We're actually going in opposite directions. I JUST added HBO on top of my basic Dish package in preparation of Game of Thrones arrival. I knew I also wanted to use HBO Go over the next few months to catch up on a lot of their shows I've seen over the years, but never got to see in their entirety (most notably Band…

They've already said that option's not one they're considering (as they don't want to undercut their traditional TV revenue stream.) What's ironic is that they're probably in the most prime position to do that out of any of the major traditional TV companies. Only a relatively small percentage of cable/sat…

I just hope they improve the video quality as they'll know in this instance that the platform is outputting to larger displays. The only major option for outputting HBO Go to a TV right now is Roku and the video quality appears to be the same stream they use for phones/tablets. That looks fine on those smaller…

*starts slow clap*

Even if they do ever create a smaller tablet there's no chance in hell it'll be anywhere close to $199. They still have the iPod touch product line they have to account for. That's not going anywhere and they can't (more aptly, won't) drop the price on that much more than it is. At best you could probably hope for…

It's all relative. While the weight technically isn't that much different between a 7" Galaxy Tab and an iPad the mass does make the iPad feel far more unwieldy by comparison. With a surface to rest it on the difference goes away. But for more mobile/upright usage the smaller mass of 7" tablets truly is fantastic.

No kidding. "PLEASE put out a competing product to crush us just when the non-iPad tablet market is starting to gain some momentum."

People can make usability arguments against a smaller iPad all they want. But if Apple ever sees a business case for it (and markets aren't static) then all bets are off. It's easy to make the argument against it happening right now. They've basically been unchallenged in the tablet space until recently and (true…

Agreed. Didn't understand that one either. Stock(-ish) Android can do pretty much everything the Kindle can do and quite a bit more.

I had a distinct Sylvster-the-Cat/Porky-Pig moment reading this post as well

Agreed. I also have a Nook Color and while it's certainly a great little machine (I'm running MIUI on it now) it's noticeably slower than even our first gen iPad - or even my Samsung Epic for that matter. But I got it for a little over $200 and have gotten a ton of use out of it so I'm fine with that. The Fire on…

I've got a ton of family in Montana and pretty much everyone has their close encounter/attack story as they have more of the larger elk and moose up there. Got stuck in a cabin when I was up there one time as a moose decided to lay down between our front door and the car. And he wasn't budging.

I think half the carrier's tethering concerns could be abated if they would just offer up reasonable short-term tethering options.

With Sprint's push-to-talk Nextel ties I'm surprised they don't have more a better offering of (contemporary) ruggedized phones, particularly the Casio models. A friend of mine has that G'zone Commando on VZW and it's pretty sweet. Android slab goodness in a device that can take a pounding.

November 6 was clearly the highlight of her year (i.e., watched 'Big Trouble in Little China')

Surprised that's only $20 actually. After all the frustration I've had installing these properly I would gladly pay someone that much (plus the cost of the screen protector) to do it . . . assuming the final result is flawless.

Hopefully they'll actually release it this year too. I think they debuted the 922DVR with built-in Slingbox at CES two years in a row before it finally came out.

Hoping a Galaxy S3 equivalent to the Epic comes out later this summer when it's time for me to re-up. I use Swype and voice-input quite a bit but having a hardware keyboard's always nice when you want to confidently bang out some text without fear of typos/etc.

It seems we're heading to a point where households will want/need one always-on system to handle heavy-lifting and act as a virtual server to other devices in the home (laptops, consoles, tablets, etc.) I guess an AIO can fulfill that role as well as a traditional desktop, although I personally opt for the latter,

It was on Android first