You tap the surface. We got our shipment at the store today, I DOA'd one out and played with it, and it ROCKS. Music sounds awesome, battery indicator on the top of my phone is nice, calls are excellent, and the build quality is superb. Just replaced my Blueant Q2 as soon as we get our demo unit.

@wætherman: 3 fingers can be enabled as a zoom function under accessibility for people who can't see the screen well. While I am ALL FOR 3 fingers down for a notification panel, up for the multitask ribbon, and l/r to switch apps, I guess Apple has decided that 3 fingers have already been spoken for.

@stevieboy: And the larger your library, the more sluggish Genius makes it run. While I'm sure there's a happy medium, I'd rather the performance than the occasional usage when I don't know which album I want to listen to.

I'm physically conditioned to double-space, and it's a difficult habit to break when there doesn't seem to be any incentive. If I lost a job opportunity because of it, there would be an issue, but I can't imagine that happening.

Reeder. It's the best application I have downloaded period. Paid for it on both my iPhone and iPad, and would buy it on my PC if it was available.

@chajjar: That would also make AT&T the network you have to be on in order to have the latest iPhone. I don't think Verizon will be going for that.

@GreezyG: You nailed it on the head with regards to red tape. Wonder why San Fran is so bad? Can't get approval to put up any more towers, or even do backhaul upgrades to fiber. City councils and planning committees kill any project, but everyone wants perfect coverage. You can't have it both ways.

@Mark Greenway: Verizon had exclusivity for a long time in the metro. Now that they don't, AT&T gets coverage at most stops. It'll be all stops by end of year, and through all the tunnels by end of 2012.

@presto117: You can generally ask for CS to give you a $50 credit, and notate the account that you can receive a Microcell at the post-rebate price at point of sale. Rententions can do that without much fuss.

It's funny that people who are intimately involved with the network side of cell phones, such as radio engineers and the like, are actually amazed that AT&T has managed to hold up as well as they have considering the massive amount of usage and population density in the areas that get the most complaints (NYC, San…

@rhode: If you hide the apps, why not install Titanium Backup and just remove them entirely?

@fryhole: And according to the ITU, LTE isn't 4G either. I'd argue that WiMAX and LTE are both 4G, while HSPA+ isn't until we get real-world 25mbps+ speeds.

@codyw: Exactly. That alone is what tells me that the VeriPhone is still a few years off.

@minibeardeath: Did you see the article on Anandtech about the new Sandy Bridge stuff? 4.4ghz with the stock low-profile air cooler. ARM isn't anywhere NEAR powerful enough to replace x86 anytime soon.

ARM processors are quickly moving towards the power requirements for the vast majority of home computing. They'll not touch the x86 stuff for high-end gaming or any kind of media work, but they'll be fine for web browsing and word editing and the like.

@dcdttu: Oh, no question, lack of timely updates in general hurts Android as a platform, and Samsung is one of the worst offenders. Good thing there's a VERY strong ROM community for the Captivate over on XDA.

@dcdttu: The Captivate is a Galaxy S class phone, running what's generally considered to be the most powerful chip in a smartphone RIGHT NOW. The skin is pretty awful, but 30 seconds of rooting and flashing fixes that.

@redman042: Blame the ridiculous permit processing in the San Fran area for that. It takes 18+ months (24+ likely) to get permits for things like tower buildouts and major backhaul upgrades. I've heard that San Fran is literally one of the most difficult cities in the US to get projects like cell towers built out…

@Randal T Scandal: They did, when HSPA+ was NOT classified as 4G. Then the ITU got bribed by someone, and reclassified it. So now, HSPA+ and LTE are both considered 4G technologies.

@J Dub: And AT&T is also doing LTE deployments. They just get to use the new 4G definitions to cover their HSPA+ deployment as well. If T-Mobile had LTE, or if Verizon wasn't on CDMA, they'd have the same issue. I'd actually blame T-Mobile for their muck-up of (at the time) flat out lying by calling their HSPA+…