MexicanDragon

It is at a Best Buy. Took it in to get a sleeve, wound up with an incase Nylon Sling for a 13" MBP. Go figure. I know 2 people that work Geek Squad here, and they all geeked out over it (4 geeks and an Apple specialist). Showed it to a buddy who is into Macs. He has a 13" MBP. He says the keyboard is a little more rubbery, a little less clicky than the MBP. I believe initial impressions from him were quite favorable regarding that. Google Docs accounts (or is it Google Apps accounts?) Can't log in at the main screen, as far as we can tell. It's incredibly sexy. **BRENT**

Looks about 7 hours of wi-fi surfing.

So I get home from the gym last Friday to find a brown box on my doorstep. It was odd, as a Mexican hadn't stolen it yet, but I digress. I wasn't expecting anything, but I opened it up and lo and behold, a box of awesomeness. I even got the new stickers! Anyways... I really like a lot about this thing. The size is just about perfect, the build quality is very good. For a daily carry machine, I love it, but there is a bit lacking, as of now. I have a lot more playing to do, but for now, I post a pic for Jeff's sake. No review yet, as I've been rather busy as of late, but I wanted to throw this out there saying that "one of us has one." If you want to know anything or have any questions about this machine/OS, LMK and I'll see what I can do/play with. Hopefully there will be some more of you guys get one soon! Oh, mine took right at 5 weeks to arrive, and there was no notification that I was going to get it, it just showed up. **BRENT**

Re: "Waiting to hear from Google about CR-48" - stop waiting, and start checking your doorstep. I got NO heads up about this, it just showed up. It was a pleasant surprise. And yes, I DO have better pictures... but my cam takes compact flash, and it won't read my reader. Heh. Even Xavier's dSLR using CF. (It has a built-in SD reader, which is cool). As far as playing music, it plays MP3s just fine... though right now, I'm dropping them in DropBox and streaming. Heh. FLAC and ALAC are no goes for now... gotta work on it. **BRENT**

Well, I didn't really "buy" it, but I got it, and I <3 it so far. It's sexy as hell. It's a CR-48. 39% of you will know what that is. Better pix later, maybe. **BRENT**

Re: biscuits -- I hate you all. Mmmmm.... biscuits. I need a new EDC bag, and some new things to fill it with. Gotta keep an eye on this thread again... **BRENT**

I didn't buy them, but got 'em as a gift. I've been wanting some for a long time. Mmmmmm... casual day at work tomorrow = fivefingers day at work tomorrow. **BRENT**

Tapatalk should still work. @Tkam, is the auto-tweeting of new threads something that will carry over? (It's how I noticed this thread)

IPB-fi just doesn't have the same ring as Huddler-fi, Todd... Can't wait to see the new native chat app! **BRENT**

Have you used a 4" phone? I know you don't have a lot of coworkers with different things around, so doubt you have gotten your hands on one to play with for any reasonable amount of time. There are MANY people who believe 4" to be the sweet spot for phones. 4.3" is a bit large, but manageable by many (I know/have met quite a few petite ladies with an HD2, Droid X, or Evo 4G). I USED to think the screen on the iPhone was too big. In 2007. Now I think it's too small for the form factor. Maybe it's time to re-evaluate your opinion. **BRENT**

I concur, though I concede that Apple is ahead of Android on a few fronts. I honestly believe that the iPhone 6 with iOS 6 will be worth having as an only device... but that's a year and a half out. As far as hardware, I think the iPhone is solid in what it wants to do, but it has GOT to go up to 3.7-4.0 inches with the iP5. Sure, it's an iPhone, and a lot of people will want it, but when they see it next to a DROID with a 4.3" screen in a Verizon store... well, some people will take note. Ask a woman (or Steve)... size matters. Do NOT get a Pre, or a Pre 2. First off, that's WebOS, which is a great OS on lackluster hardware. HP Palm (or whatever it's called) is working on some new hardware, probably both keyboarded and touchscreen only, so if you want it, wait. For Android, pick a carrier and wait for whatever you like coming out of CES and MWC (last week and next month, respectively) and go with that. Right now it's only on tablets, but watch the video in the post I linked to above. You'll get that H-Comb is coming to phones as well (though I imagine, as counter-intuitive to Apple fanbois as can be (and you ARE fanbois in this thread), it will be tablet first, then phone. I'm not quite sure how it is going to scale, but it is designed to. HC is Android 3.0. Chrome OS is separate from Android (currently, though I see the possibility for convergence in the future). Chrome OS isn't designed for tablets, or touch in general (though there may be a touch component built in some where). Chrome OS is more, in it's current iteration, for netbook/notebook usage. See above. That was early impressions, as was the thought that HC REQUIRED a dual core processor. It doesn't. **BRENT**

Honeycomb is out in 2-3 months. Apple seems to move at a glacial pace doing software progression, at least for larger items. They DO do it well, when they do it, usually. There is no way Apple will catch up with Duarte and 3.0 in a similar timeframe. **BRENT**

ComScore: Android jumps ahead of iOS in total US smartphone subscribers -- Engadget iOS notification are so abysmal. I don't know how people can stand it. As a device OS, iOS is OK, but very pretty/polished, with some faults. As a phone, however, I can't imaging having to live with it. As far as liking Palm's WebOS more than Android, you'd be happy to know Matias Duarte, the mind behind the interfaces of both WebOS and Sidekick, is now at Google, and he is the driving force behind Android 3.0, aka Honeycomb. Take some time to watch Exclusive interview: Google's Matias Duarte talks Honeycomb, tablets, and the future of Android -- Engadget if you're interested in the designer/philosophy behind 3.0. 26 minutes long, and rather interesting. I think once 3.0 is out, a lot of the people harping on design will be interested in giving Android another shot, or first shot. Well, except for Reks and grawk Jobs. **BRENT**

Happy b-day, ol' chap! **BRENT**

Sure, Mike. Announcement on 11, release on 3rd. **BRENT**

As much as I've thought the iPhone would stay AT&T until next summer, I'm really feeling the Verizon iPhone on Feb 3 vibe. The rumors have felt unfounded til now, to me, but I'd put it at about 80% that this Verizon announcement is the iPhone 4 based CDMA iPhone. I figure this will stay around until 2Q next year when Apple will probably do AT&T/Verizon joint release of the iPhone 6, as an LTE phone. **BRENT**

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The iPad has 256MB ram vs 512 on the iPhone, it IS slower. What do you want to do with it, and how much do you value uber portability vs ultra-portability (11.6 v 13.3 respectively). Also, I know you're into movies, and I believe the 11.6" is the only 16:9 MacBook out right now. The pixel density of the screen is fantastic (1366x768). For many things, 4GB of ram with the 11.6 will be fine. If you wanted to throw out a couple hundred more, you could step up to the 1.6 with 128GB SSD (of sorts) with 4GB ram. Go play with your Mom's MBA. If it feels sluggish, then the 1.4 will annoy you. It really just depends on what you want to use it for. Also, get the new one, don't go for the one you linked. If this is something that you want to just take with you from place to place, surf HC and maybe play a little music, go for it. You have other machines to do heavy lifting. I was even considering it for a main machine (I don't do that much heavy lifting, processor wise, I'm more of a ram hog)... Also, buy another S95 while you're at it. Just because. **BRENT**

CJ will. **BRENT**

HP-1000s belong in TN, not Portugal. I like Grados, but I don't really like HD800s for the most part. I believe Jim mentioned O2s and a BHSE? He's a wise man. If he didn't mention that and I just made it up, imagine I said it, as I, too, am a wise man. **BRENT**

JH13s **BRENT**

929$ for a refurb 11.6 with 4GB ram as of this morning. Dew eet. **BRENT**

You stay safe too, V! Happy Holidaze. Say hi to Jeff if he's in town. **BRENT**

Memo to self: Pay no attention to movie critic Mikhail... (I saw bits and pieces of this conversation via e-mail updates... had wondered what you were talking about. Dissappointing, Mike, dissappointing.) **BRENT**

I don't understand why my kids are bad losers... [walksoffmuttering] razzle frazzle shelly razzle grrrrrrr [/walksoffmuttering] Congrats Shelly. Kick Jeff's ass. You WERE leading the league for most of the season, so I guess it's fitting that you're there, but the end of last week's game was just nerve racking when I saw the tied results. Also, I basically credit you to how much fun I had with this league, for had you not made me set up my team (For the first time) to not play 4 bye players, I probably would have been as bad off as Nate! <wink wink nudge nudge> Had a blast, put me down for next year. Texan vs Texan... (and, well, I'm a Texan too, sort of. What's your problem, DP? Texas, man... yeah!) Should be a good fight. **BRENT**