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« Reply #330 on: January 06, 2010, 12:27:16 pm »
Nexus One is over hyped.....still can't compare to the iPhone, it doesn't even have multi-touch.

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« Reply #331 on: January 06, 2010, 01:07:41 pm »
it doesn't even have multi-touch.

Well, it doesn't have Google supported multitouch, but it's hackable and Google won't block it when the hackers add it.  Apple's patent is the only reason why the Nexus doesn't have multitouch.
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« Reply #332 on: January 06, 2010, 01:13:17 pm »
most important question: does it dream of electric sheep?

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« Reply #333 on: January 06, 2010, 02:01:03 pm »
Nexus One is over hyped...still can't compare to the iPhone

iPhone users should stop comparing every phone that comes out to the physical phone in their pocket and instead focus on the processes Google is talking about here.

The vast majority of conversation yesterday was about the openness of the Google handset, it's development process, and the Open Handset Alliance.  Nor is the phone going to be exclusive to one carrier (it's on multiple bands even!).

iPhone users should hope that competition in this form will lead to a much more open iPhone process.

Google isn't taking on the physical phone in the short term (after all, they didn't design the phone or it's hardware - they just market the phone), they're going after the broken mobile phone process in the long term.
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« Reply #334 on: January 06, 2010, 06:10:12 pm »
most important question: does it dream of electric sheep?

Funny you should ask....Phil Dick's estate is none to happy about the name.
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« Reply #335 on: January 06, 2010, 08:46:17 pm »
so, are you saying i shouldn't use my $100-new-every-2 discount on a droid? 

Not to add to your phone selection issues, but the already diverse choice of phones available on Verizon are expected to get the addition of the Palm Pre (and Pixi).  Announcement tomorrow.
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Venerable Bede

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« Reply #336 on: January 07, 2010, 02:48:27 pm »
so, are you saying i shouldn't use my $100-new-every-2 discount on a droid? 

Not to add to your phone selection issues, but the already diverse choice of phones available on Verizon are expected to get the addition of the Palm Pre (and Pixi).  Announcement tomorrow.
who buys a palm?
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« Reply #337 on: January 07, 2010, 03:28:13 pm »
who buys a palm?

has the Pre not made it to whatever cave it is that you toil in?
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« Reply #338 on: January 07, 2010, 03:29:35 pm »
who buys a palm?

People who bought their first smartphone just over a year ago should not cast stones in the direction of Palm.  Afterall, Palm invented the smartphone.
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« Reply #339 on: January 07, 2010, 03:32:08 pm »
has the Pre not made it to whatever cave it is that you toil in?

He's seen smackette's since the day it came out. 

He's just trying to solidify his hold on douchebag taint of the week with all of the competition being put forward by Gilbert Arenas, LNS, et al.
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Venerable Bede

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« Reply #340 on: January 07, 2010, 03:38:34 pm »
who buys a palm?

People who bought their first smartphone just over a year ago should not cast stones in the direction of Palm.  Afterall, Palm invented the smartphone.
i'll have you know that it's been over 2 years now. . . and i remember how much smackette hated her palm.
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« Reply #341 on: January 07, 2010, 03:44:28 pm »
and i remember how much smackette hated her palm.

Hated?  Really?

She was upset that one particular application for doctors wasn't available as promised when it was released, otherwise she loves the phone.

WebOS definitely has had it's growing pains, but I don't anybody who hates the Pre.

EDIT: She's going to love it even more next month: Video Recording Coming to All WebOS Phones in February

EDIT #2: Palm just dropped a bomb with a Mobile Hotspot app that'll bring WiFi routing to up to five devices, not unlike the MiFi devices already offered by both Sprint and Verizon.
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Venerable Bede

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« Reply #342 on: January 07, 2010, 04:06:37 pm »
and i remember how much smackette hated her palm.

Hated?  Really?

She was upset that one particular application for doctors wasn't available as promised when it was released, otherwise she loves the phone.

WebOS definitely has had it's growing pains, but I don't anybody who hates the Pre.

this is what i get for making a joke about the palm.  you'd think it was the 20s and i was dissing the new oldsmobile.
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« Reply #343 on: January 07, 2010, 06:09:26 pm »
it doesn't even have multi-touch.

Well, it doesn't have Google supported multitouch, but it's hackable and Google won't block it when the hackers add it.  Apple's patent is the only reason why the Nexus doesn't have multitouch.

And if you needed further proof of this theory:

Euro spec Nexus One Does Multitouch
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« Reply #344 on: January 09, 2010, 01:09:43 pm »
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