there is just something about this that seems way out of date, even to the old guy typing this.
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