Really? What "very large monetary license" are they INSISTING on, exactly?

but insists HTC owes them a month of Netflix for each handset

Well, that ended quicker than I expected it to

Personally I'd prefer people simply have their display brightness turned all the way down than getting up and walking out of the theater - that can be way more distracting.

That's fine, but turn the screen brightness all the way down before the movie starts - should still be enough brightness to text by, but not enough to disturb other people.

I'm sure this is the plot of a movie... Yeah, "Vivid" with Kari Wuhrer. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144669/

Maybe, but his internal email doesn't seem to bear that out...

And I can't really see Sinofsky at Apple. Guess we'll just have to wait and see!

Sinofsky is a legend at Microsoft. He has overseen numerous successful releases of Office and Windows. His ability to oversee solid product releases is well respected within the company. He also has a great image for delivering product announcements and the like. Is he hard to get on with? Almost certainly. But so…

Yeah, that extra < 1/2" extra width over Samsung's 7" tablet is a real killer. Not.

Absolutely.

Casey Casey Casey... You up late at night Google Image searching "body painting" again? :)

The weight is what comes with the features

we act as a team

He is comparing a phone that tole people "you are holding our camera wrong way"

Hah, very funny. The fact that you said this:

I thought women liked small phones so they could slip them in their bras - isn't that where you store everything blokes store in their pockets? :)

On the contrary - that's a great day for humanity. It means we expect better because we know better is available.

I see you had double-digit app updates on the Marketplace Tile

Sam, you reviewed this device against what you expected it to be, rather than what it is, and how it compares to devices at a similar price point. It felt like you spent most of the review expecting it to be a Surface Pro.