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I'm absolutely ready for a netbook, and I'm in the market. As a full time student I need a smaller platform. My Axim X50 isn't powerful enough, but my full size desktop replacement gaming laptop is too much to lug around. I just need full web, office, email & IM, that's it. Netbooks fill that role beautifully
No, the price is not in yen, it's in Chinese yuan renminbi - they use the same currency symbol. 2880 yuan would roughly be about $421 US, or in your case, $433 CAD, which is expected for those specs. Now bear in mind, OQO doesn't make phones, only UMPCs. This doesn't even qualify as an OQO knockoff, it's just an overpriced Centro knockoff from an unknown Chinese manufacturer illegally using the OQO name.

I'm happy with my Blackjack 2, but the faster CPU, wifi, and touchscreen for this Chinese thing-a-ma-bob does make me jealous. I'm extremely disappointed it has no HSDPA. You can get WM6 phones with similar specs at subsidized costs for the same or even lower than this thing goes for, and won't have to deal with an OS that is probably only in Chinese (unless that's your thing) and questionable warranty issues. I'd get an HTC instead.
AT&T has no reason to buy Vonage, nor would they want to. Simply put, they stand to gain nothing. AT&T already offers broadband voip, and has the capability and capacity to terminate voip traffic more efficiently than Vonage can ever hope for. All AT&T would gain is debt, a handful of subscribers, and more potential patent lawsuits in the wake of the Verizon troubles that Vonage had been dealing with. You are more likely to see Vonage attempting to buy out voip carriers to gain more patents - either to cover their asses for future lawsuits, or to sue others. Seeing how every voip patent lawsuit out there is pointless though - all voip patents are the same, in reality. Anyone can take off-the-shelf hardware running software conforming to industry specs laid out for common voip protocols, does that really make it's existence unique enough to patent? Hardly. But AT&T buying Vonage? Only in the wildest dreams of Vonage employees and shareholders
Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"I just switched to Sprint from Verizon about three months ago for the Pre. Then I went for the Hero about a week ago. Now, I miss my hardware keyboard and am thinking about switching to the Moment. I am still able to switch back to Verizon if I want and get the Droid when it arrives. Should I just trade up to the Moment when it comes out, see if I like it, and if not switch to the Droid? Or something else entirely? Help!"

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