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Google Nexus Rumored To Cost $530 Or $180 w/Plan
wkurzius writes "The new Google phone, the Nexus One, is rumored to cost $530 unlocked and will work on any GSM network. A subsidized version is also available for $180 and will get you a T-Mobile Even More Individual 500 Plan for 2-years with a $350 termination fee. Access to the phone is supposed to be invite only at first, with January 5th being the supposed release date."
How to you get your Nexus invite without a Nexus?
Why? The touchscreen buttons are so much easier.
Security is mostly a superstition... Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. - Helen Keller
Sweet! A decrypted protocol with an OS by a company that doesn't care about your privacy... Where do I sign up???
"Be prepared, son. That's my motto. Be prepared." --Joe Hallenbeck
Dial? What is this dial of which you speak?
Oh, you mean "dial" as in "push buttons". How quaint.
I use a bluetooth headset, and just press the button and read off the numbers I want to call (assuming it's for someone not in my phone book).
I get three benefits out of this:
1. Everyone around me sees what an Important Person I am, and thinks, "wow, someone that technologically forward and yet tastelessly rude must be important." Many of the females obviously think "and I must mate with him immediately!" but sadly I live in a prudish area, so they just look at me with longing, pass into a slight faint where their eyes roll back in their head, then glare because they are angry they can't have sex with me right away.
2. I get to announce to everyone in earshot what number I am trying to call. I just know everyone wants to know that. It's important.
3. When the phone misunderstands the number I meant to dial, complete strangers have the pleasure of speaking to me, albeit briefly. Most of them understand the value of my time and, once they realize it's me, they remind me that I have important things to do and end the call.
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A princess bride quote with no replies? Inconceivable!
I can see the commercials with Luke Wilson now.... iPhone Luke is eating lunch while using his iPhone to tweet. "nexus" Luke tries to steal a french fry from iPhone Luke. And iPhone Luke bats his hand away saying, "Hey, why don't you buy some for yourself !". Then "nexus" Luke (sad-faced) says, "But I spent all my money on this....android....phone".
rich guys still like to flaunt their Porsche's, Maserati's and Aston Martin's
... you'd be flaunting your's like there's no tomorrow.
Infuriate left and right