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Wait, did you say your phone does have AWS? If your phone specifically says AWS, then you’ll be fine with T-Mobile. AWS means 1700 for uplink and 2100 for downlink. There’s no AWS2100 or AWS1700, AWS reflects using both 1700 and 2100 bands.

Err, you think the Galaxy Nexus is not future proof? It’s more future proof than the S3/OneX. Just see when Jelly Bean is out. At $400 unlocked with penta-band HSDPA and no carrier restrictions, it’s a complete steal! Besides, define “future proof” for you. You’re moving from an iPhone 4. Remember, Apple is still selling the iPhone4 as a mid-range device. If “future proof” for you means ~1 to 2 years, the GNexus is perfectly fine. Again, once JB is out, we’ll see who’s “future proof,” the GNexus, or the S3/OneX.

Finally, an ultrabook with a screen that doesn’t suck? Based on Anandtech’s review, this seems to be the ultrabook to get. I wish it’s a tad lighter though.

Where were you when they spent 18 million dollars for a website?

I’m sorry. A government site should rely on open standards that will work on any device and any browser. Quit making everyone else commit to a proprietary plug-in.

It’s easy, don’t use Adobe flash. Done. Really, remember how Apple advertised mobile Safari for iOS to be able to view real websites instead of the “baby” WAP internet? Viewing regular sites on my iPad is fine. The only annoyance is Adobe Flash.

Well, Google can do it by enforcing a minimum OS version to access the Play Store. Sooner or later, people will start wondering why they cannot access the store, and start flooding carriers and OEMs for answers. Of course, the backlash would be OEMs and carriers bundling other app stores like the Amazon app store, but hey, it’s an idea.

Good. Imo this is a good decision. Google should do the same thing too. People that still have older devices will start wondering why they couldn’t access the Play Store, and people would start calling the carriers.

For Verizon, they probably want people that need global roaming to buy the Droid 3 overstock instead.

So, any leaks on what happened? Or are they going to wait till happy hour?
Can’t wait for the next Samsung GalaxiPhone 4S, featuring next gen S Voice dubbed SirII.

It’s a deal that the OEMs have agreed upon. If the OEMs want to market and support their own phones themselves, they could, and thus updates will go straight from them. But no, support cost a lot of money. Plus by making deals with carriers, they get a guaranteed number of sales that will sure look good on their next quarterly meeting. So since the carriers are now the ones supporting the phones, then they want any updates have to go through them for obvious reasons. However, there’s a conflict of interest since carriers would rather you renew your contract and buy a new phone than updating your old phone. They don’t get any extra money if they keep giving updates on-time and for free. So, voila. the rest is history, and people loved it.

And like previously stated, Apple took the other route, market and support their own products directly, and they have the backbone to tell the carriers to eff off (with limitations. AT&T still have some sort of decision making in apps approval, and then there’s the stupid 4G icon).

I think the One S got shipped before a specific deadline. Who knows about future shipment though.

Yeah, T-Mobile started it. Other countries are fine with either 3.5G or simply H+, but no, we in the America have to have a bigger number.

I don’t care about 3D, but I wanted to watch it on IMAX, thus the 3D was not optional. If you don’t care about IMAX, watch the regular version.

It’s good fun movie. Don’t expect any oscar-winning dialogues, this is a pure comic book super hero action movie, and it did an awesome job. It’s funny while still within the characters, each hero seems to get good screen time (hard thing to do with multiple main characters), good fan service, good action, it’s a super hero movie done right.

CDMA and Wimax, yet another Sprint MVNO, where you still have to buy their own locked phone. What’s the point? And $549 for an SGS2?
$399, unlocked Galaxy Nexus, + your choice of GSM MVNO = winner.

Blade Runner 2, aka Indiana Jones 5, bringing back Harrison Ford and everyone’s favorite, Shia LaBeauf. Imagine the future, where they resurrect the legendary archeologist to life. But is he real? Or was he a replicant with Indy’s memory? Shia LaBeauf returns as Henry Jones Witwicky, the great descendant of Indy, with his robotic friends from the planet Cybertron. Michael Bay’s explosions optional.

For Hulu+ and Amazon Prime, see if you TV already has them or not. I find that more and more TVs already have those kind of apps built-in.
The best blu-ray player imo right now is still the PS3, mainly because it’s future proof and it has enough processing power to load the bloatware in most blu-rays today.

Sure, because as a Canadian, you know better about Singapore than anybody else. Again, talk to Singaporeans and ask them how they feel about their government. Just because the people are content with their standard of living, doesn’t meant they are free. Singapore is a great country, but more free than US? You said it yourself, the compulsory military service. How’s that more free?

And you’re done with trying to track down every movie on BitTorrent, only to find that it’s in Russian, has Chinese subtitles, and is only 480 × 320 resolution anyway.

With services like netflix and redbox, sometimes to get the best result is to do it yourself. :P

To be honest, I’m surprised how many “apps” my own TV has. It’s not even a new TV, but it already has apps to stream Amazon Prime and hulu plus, in HD. So to most people, they probably don’t even need a set-top box.

Uh huh, sure, yet we are still going to war, and the same people that keep wasting our tax money are still in office.

Although I agree with your sentiment, he’s moving to Singapore. Go ask any Singaporeans what they feel about their slave masters.

It’s amazing how people are harping about this, yet when the government is spending billions of billions of their own tax dollars into wars, it’s a-okay. And of course, nobody pays attention to the ones lobbying congress for their own benefit. Amazing how easily people get distracted.

Yup. I think he should post his address and unlock his door. He has nothing to hide.

Wow, you got nothing to hide huh. Well, it’s not about you. Nobody cares about you. This can be used to compromise and/or blackmail political activists, politicians, businesses, etc. Who has access to it? Where’s the oversight? Where’s the Accountability? And where does it stop?

Yes, the battery charger is included. Check the Sony site, it’s included.

No. The 13" Zenbook is almost 3lb while the Toshiba is less than 2.5lb. May not sound much, but when I hold them, the difference is significant enough that I feel the Zenbook is “too heavy” compared to the Toshiba. I mean the 13" Toshiba is still lighter than even the 11" Zenbook.

LOL.

Come on Microsoft, where’s the official Android client? So far, only dropbox that is available on all my devices (my computer, iOS, and Android). Everybody else skips one (no iOS client for Google drive, no Android client for Skydrive). If dropbox magically gave me 5+GB free storage, I’ll be sticking with it.

You know, I don’t get it. I mean come on, how would they not know the demand? Or are they just being cheap, thinking that this will only happen on the 1st day or so and people will still be giving them money anyway? I guess they’re right.