@buoy
Intel has been "borrowing" from BMW's naming convention for years, from the Pentium 4/M/D series (eg: 5xx, 6xx, 7xx, 8xx, and 9xx CPUs), with the hundreds digit differentiating the class, the tens digit the performance, and the ones digit any minor variations.

Of course, neither Intel's previous naming scheme nor BMW's are particularly useful beyond the class differentiation (hundreds digit) -- there are big differences between the Pentium M 733, 735, and 738 (1.1ghz, 1.7ghz, and 1.4ghz respectively), though by the numbers themselves it isn't apparent.

The new i3-xxx, i5-7xxx, i7-6xx/7xx/8xx/9xx etc scheme does help make it a bit easier to classify microarch differences in addition to core speed and other features, so kudos to Intel for trying to clear it up a bit.

@turbo2ltr
It's real, it just seems to be too much for you to comprehend.
A single rear-projection (linked to motion capture) would not yield overlapping projections where the overlapped areas intensify in light. And simulating the effect of intensifying and focusing the image when moving closer to the projected surface, or washing out and blurring the image when moving away from the surface, would be far more complicated to set up.

Plus the lower cameras aren't mounted on their lower legs, more like just below the inner side of their knees. That means their leg movements have a bit of leeway, and as long as they point their knees back when picking up their legs, the images will still project onto the wall.

@(Unverified)
On my HTC Touch Pro, if I miss the corner button I can almost always get it on the second try.

But on my iPhone, when I have a rearrangeable list (with the small draggable "bumps" on the right), it takes me 10 to 20 tries because the capacitive display is not accurate enough to tell whether I'm trying to drag the item or trying to select it -- particularly because the draggable area is at the very edge of the screen.

"The experience was a quick and painful reminder that no matter how pretty the window dressing is here, HTC has staged its fashion show in a building that should be scheduled for demolition."

I gotta say, that's only your opinion. The reality is that the building (supposing we think of it as a factory) is still as productive as ever. It might not be a very pretty building -- and to that end it just needs a proper overhaul -- but that doesn't mean it isn't useful. The lipstick-on-a-pig analogy is more apt.

Of course, as Microsoft moves to WM7 it may in fact demolish WM6.5 as a "legacy OS"; but one would assume that the "new" building would maintain the productivity of its predecessor. The analogy is vague and perhaps misleading in that it's unclear whether the demolition of the WM6.5 building should be then replaced by a WM7 building, or an Android building.

If you want to go the route of demolition, then what -should- be scheduled for demolition is the arbitrary walls of Apple's garden. There's no reason it needs to stay, and yet we still allow Apple to show it off at the expense of consumers and developers.

@Edobe
Actually the problem isn't about not being able to take criticism. Most people on XDA (arguably the most active WM user base) will fully admit that WM has a dated interface when pitted against iPhone/Android/webOS.

The problem is that while the GUI factor is true, it seems to be the -only- thing anyone ever talks about when discussing WM, while glossing over things like WM's extensive customizability, app availability, non-stop 3rd party development (no real central "App Store", but everyone goes to XDA anyway) -- you know, the things that WM users -do- care about and find important.

It seems unfair that Engadget is telling what its readers -should- want -- 3Gs/Droid/Pre, despite Apple's arbitrary restrictions and Google/Palm being new and having comparatively little to offer -- while saying that people ought not to go for the HD2 because despite WM's lack of restrictions and equally extensive app availability, the GUI isn't good enough.

This one by IO-Data is just as small (if not smaller), and includes gigabit ethernet:
http://www.iodata.jp/product/hdd/lanhdd/hdlp-g/gallery.htm
http://www.iodata.jp/product/hdd/lanhdd/hdlp-g/spec.htm

Only available here in Japan though.

"We'll admit -- we didn't think we'd live to see the day when Canada had three live networks with data rates trouncing Japan's."

Japan already has a WiMAX network with extensive coverage in the Tokyo & Kanagawa, and Osaka areas, expanding every month. Next month they're providing coverage along the major Shinkansen rail network.

Speedsd of 40 down / 10 up, rates at $45/mo.

Just as a reality check, high-end DSLRs are also capable of incredibly average shots. That doesn't mean they /aren't/ capable of excellent photos.

It comes down to the artistry of the photog. An DPR reviewers focus only on the technical parts of the cameras they review.

People who look at DPR photos expecting creative photos are looking for the wrong things. The test photos are to demonstrate contrast, vignetting, (purple or color) fringing at wide angles or wide f-stops, bokeh, pixel/sensor sharpness, lens resolving power, and so on.

In that regard the X1 does rather well for a pocketable camera.

The comparison to the 7D is hard to make. You can't get more average than the 28-135mm kit lens, which isn't even an L lens (versatile yes, but f/3.5-5.6, fringing and vignetting, mediocre resolving); and if you pay up for better glass you've already spent more than the cost of the X1. Preferences for pocketability vs lens versatility are still up for grabs.

Still, I agree it's not worth the price tag Leica demands. I'd only go for the M series with its excellent lineup of lenses. But then for that price I'd just go for a GF1 or EP2 and splurge on m4/3 lenses.

If you didn't notice, there was a big note saying the pictures were taken in DNG raw format. That's 16 bits per channel (RGB) per pixel, or 48bpp. For reference, your average TN panel only outputs 6 bits per channel per pixel (18bpp). The standard "16.7M colors" that most everyone is used to is 24bpp.

North America has comparatively poor carrier competition. The States specifically has only 4 major carriers, and only one of them uses the semi-standard UMTS 1900mhz 3G spectrum: AT&T. And you can probably imagine why AT&T doesn't care to jump on the latest smartphones (hint: it could hurt their sales of that other phone).

That leaves Tmo US, which uses a non-standard UMTS 1700mhz spectrum, or Sprint/Verizon on CDMA frequencies; either way, HTC would have to crank out a completely separate batch -- and thus why HTC has historically produced Europe/Asia phones first, and then followed up with North America versions later.