The iPad is a closed environment, but the Xoom is a superior open platform.
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Froyo Update Failed!
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LG Ally First Impressions
One of these days I’m going to have to play a game of “anything you can do, I can do better” with one of my co-workers who has an iPhone 4. I think this Android phone could be an iPhone killer! The only reason it won’t be is at least a dozen other Android phones out there also trying to kill the iPhone.
Verizon has done a very smart thing pricing this phone at $49.99 to get out the word. I considered the Android X, but that phone won’t fit in my shirt pocket. The Ally has a minimal form factor and a slide out keyboard for an ideal size.
I’m composing this entire review on the keyboard of my phone.
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Inspiron Mini 9, please
A Dell Inspiron Mini 9 tops my wish list. Loaded with Ubuntu Linux 8.04 it’s a bargain at $274. Maybe in a month or two I’ll have the coin to get me one.
Stay Out of Our Cars!
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The Washington Times: “NHTSA’s regulatory history is hardly august. For an example of the bright ideas NHTSA geniuses come up with, one need only recall the clumsy, strangling automatic seatbelts they forced automakers to install before airbags became standard equipment.“
These idiots at the NHTSA must have a screw loose. Part of the appeal of buying a cool new car is that it might have neat looking gadgets on the dashboard. If these idiots get their way, we’ll all wind up riding in cars that look like Yugos.
