In addition to the other phones cited here, this was also a feature of the Wildseed (also briefly known as "GitWit") phone, that had a number of other interesting features beside the fact that the keypad was on top.
This is what I love about the 'net. Endless entertainment. I'm really sad I can't respond to all of your brilliant points, lacking the time to do so, but some of these are too golden to pass on:
> "If u want a battle of witz, then uve picked the wrong guy pal."
No, you see, if I wanted a battle of wits, I'd pick on someone who actually had some to spare.
> "FACT 2: Great or grate both mean the same exact thing."
[*sigh*] OK, let me help you: http://www.m-w.com/
Since you seem to like facts, here's one: it might not be a bad idea for you to take a peek in a dictionary once in a while.
> "IE is 100% safe and secure if u configure it properly. Proof that u r an idiot is that u don't knoe that."
Believe it, do you? Hmmmm.;)
> "Not to mention that Firefox is riddled with spyware"
Show me the lines of code in Firefox where this spyware exists, then? The great thing about open-source software is you can actually see for yourself what the software does, unlike, say, IE.
> "I don't even knoe what the fuck u just said. That's the problem with all you open sores Lunix users, you don't speak english.
Hehe, obviously.;)
> I am the owner of a fortune 1000 company that does database design. We pay attention to what the users want. We design the user interface first to make sure it's beautiful and easy to use. We used to have coders on our staff who wrote the backend in C and Perl, but it turned out that they didn't do much and cost too much. So now we outsource all our backend worthless crap to cheap consultants. ALl that backend shit doesn't matter because the users never see it. What matters is a beautiful interface done in Photoshop, Powerpoint or Flash. The rest of the stuff is crap factory work that I don't care about. C and Perl coders are just stupid assholes who don't know any better."
Eh, Photoshop, Powerpoint, and Flash (and Windows, and anything else you misuse on your computer) were written by those "stupid assholes" you mention. In fact, it seems like your entire way of living was created by them.
> "Whose got the pointy head here? The reasonable and user-friendly executive software architect like me, or the geeky coder who can't speak english like u?... I can't wait until the president makes open sores illegal. U communists have been making it hard for businesses to compete because u don't follow the rules. Ur day is coming though. Mark my words jerkwads, u folks are the next people to go to places like Abu Grahib in Cuba. I will laugh with glee when the videos and photos of u pepoel being sodomized by military women with strap-ons come out. U all hate America, but ur day is coming. The lord god will make certain of that when Bush brings judgement day."
"Reasonable"... you know, that's exactly the word I was thinking of when I read this! If I wanted to write satire, I couldn't do better than this. Bravo!
Normally I wouldn't respond to halitosis-laden troll's breath like this... but I'm bored today, give me a break.
> 1. Open Orifice.org (hello? Ha it even reached 1.0 yet?)
Eh, It's OpenOffice.org (OpenOrifice, incidentally, is what's used to root your weak Windows security -- don't look at me that way, you mentioned it, bub. Oh, and "great" is spelled G-R-E-A-T, by the way. See, you used "grate" as in "to grate on one's sensibilities" -- I know, your Microsoft Word spell-checker didn't catch it, so it must be correct, right?). OpenOffice, yes. It's at version 1.1.3 last I checked, completely useful, and proceeding to outstrip the capabilities of Microsoft's Office Suite at 0% the price.
> 2. Mozilla (No one even knows what this is. Yeah real bright. Base your project on dead code from a dead company)
Well, actually, Mozilla and Firefox have been in the news quite a bit lately (usually with headlines like "Firefox recommended over IE for security and ease-of-use" and "Will Firefox kill IE?"), so I daresay that there are quite a number of people who know what it is, and more growing daily. Of course, the code isn't dead, it's being updated and improved continuously. Dead code is code that hasn't been improved or updated in a while -- like Internet Explorer's code. It's already (has been for a while now) a better browser than IE, by the way. You should try it. There's even a Windows version for babies.
> 3. vim or emacs (Who, in this day and ag, wants to edit just text? Where are the fonts and the colors?
I use VIM (I'm a programmer, like many others who still use text editors) on a daily basis, and love the colorful syntax highlighting (fave color-scheme is "Elflord") and the beautiful fonts I can use in X.org!
As for Emacs... *heh*. (The poor children in Uganda compelled me to say that.);-)
> We don't need no stinkin text editors, we want PowerPOint)
Eh, well many programmers such as myself detest pointy-headed apps like PowerPoint, preferring to spend our time working instead of waving our hands in front of bar-charts, but if you really like that stuff, there's an absolutely great presentation application in the previously mentioned OpenOffice.org suite (now at version 1.1.3, just in case you forgot) called "Impress". "Impress" is a wonderful word, though you likely have never heard it used in your presence.
> That's just a few, the list of all the failed open sores crap goes on and on.
Which ones were the failed projects? I must have missed that part, but then I'm obviously not as perceptive as you are... The only open sore that was apparent to me in your post was the one on the top of your head through which your brain leaked out.
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In addition to the other phones cited here, this was also a feature of the Wildseed (also briefly known as "GitWit") phone, that had a number of other interesting features beside the fact that the keypad was on top.
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT5512478189
I doubt that Anthony Harrison's patent can hold up, since there is plenty of "prior art" available.
> "the posibility of a surprise/bundle title for the PSP: GTA PSP no less!"
what'choo talkin' 'bout Willis?
GTA for PSP is only surprising if you live in a cave.
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/255465.asp
Here's info on the GBE (due 2006 sometime):
http://www.engadget.com/entry/6436666222265311/
Isn't the internet fun?
Eh, make sure you're running Totem/Xine on a proper OS, boss. Windows don't play 'dat. :-P
P.S. Mplayer here, Gentoo, it's all good... except for the video. That was... sad.
The local swimming pool is always too damned cold anyway. Lake of Fire sounds delightful... where do I sign up???
This is what I love about the 'net. Endless entertainment. I'm really sad I can't respond to all of your brilliant points, lacking the time to do so, but some of these are too golden to pass on:
> "If u want a battle of witz, then uve picked the wrong guy pal."
No, you see, if I wanted a battle of wits, I'd pick on someone who actually had some to spare.
> "FACT 2: Great or grate both mean the same exact thing."
[*sigh*] OK, let me help you: http://www.m-w.com/
Since you seem to like facts, here's one: it might not be a bad idea for you to take a peek in a dictionary once in a while.
> "IE is 100% safe and secure if u configure it properly. Proof that u r an idiot is that u don't knoe that."
Believe it, do you? Hmmmm. ;)
> "Not to mention that Firefox is riddled with spyware"
Show me the lines of code in Firefox where this spyware exists, then? The great thing about open-source software is you can actually see for yourself what the software does, unlike, say, IE.
> "I don't even knoe what the fuck u just said. That's the problem with all you open sores Lunix users, you don't speak english.
Hehe, obviously. ;)
> I am the owner of a fortune 1000 company that does database design. We pay attention to what the users want. We design the user interface first to make sure it's beautiful and easy to use. We used to have coders on our staff who wrote the backend in C and Perl, but it turned out that they didn't do much and cost too much. So now we outsource all our backend worthless crap to cheap consultants. ALl that backend shit doesn't matter because the users never see it. What matters is a beautiful interface done in Photoshop, Powerpoint or Flash. The rest of the stuff is crap factory work that I don't care about. C and Perl coders are just stupid assholes who don't know any better."
Eh, Photoshop, Powerpoint, and Flash (and Windows, and anything else you misuse on your computer) were written by those "stupid assholes" you mention. In fact, it seems like your entire way of living was created by them.
> "Whose got the pointy head here? The reasonable and user-friendly executive software architect like me, or the geeky coder who can't speak english like u? ... I can't wait until the president makes open sores illegal. U communists have been making it hard for businesses to compete because u don't follow the rules. Ur day is coming though. Mark my words jerkwads, u folks are the next people to go to places like Abu Grahib in Cuba. I will laugh with glee when the videos and photos of u pepoel being sodomized by military women with strap-ons come out. U all hate America, but ur day is coming. The lord god will make certain of that when Bush brings judgement day."
"Reasonable"... you know, that's exactly the word I was thinking of when I read this! If I wanted to write satire, I couldn't do better than this. Bravo!
> 1. Open Orifice.org (hello? Ha it even reached 1.0 yet?)
Eh, It's OpenOffice.org (OpenOrifice, incidentally, is what's used to root your weak Windows security -- don't look at me that way, you mentioned it, bub. Oh, and "great" is spelled G-R-E-A-T, by the way. See, you used "grate" as in "to grate on one's sensibilities" -- I know, your Microsoft Word spell-checker didn't catch it, so it must be correct, right?). OpenOffice, yes. It's at version 1.1.3 last I checked, completely useful, and proceeding to outstrip the capabilities of Microsoft's Office Suite at 0% the price.
> 2. Mozilla (No one even knows what this is. Yeah real bright. Base your project on dead code from a dead company)
Well, actually, Mozilla and Firefox have been in the news quite a bit lately (usually with headlines like "Firefox recommended over IE for security and ease-of-use" and "Will Firefox kill IE?"), so I daresay that there are quite a number of people who know what it is, and more growing daily. Of course, the code isn't dead, it's being updated and improved continuously. Dead code is code that hasn't been improved or updated in a while -- like Internet Explorer's code. It's already (has been for a while now) a better browser than IE, by the way. You should try it. There's even a Windows version for babies.
> 3. vim or emacs (Who, in this day and ag, wants to edit just text? Where are the fonts and the colors? I use VIM (I'm a programmer, like many others who still use text editors) on a daily basis, and love the colorful syntax highlighting (fave color-scheme is "Elflord") and the beautiful fonts I can use in X.org!
As for Emacs... *heh*. (The poor children in Uganda compelled me to say that.) ;-)
> We don't need no stinkin text editors, we want PowerPOint)
Eh, well many programmers such as myself detest pointy-headed apps like PowerPoint, preferring to spend our time working instead of waving our hands in front of bar-charts, but if you really like that stuff, there's an absolutely great presentation application in the previously mentioned OpenOffice.org suite (now at version 1.1.3, just in case you forgot) called "Impress". "Impress" is a wonderful word, though you likely have never heard it used in your presence.
> That's just a few, the list of all the failed open sores crap goes on and on.
Which ones were the failed projects? I must have missed that part, but then I'm obviously not as perceptive as you are... The only open sore that was apparent to me in your post was the one on the top of your head through which your brain leaked out.