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Would you be willing to pay for it with a camera bump? 1.4x thicker for a camera module.

about 9 hours ago on 29 Days with the HTC One 1 reply 1 recommend

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Adjustment period going from hardware keyboard to on-screen keyboard takes about 1-2 weeks. It’s not that painful.

If she definitely must have a hardware keyboard, why not wait until the Q10?

about 14 hours ago on Best Android phone with a hardware keyboard on Verizon.

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Don’t think about it in terms of megapixels, think about it in terms of pixel size. I would not get a phone with anything less than 2 micron sensors, 1.1 microns is too small.

about 14 hours ago on 29 Days with the HTC One 1 reply

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No, it’s not. However, if it keeps building good products, it will be able to command a price premium, leading to profitability.

1 day ago on As good as HTC One is, it is not selling well and that bothers me 1 reply 1 recommend

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One does not need to lead in marketshare in order to be successful. Pre-iPhone era Apple proved this.

2 days ago on As good as HTC One is, it is not selling well and that bothers me 2 replies 1 recommend

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It IS exciting, but so far Sense 5 is close enough to stock that I don’t really care. There are just a few little things that bother me, like better notification pulldown menus in stock.

3 days ago on HTC One Nexus Edition: Is it real? 1 recommend

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In his defense, he did say that it was, in the absolute, better than the previous generation. It’s just that it’s slimy in comparison to the likes of the HTC One and the iPhone 5. I’m sure he’d choose an HTC One with stock Android over the GS4 with stock.

Furthermore, I suspect his answer to your question would be yes: He does indeed care about the software enough to compensate for the detriments of its physical design.

4 days ago on This is the new Nexus: a first look at Samsung's Galaxy S4 with stock Android

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Some people are insensitive with respect to price. They don’t care what it costs, within reason. Crazy, I know.

4 days ago on This is the new Nexus: a first look at Samsung's Galaxy S4 with stock Android 1 reply

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Oh Nokia. Why can’t you just remake the 800 with current gen internals? That’s all we’ve ever wanted.

6 days ago on Nokia's aluminum Lumia 925 is the best Windows Phone yet, but that's not enough (hands-on)

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Pretty hilarious that the whole point of the video was lost on about a third of the people here, and they/you/we continue doing exactly as before. I think they call it dramatic irony.

6 days ago on So, About that X-Phone 1 reply

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There is no accounting for taste. Don’t get so worked up over it. Let people enjoy the things that they like, and enjoy the things that you like in peace.

7 days ago on Samsung Has Done a Phenomenal Job

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I think the moral of the story is: It is really, really hard to turn a hardware company into a services company. You are not Lou Gerstner, you will fail.

Memo to: Leo Apotheker, Michael Dell.

10 days ago on Icahn and Southeastern propose counteroffer to Dell buyout 1 recommend

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And of course you were right to correct my correction. What, an amicable ending to a trollish dispute? I think we just broke the internet.

10 days ago on Amazon building smartphone with a 3D screen, says WSJ 2 recommends

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Here we go again, misusing “beg the question.” It would actually “raise the question.”

Which raises the question, when troll trolls a troll, isn’t that because a troll is just being a troll? Or would that be begging the question?

10 days ago on Amazon building smartphone with a 3D screen, says WSJ 1 reply 1 recommend

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I’d pay a buck for HuskyStarcraft channel. He works hard for the money.

10 days ago on YouTube launches paid channels starting at $0.99 per month

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And Apple will fail with touchscreens; Microsoft already failed at it.

Or, maybe we can just let them try their thing and see if it pans out? It’s all in the execution.

10 days ago on Amazon building smartphone with a 3D screen, says WSJ 1 reply 1 recommend

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If you’re going to be a pointy headed geek about it, might as well be correct. 200mbs would be 200 megabits, or 50MB. A bit is a unary quantity, it cannot be split, and hence you cannot have “millibits.”

10 days ago on Amazon building smartphone with a 3D screen, says WSJ 1 reply

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Wait, people still play Diablo 3?!?

11 days ago on 90 Seconds on The Verge: wiretapping, 'Diablo III,' and Caesars Palace 1 reply 2 recommends

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Broadcasters don’t make the majority of money on advertising anymore, it’s all about subscription fees from cable companies/subscribers. Broadcasters main goal is to keep local networks’ audience and prestige, OTA gives them the benefit of being the legacy entity.

I don’t think their numbers would change that much in the short run if they were to yank OTA.

13 days ago on Crazy like a Fox: how broadcast networks could rake in billions by going cable-only 1 reply

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Those are sunk costs. What I’d like to see: replace government funded OTA equipment with government funded satellite equipment, get rid of all terrestrial TV, use all that spectrum for MAN (Metropolitan Area Network) internet connectivity.

13 days ago on Crazy like a Fox: how broadcast networks could rake in billions by going cable-only

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I really, really, really want @zpower to comment on this thread. Can he even trace back his ridiculous smartphone habit, in chronological order? Someone get him on the horn, stat!

13 days ago on How often do you upgrade & why? 1 reply 2 recommends

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I was wondering how many comments it would take before Erasure was mentioned. Bravo, and nice track selection!

13 days ago on Eric Schmidt on an internet 'delete' button: 'There is a time when erasure is a right thing'

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Rubi was able to steal talent away from Steve Jobs to build WebOS. What an incredible story, and so close to succeeding.

Thank you HP, it’s dysfunctional board, Mark Hurd’s libido, all of Leo Apotheker mind and body, and man’s unkindness to fellow man for this failure.

13 days ago on Former Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein joins Qualcomm board of directors 1 recommend

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Hmm, let me think…

1994 A pager. You called, used pager-talk. All very gansta, trust me. Translucent blue, stopped carrying by the time I hit college in ’95.

1999 Ubiquitous Nokia candybar phone on Airtouch? I think I got a free Razor scooter with it.

2000 Motorola StarTac, also on Cingular. Awesome one-handed operation. Remember when people actually cared about ergonomics?

2001 <dark period, lost to history>

2002 Some gray clamshell phone, on Verizon. I can’t quite remember the boring model number, or make. Sanyo? Kyocera? Who knows?!?

2004 Motorola Razr. Back on Cingular. Saw it in a commercial, could not wait to get its thinness into my hands. It was a phone. You called people. NO TEXTS ALLOWED, did not want to spend .40c.

2005 T-Mobile SDA. Great little HTC Windows Mobile phone, with $5 consumer data add-on.

2006 Blackberry Pearl on T-Mobile. It was white with silver trim, friends mocked my “Liberace Phone.” Got really, really good at the Pearl QWERTYish keyboard. I have not typed faster on a mobile device since.

2008 Sprint Blackberry Curve. Full QWERTY action, set up my company’s BES Express server, with one user (me). Lost in a plane.

2009 Palm Pre on Sprint. Phones come and go, but this will be my one true love. Bought used on ebay after playing around with GF’s Pixi (which I forced her to buy). Is currently disassembled, see below.

2011 Nexus S on Sprint. My first real Android phone. Great design, performance, user experience. Was mugged, someone stole it. Good luck reselling a CDMA/Wimax phone, buddy!

2012 Palm Pre 2 on Sprint. Hacked, using a Sprint radio on an unlocked Pre2 body. Wonderful experience, but no apps on dying ecosystem. Smooth! To this day, I can’t get through a full inbox as I could with this guy.

2012 Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch on Sprint. The name says it all. Great phone, good updates over the time I had it. Sold on ebay to some lucky fellow, after having screen refurbished for capacitive button issues.

2013 HTC One on Sprint. It’s been buttery so far. It makes me feel rich.

13 days ago on How often do you upgrade & why? 2 replies 1 recommend

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I don’t believe it’s the broadcaster’s to sell. They were licensed this spectrum for the purposes of broadcasting TV. If they don’t want to do it, their license should be revoked, their licensing fees returned, and then the FCC should auction off the spectrum.

These are public resources, not horses to be traded.

13 days ago on Crazy like a Fox: how broadcast networks could rake in billions by going cable-only 2 replies 17 recommends