<![CDATA[Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[Gizmodo Comments]]> <![CDATA[Question of the Day: Are You Getting an iPhone 3G?]]> @Leonard Nimrod: The "activation fee" for non-AT&T customers is $36. $18 is the "upgrade fee" for existing AT&T customers.

And, the no-commitment pricing option is as stated on the AT&T website...

The no-commitment pricing option is the non-discounted equipment price available to customers that are not on a prepaid or GoPhone plan. This option does not require a new two-year service commitment.

My interpretation is that "no-commitment pricing" is for current AT&T customers, either still under contract, or past a contract, that do not wish to sign an additional 2 year contract. For example: You are 16 months into your 2 year contract, and do not wish to sign another contract. If you were to purchase a phone, "no-commitment pricing" would apply to you.

Actually, pretty much all providers (at least in the US) have the same sort of deal. As soon as you are done with your initial contract, you are more than welcome to continue without a contract, but you will end up paying full retail, or near full retail prices for phones.

So, I hate to burst a lot of people's bubbles, but there isn't likely to be a contract free iPhone for sale. (contract free as in, I've never ever ever had an AT&T contract.)

soggy_cheerio

]]> <![CDATA[Question of the Day: Are You Getting an iPhone 3G?]]> No. I prefer not to commit to an abusive relationship with a service provider. Well, maybe if I can be the one who's abusive.

I appreciate that while iPhone is technically inferior to other smartphones, it does have extremely nice interface. It just isn't worth thousands of euros. I'd rather get an iPod Touch and 10 other gadgets over the next two years.

Bloodboiler

]]> <![CDATA[Netherlands To Get World's Largest Indoor Golf Complex]]> @altus: Airborne Golf Palace, twice the size of this, and suspended by 50 Boeing JHL-40 Skyhooks!

Griffehpoo

]]> <![CDATA[iPhone 3G First US Unboxing (Best Photos Yet)]]> Hmm looks pretty good. But smudge much?
Still it looks better, miss the metal back tho.. :/

shanzi

]]> <![CDATA[Nokia 8208 Two-way Slider Phone Looks Like N-Series, But Isn't Quite One]]> boring designs..
Typical Nokia

shanzi

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft Spending $300+ Million To Tell Consumers Vista Doesn't Suck]]> It is beyond ignorant to blatantly attack Vista.

EnzoFX

]]> <![CDATA[Fake Electric Chair Teaches Your Kids About the Fun of Executions]]> I live in Texas. I'm too cheap to take my kid to the zoo every weekend; so I just take him to the weekly executions. I hear this week's theme is illegal immigrants :)

lefonceobscure

]]> <![CDATA[Netherlands To Get World's Largest Indoor Golf Complex]]> Don't worry Dubai will out-size them. Dubai Super-Sizes everything! Dubai, what's your answer?

altus

]]> <![CDATA[Packard Bell (!?) Launches Gaming Desktop Line]]> i cant believe they are still around...what the hell have they been doing all this time?

jrghoull

]]> <![CDATA[Gizmodo At E3 2008: What Do You Want To See?]]> Steve Jobs

tkohrs2002

]]> <![CDATA[Netherlands To Get World's Largest Indoor Golf Complex]]> This is NOT an indoor golf course. It's ONLY a practice facility. Check the site.

Chester_Copperpot

]]> <![CDATA[iPhone 3G Definitive Guide: How to Score One This Friday]]> Dam man, its just a phone. You people need to get a life. I for one, am going to drive by and laugh my head off at you standing in line jonesing for your new toy. I'll wait till they make it online. Just about every domain name for the 3g iphone is taken, you know that there will be loopholes in the Apple/AT&T marriage. I will just wait it out and end up with a better deal then all of you. Thanks for being the guinea pigs for progress.

sregork

]]> <![CDATA[Samsung's Two-Headed LCD Monitor Gets Reviewed]]> @Atheist Jew:
I dont watch much TV at all... maybe an hour a day if I remember to turn it on... but I do watch. Thing is, I dont have a lot of space in my room for a TV or a good angle to put it while Im on my computer. My solution? an extra monitor (because its the most space saving option) to watch tv on.

That little tv would remove my need for the extra monitor... or better yet, I could do something more productive with the other monitor.

angryoaf

]]> <![CDATA[Pioneer Going Blu-ray For Set-Top Recorders]]> @boxernyc:

> "Can anyone answer the question as to why DVD recorders didn't simply replace DVD players? VCR recorders were around for ages and after the initial unveiling no one had a VCR which didn't record."

It's just a different time. When VCRs came out, it was the coolest thing to rent movies and record stuff to watch later.

Now, we have DVRs and Hulu if you miss your favorite shows. DVD started out its consumer life as a playback only format at the video store, and no one thought any different.

I dunno... I've never thought I needed a DVD recorder.

MichaelScrip

]]> <![CDATA[iPhone 3G's True Price Compared]]> I'd go with Sprint SERO and pay $299 for the HTC Mogul, get the $30/month plan (450 minutes, unlimited everything else).

Total cost: $299 + $30*24 = $1019.

A savings of $976, or 48.9% off the price listed in the table.

Granted, a Mogul is not an iPhone, but you might as well go with the best plan available with Sprint in order to make a fair comparison.

farker

]]> <![CDATA[iPhone 3G Reviews Are In]]> @tmntjmc:

You will have to buy a $10 adaptor to do that.

keithhat

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft Spending $300+ Million To Tell Consumers Vista Doesn't Suck]]> @Stocat:
Apparently, you haven't tried printing anything from your computer yet.

lucky_you

]]> <![CDATA[Pioneer Going Blu-ray For Set-Top Recorders]]> @jkr2: It's all DVD players... even for us that live out of the FBIs jurisdiction. (NZ)
I wonder what these cost? Probably better to stick to HDD recorders for now.

Blakamin

]]> <![CDATA[Netherlands To Get World's Largest Indoor Golf Complex]]> It's so big that it's not even a golf course anymore. It's a golf complex.

Cool though. I wonder if they still use the golf carts.

Intro24

]]> <![CDATA[Pioneer Going Blu-ray For Set-Top Recorders]]> I had a DVD recorder from pioneer. Worked okay, but was really limited in terms of functionality, menus, user interface. Died after around two years.
Can anyone answer the question as to why DVD recorders didn't simply replace DVD players? VCR recorders were around for ages and after the initial unveiling no one had a VCR which didn't record. No one I know has a DVD recorder. And the format has been around long enough for them to be A) cheap B) feature rich C) work perfectly. Mine was far from being any of those. Especially C.

Is the MPAA behind this? Is there a secret alliance between all DVD player manufacturers to keep them from gaining traction? Was there a second gunman? I must know!

boxernyc

]]> <![CDATA[iPhone 3G Reviews Are In]]> @NfMoto: Why would that make sense? It makes no sense. It's so easy to implement. Having multiple calendars, (business, personal) is a big deal. Some people like to classify their appointments that way. Not to mention it's nice having <insert favorite sports team>'s schedule. Having business and personal contacts, and/or caller groups is something almost every single one of my phones has had.

Oh yeah, that's right. Someone in Cupertino thinks they know what's best for everyone. Although, it likely has more to do with getting that someone's hands deeper into your back pocket. And, that statement explains every detail that has been "left out": AD2P, Cut&Paste, user serviceable battery, expansion card slots, yadda, yadda yadda.

The situation is magnified with the iPod Touch.

The only thing the iPhone does exceptionally well is display web pages. Mobile Safari IS the iPhone's killer app. I don't even find it feature complete, but it's far and away the most useful feature. The iPhone also does a lot of things well. But, for each of those things, there is another that it is woefully substandard, or even lacking.

It's nice to see a set of comments that isn't blinded by the hype.

I might get one. But, only because, I'm in the market for a new phone, and I'm already an AT&T customer.

soggy_cheerio

]]> <![CDATA[Samsung's Two-Headed LCD Monitor Gets Reviewed]]> Ok, seriously, this is one of the most ridiculous designs I've seen in a while. A second monitor can be overkill? Since when? I use four widescreen LCD monitors! That tiny thing would be absolutely useless and frustrating to me.

Atheist Jew

]]> <![CDATA[]]> Best shot of the bunch. AT&T better let me open mine myself. :D

thor79

]]> <![CDATA[30 Napkin Sketches Prove There's a Little Inventor in All of Us]]> @Hectorvex:
I don't know.
That's kind of sexy.
The entire sucking Universe on the other end?

Good Lord.

tehdahl

]]> <![CDATA[Microsoft Spending $300+ Million To Tell Consumers Vista Doesn't Suck]]> Vista does not necessarily suck, but many low end computers suck at the moment. Many manufacturers are trying to be the low cost leader on a system that uses Vista, that does need more resources. Force the OEMs to produce machines that will run the OS without overworking their cheap hardware and many people would like Vista so much better. On another note manufacturers like Dell need to make updated drivers available easier. My XPS would not update to SP1 for at least a month until I went to the intel site and found the latest graphics driver. All in all Vista is not bad at all on a machine with decent specs.

Tex1961

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