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Captain SciFi Pants himself, Brian Dunaway.
When Brian is not blurting out inane opinions on Science Fiction and Gadgets he can be found drawing his SciFi comic "A Mission Deep" or hanging out with his cartooning buddies on Extralife Radio or The Comics Coast To Coast Podcast. 
I like how it’s long and slender…I’d love to have one in hand.
I don’t like the icons on the home screen– too vivid.
I don’t think it’s just the hardware that’s needed to beat the iPhone into submission. Without the apps store to go with it, no hardware will beat it. Verizon has great coverage and reliable phones, but keeps a death grip on all the apps and ringtones. Simple games that cost me $2 on my iPod touch cost me $6 for my Verizon LG (and aren’t nearly as good). The minute AT&T hits Montana I’ll be switching to iPhone.
The usual LOLZ. You should do these more often, Brian.
Comcast and Time-Warner have been fighting back, by imposing download caps. By capping your monthly downloads at 5 GB, they ensure that you can’t watch much more than 5 or 6 movies in standard definition, plus get your monthly Windows updates.
Of course, what they are doing is blatantly illegal, because it has been done by businesses who sell TV content via their cable service; capping your downloads, obviously to prevent you from switching to streaming video, is an anti-competitive move worthy of Microsoft. But until the Feds come down hard on them, you;re stuck, because most municipalities have granted them monopoly markets – which is likewise illegal under Federal law. And again, only one city has tested that in court; and the court decided against the cable company, on both Constitutional and competitive grounds.
If you are in a FiOS area, as a FiOS customer I’d advise you to get it for your Internet service. It’s fast and reliable, and comparatively inexpensive.
I agree. We always want MORE!
Interesting.
Sounds like what I was thinking when I was trying to get a disk formatted on an older XP machine.
Thanks for posting.
We saw something like this in our corner of Michigan recently.
Can’t wait all these XP systems to start needing upgrades.
Thanks for the post.
can we use android on HTC touch cruise 09?
I love the Roku player with one reservation. When the internet connection slows it can be quite jarring when your screen goes black and the re-buffering bar comes up. It would be nice if this could be handled in the background somehow.
With that exception, it is an amazing little box.
Now I’m off to try my Netflix Streaming disc in the PS3 and see if it is a good as the Roku.
Dean
And, I assume it’s cheaper compared to PSP Go (which is not expensive either) but, these types of China toys are much much better for it’s cost!
Few of my friends have china model handsets.. has excellent features and costs nearly 50-75$..
The old reliable bullet projector will remain with us for a long, long time to come, because it’s simple (important if you want something that works reliably), cheap (important if you want to be able to buy a latte or some oxygen after the fight), and effective; lasers can be defeated with a gas cloud, some shiny foil, or ablative coating, but there’s nothing cheap and light-weight that reflects bullets.
Which is why the BFG2000 will still be the weapon of choice for Terran Space Marines in the 24th Century.