Well, reading this article, I think I found a new euphemism for masturbation: "hammering on the reward button".

The only WP7 commercials that I can remember were from last year; it was that silly 'Really?' campaign, about people over-absorbed with their phones.

Although I do agree that the iPhone 4S is a great smart phone, the one big missing feature, that's integrated in virtually every competing OS, even in the creaky old Symbian, the old S60v3 version, is turn by turn direction/maps.

Guess they're gonna have to change those unlimited data commercials.

Way inappropriate, but yet, it made me chuckle.

He already was well-off and successful: former Editor in Chief of Time magazine and CNN.

Well, as a follower of the business press, the Nokia ramp-up marketing effort/re-branding/re-positioning of their brand, will be interesting if nothing else.

Intel doesn't count? We all know how that went.

But Microsoft wanting the Finns to have more presence in the US, and actually making that a reality are two hugely different things.

They've said similar things in years past, but so far, no dice.

The chance of seeing a Nokia Windows Phone on a U.S. CDMA carrier like Verizon Wireless or Sprint any time soon is very low. Nokia is primarily a GSM phone manufacturer.

It's not a bad OS; I played with one recently, and I was impressed.

The only way you'll likely be getting this is SIM unlocked, for full price, without a contract.

Now THAT is a phone only its maker could love.

They won't ever get it, which is moot; if the merger does go through, they'll just be AT&T with extra radio bands.

Oh, come on.

Will Google + be next?

BTW, is it me, or does there seem to be less excitement for this 4S launch, among the media?

Most retailers, from what I've read, stipulated that pre-orders were online-to-home-delivery only. Store inventory will be strictly first come, first served, and operate apart from the pre-order system.

May I recommend, 'Soon I Will Be Invincible' by Austin Grossman?