I love that Canadians have to answer a math question. What happens if they get it wrong?

To fix the world economy, we need to abolish money and go back to the barter system.

Robo - forgot to mention...nice GI Joe reference.

Interesting question for Vodafone...do they try to snap up the UK operation of T-Mobile to improve their position in the UK or do they wait out T-Mobile's weakness and hope that T-mobile is willing to sell its US operation? Voda would jump at the chance to get out of the Verizon deal and gain a real presence in the US.

Robo, you got it backwards - the 900 frequency has better penetration than the 1800. The weak O2 signals were probably just due to a poor coverage area.

Engadget should expect better from its writers. Until the world government is formed, you can't have collusion between companies in different markets. And how is this idea zany? Vodafone working with alliance partners to keep procurement and service creation costs down will help the companies remain competitive - with benefit for the customer. It's exactly what Vodafone should be (actually, should have been) doing.

I've had the X1i for about a month now and here's what I would change --

1. flat screen - the lip makes it hard to select items along the edge without the stylus
2. add the underscore key to the blue buttons -- actually add lots more "symbol" options to the unused keys
3. better bounce-back on the keypad - the keys stick a bit when you press them
4. accelerometer
5. proximity sensor when making calls to turn off the key pad and turn it on when you move the phone away from your face
6. no screen timeout during calls

Bloggers need not fear, the use of netbook in advertising/blogging is perfectly legal. Just like Pepsi can say "we're better than Coke" any computer company can place a banner adword using netbook. Psion does have a case with companies who sell low cost computers as netbooks. Netbook may become a generic term (as Q-tip, Xerox and Kleenex did), but that doesn't mean that Psion doesn't have the right to enforce their trademark. Blog sites are also protected by the safe harbor section of the DMCA. If Psion wants to sue someone for advertising, they will have to go after the owner of the ad, not the hosting company.

Light my Fuze!

Snidely! (I'm hoping the exclamation point helps)