DVRs tend to have hard drives optimized for Media, which tend to be more expensive than normal run of the mill $89 2TB drives. 500GB records a pretty decent amount of video.. it's a good tradeoff between price and size for this application.

@Bizdady: "everyone" doesn't.. Just Giz... noted apple aficionados.

@jewce will be at the Nordschleife until further notice. That is all.: Well, it's still better than playing while driving ;)

@David Insley: Even THAT he didn't invent.. he just made it commercially available.

@Ghostnappa9001: Shame on Giz for propagating the lie without calling 'ol Rupey out on (all of) it.

@eleminop: i don't see how it really is any better designwise, either.

@stocktone: are there not capacitive tip stylii?

@pekosROB: I read they still search on yahoo!

@Richie: someday, when they're ready, they'll advance to Android.

@Mark_B: no, they haven't advanced past friendster yet.

@Prawn_Star is secretly a Capulet: Well, they both came out about the same time... one was just a lower end model ;)

@pandaSmore: ?

@Prawn_Star is secretly a Capulet: i wouldn't say it's stellar on an original droid, but it's passable.

@Iceman B.: Seconded. Soundhound is far better than Shazam.

@inner_din: There's a turn by turn nav called Aura that looks pretty cool, but i can't vouch for it firsthand.

@Giorgio Anselmi: I believe it's reliant on contracts with cellular providers

@EL31415: how the heck did you get a star?

Damn, gone. I was GOING to be all over that.

It's worth noting that today, the "Hardware Acceleration for UI" issue was marked resolved in Android 3.0. Finally, GPU acceleration!

@Dear God I think they've got it!: nor the fact that lots of people swear online but hardly in person to person communication..