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• If EyeFi can develop a 802.11N SD card, why can't someone develop a TMob SD card, an AT&T SD card, a VZ SD card..? Hmm? In reply to: "Google Nexus One hands-on"

  January 5, 2010

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• I'd rather have the DVD set, but this is a good use of technology. Only 60Gb are required, leaving you with 100Gb for whatever else you want to store, such as DiVX copies of the show... oops, did I write that?
  
  Nat'l Geo could've partnered with Apple and released a Nat' Geo iPod with the set on it. Tell me that wouldn't have been cooler. In reply to: "Get 160GB of National Geographic"

  January 5, 2010

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• Laughable. The race to zero has already begun with Google Maps offering turn-by-turn for Android users, so why should we pay anything month-to-month? Because we're locked into the friggin' iPhone ecosphere? Nice competitive model there. In reply to: "Cheap GPS: Gokivo app drops to 99 cents"

  January 4, 2010

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• I'd get one with the Pixel Qi screen in seconds flat. It'd be a killer in the workplace, especially outdoors, since the price would be low enough to offset the need for overly-rugged designs. In reply to: "The $199 tablet according to Freescale"

  January 4, 2010

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• I have a problem with the reporting here.
  
  One, $530 for an unlocked phone is competitive for the US market. There are too many incompatible networks to allow for true handset competition, so you end up with only a few manufacturers competing in a space. The Nokia N900 is the only competition for a Nexus One, and they are priced (roughly) equally.
  
  Two, the US has stupidly -- yes, the FCC is stocked with stupid people, I said it -- allowed competing *frequencies* to propagate instead of competing *services*. These are the same people who think it's not a monopoly if you can choose cable or dish -- nevermind that the objective is one pipe into a home. Had the US given it some critical thinking and forethought, we'd have one set of frequencies leased by the gov't to any player for operation. In other words, true competition.
  
  Three, the Nexus One is perfectly capable of supporting AT&T, but it would need a different cell radio. This bifurcates the manufacturing process but it would be possible... again, see #2 for why any handset manufacturer has to suffer this.
  
  -R In reply to: "Just how free will the Nexus One be?"

  December 31, 2009

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• why can't HTC develop a pluggable radio so I can use the phone on any band? In reply to: "Google Nexus One hands-on"

  December 23, 2009

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• They can all go KMA. Deliver support for EAP/TTLS/MSCHAP already so I can connect at work. Try doing that first. In reply to: "Android team embraces developers"

  December 23, 2009

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• ...and presumably, AppPack will be gamed by an app promoter seeking to get onto the list. In reply to: "T-Mobile expands app picks on Android Market"

  December 23, 2009

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• How are they able to melt salt at nearly 500 degrees cooler than it's melting point? Or is it "a salt" and not "salt" (sodium chloride)?
  
  Otherwise, decent idea. Maybe. Any indication of how long it takes to get the salt heated up? I'm guessing they melt enough for the 8-10 hours of darkness. How do they handle overcast/ occluded skies? In reply to: "Utility solar project adds molten salt for storage"

  December 22, 2009

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• I liked the comment along the lines of "we made it the site it is today, we should get money". The value proposition here was you trade your reviews for the intangibles of credibility on the site, that's it. I think the idea of seeking monetary compensation in addition to this -- renegotiating the social contract -- is an unfortunate facet of our society today.
  
  It's not like we all signed up for premium accounts at $10/yr... we just voiced opinions, and those are free if unsolicited.
  
  -Remo In reply to: "What would Yelpers think of a Google buyout?"

  December 21, 2009

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