Damn, Philips makes some nice LOOKING phones, if nothing else. How come none of these ever hit stateside?

@cl347bv:

/me checks...bash is back! Thank you, my life is again complete!

"Two friends, /exit and /quit sitting in the garden, /exit goes away, who is still there?"

I've had my Pearl 8100 for a year and a half now, you'd think they could make its successor smaller, not bigger. Oh well, I'm not needing a new phone right now. BlackBerry OS 4.5 gave me a bunch of new features for free: A2DP, SDHC support, new browser, RTSP (for streaming video, like Youtube Mobile). Add a new interface skin and everything's looking shiny and new.

And people should really stop complaining about SureType. I'm much, much faster on SureType than on a proper QWERTY, on account of the buttons being larger and easier to hit. Probably the best compromise would be a keyboard like the Nokia E71 but with iPhone's predictive autocorrection, but that chimera has yet to materialize.

Hmm, and that PS3 is just sitting there. What a waste. It has Bluetooth, internet access, and a hard drive. I should be able to just go over to my friends house, switch on their PS3, Bluetooth it to my phone and share all that content, slide-projector style. Who wants to sit in separate houses and do that?

Much respect for Mobile Review--nobody else does reviews that in-depth on cell phones.

One gripe, though: where in hell did they get a 32gb Micro-SDHC card? Do they have those in Russia, while we're just now getting 16gb ones? Jealousy!

It really is a nice phone, after they fixed the problems with the first Blackjack: funky number keys, bigger screen, and better battery life. Pity about the WinMo bit... this would be a perfect candidate for a nice free Android update. Samsung is begging off Android until Q3 '09, and will probably want us to all buy shiny new phones then... any hackers out there fixing up some roms for this bad boy?

I've heard about the MING series, knew it was sold in China, but never realized the software was translated into English. The interface doesn't look all that different from Moto's Linux-based RAZR2 V8 that they sell on T-Mobile and unlocked elsewhere. The hardware seems to be at least on par with most of the junk they sell worldwide, so why, exactly, would this not be fit to sell in the US? I know, I know, styluses are "uncool" now, but I for one certainly prefer them to T9.

The amplification thingy isn't necessarily a rippoff--ever see the inside of a Bose Wave Radio? Check out http://www.bose.com/flash/flash_shell/wrcd2/flashPlayerShell.htm ... the thing has about a 2" speaker and about a mile of tubing to make that nice $500 sound. If this works similarly, well, just be glad it's not Bose selling this, or it'd be a hundred bucks.

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!

Best birthday present EVAH! I've been playing the Japanese version, and...it makes no sense. But still funfunfun!

Wow, you guys are really drinking that Nokia koolaid: you didn't use the word "phone" once in that post. I didn't think that was possible, (when talking about a phone) but you just proved me wrong.