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I have this great HD TV, and no Blu-ray player to go with it. How can this be remedied....I wonder...
I think I just wet myself a little... I truly need this!
I like toys... Posted ideas for how to fix the economy on the E-Ink watch giveaway. Just crossing my fingers and hoping to win something! :D
Nice watch!

As far as fixing the economy goes, I do have a couple of ideas (good or bad, they are ideas).

First, we need to stop subsidizing GMC. Sink or swim, we need to get these guys off of our payroll. If we want to be a free market economy, then let's be a free market economy, and allow some of these companies to fail or succeed on their own merit. Helping GMC is going to end up giving them an unfair market advantage that companies who have managed to fend for themselves (like Ford) will not have.

Second, I think one of the major expenses all households share is a cell phone bill. I think there is a logical and reasonable way to lower most everyone's cell phone costs, and improve service at the same time. Each of the major cell phone companies (i.e. Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile) in the US currently owns and maintains their own cell towers, and network equipment. If you look at a cell tower, it often is not a "stand alone" - there are usually 3-4 towers all in the same place. I would propose that the above mentioned companies form a joint-venture operation to own and maintain these cell towers and all the network equipment associated with it, so rather than having 3-4 towers in one place, they would need only one. This joint venture could then have agreements with each of the cell phone companies for service (kind of like how a lot of land line companies currently operate). Having this in place would reduce each of the participants lease, maintenance, and overhead costs for cell towers by at least 1/3rd. While this would create the same network availability (all of the "America's best network" claims would have to go by the wayside), it would allow the companies to focus on price-point and cell-phone offerings. I believe as an upside to the companies involved, there would be a decrease in cell phone company jumping as well. Additionally, since Verizon is already planning on upgrading to LTE (the same standard the other two mentioned companies have elected to adopt), it would be opportune timing.

Anyway...long post...hope that doesn't stick my in the dog house.
What do you mean I'm fighting for iPhone equality?! I can scarcely afford the one line I already got!!
The HSPA was for the Omnia Lite. If you look at the big long runon sentance right before that it says: "Specs for the Omnia II are just a little different than what we previously heard: 3.7-inch AMOLED resistive touchscreen with WVGA (480 x 800) resolution, EVDO Rev A, 5 megapixel camera, 720 x 480 at 30fps video recording, 2GB to 16GB internal storage with microSD expansion slot, Bluetooth 2.0, WiFi, AGPS, and TouchWiz 2.0 UI." The confirmation on Verizon service isn't spelled out, but the specs for the Omnia II say EVDO Rev A!
Didn't anyone else notice the screenshot used? Anyone else find that "Home Inventory" slightly disturbing?!
Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"I own an iPhone 3G and I'm looking for a decent speaker / alarm clock for it. I am going to listen music in a mid-sized room, so I want nice quality speakers with solid bass. I also want to use it as an alarm clock, so it would be great if there is such a feature. The price can be low-mid to mid-high range. I was looking at the Klipsch iGroove SXT; it's powerful, slick and the reviews are good, but it doesn't have an alarm clock feature. It's no deal breaker if I can set it up from the iPhone, but I'm not sure. Thanks!"

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