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    Image of met2art met2art
    09/02/09

    In reply to Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 Official, Runs Windows Mobile 6.5
    That's a pretty sweet looking phone, and some very nice specs, too. Shame they had to go and cheapen it with WinMo. You can throw all the pretty interfaces you want on it, but that's still just the OS equivalent of wood-grain veneer on cheap particle board. When you stress it, it'll show its quality.
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    09/02/09

    @met2art: Win!
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    Image of Beastage Beastage
    09/02/09

    @met2art: Oh wise one, please explain if you can...I doubt you can and if you dare to bring issues from days of old, I'll slap you till you faint.
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    Image of met2art met2art
    09/03/09

    @Beastage: Windows Mobile has strengths, but it has many more weaknesses. Most of these stem from a lack of cohesive standards. At the very basic level, extensive issues with color depth, screen solution and processor speeds create huge issues with app support, as well as cohesive user experience with the underlying OS. Couple that with issues of reliability of independant APIs and you have a recipe for trouble. Coding has been, and continues to be, a problematic issue for developers. In order to provide the broadest level of compatibility a developer needs to include so much bloat as to make the app unwieldy and prone to error. Furthermore, the lack of standardizationin on the WinMo/hardware level further complicate issues. In and of itself, WinMo does some neat things, but it gets stressed easily. More recent incarnations fare slightly better, but that's mostly due to having more memory and processor power thrown at it as opposed to being a more stable product. Whatever your feelings on the matter may be, as someone involved with app development, I can say that WinMo has proven to be far more trouble than it's worth. It has its niches (enterprise level scalability), but it's certainly not innately user or developer friendly. The fact that it needs a slick "skin" in order to feel good is a bad sign, and until MS irons out issues with hardware variances that require coders to study reams of manufacturer specs, it won't ever begin to rival the iPhone OS, Android or Symbian.

    Also, slap till I faint? What are you, 12?
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    Image of TonyWonder TonyWonder
    09/02/09

    In reply to Sony Ericsson Xperia X2 Official, Runs Windows Mobile 6.5
    imagine that thing running the iPhone OS? Giz should run a poll...see how many people would enjoy a physical keyboard on the iPhone or am I the only one?
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    09/02/09

    @TonyWonder: You are, most likely, offically on Steve Jobs' legendary "List" now. I'd lay low, if I were you, ya know?
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    Image of TonyWonder TonyWonder
    09/02/09

    @met2art:

    Thanks for the heads up. I'll stay away from all handicap parking spots in the tri-state area.
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    Image of whootowl whootowl
    05/04/09

    In reply to Sikorsky LTH Is the Sleekest Combat Helicopter Yet
    A UAV can perform the mission for a small fraction of the cost (in dollars and lives).
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    Image of Jesus Diaz Jesus Diaz
    05/04/09

    @whootowl: No when you have to put people on the ground. This looks like the alternative to the Huey.
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    05/04/09

    @Jesus Diaz: Damn hippies, they have "alternative" transportation methods for everything now... EVEN Combat troops...


    GET OFF MY LAWN YOU DAMN KIDS!

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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    05/04/09

    In reply to Sikorsky LTH Is the Sleekest Combat Helicopter Yet
    I like how it has a little propeller at the back to make it go faster.
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    Image of bucho54 bucho54
    05/04/09

    @Hello Mister Walrus: That's for aquatic propulsion... DUH!!!
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    05/04/09

    @bucho54: I figured it was just for shredding your car when it backed into you...
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    Image of gadam07 gadam07
    05/04/09

    In reply to Sikorsky LTH Is the Sleekest Combat Helicopter Yet
    Oh yeah, go Sikorsky! Gotta love that helicopter company.


    I don't see why they don't use the gas turbine's exhaust for thrust, rather than turning a turbo prop, though.

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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    05/04/09

    @gadam07: I believe that's been done already. But I don't think they call it helicopters; they're called jets.
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    Image of Je_suis_un_revolutionnaire Je_suis_un_revolutionnaire
    05/04/09

    @ripfire:

    No its actually often done on helicopters. The russian ones have very prominent jets. Look at Mi 24 for example.


    I think they want to keep this one "stealthy" lower its heat signature by using a prop, but thats just a guess.

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    Image of tucker tucker
    05/04/09

    @gadam07: if they used an adjustable pitch propeller, a hovering helo could "back away" from things, like having a reverse gear.
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    Image of SrsRevo17 SrsRevo17
    05/04/09

    @Je_suis_un_revolutionnaire: no, its not often done on helicopters. Using the gas turbines for thrust takes away from available power to the shaft( for the blades). Even in the example you used, the Mil Mi-24, does not use jet thrust. Ever actually look at a Hind? See those large ports on the side? Those are exhaust ports...located on the side....
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    05/04/09

    @SrsRevo17: You used the words "thrust", "power" and "shaft" in the same sentence...
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    Image of GDUB GDUB
    05/04/09

    In reply to Sikorsky LTH Is the Sleekest Combat Helicopter Yet
    its ok Blue Thunder is better.
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    Image of b0bcat b0bcat
    05/04/09

    @GDUB: I think you mean AirWolf.
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    05/04/09

    @b0bcat: There was also a movie called Blue Thunder about a helicopter.


    It was bad ass. Loved both of them as a kid.

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    Image of b0bcat b0bcat
    05/04/09

    @tande04: I know all about Blue Thunder... but AirWolf kicks it's ass 9 ways to Sunday.
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    Image of Skunky Skunky
    05/04/09

    @b0bcat: The Mimi would kick both their asses.
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