@friendlynerd: Also given that in 6 months the first Windows Phone 7 phones arrive and the competition just got tougher.

@bustedchain: If you worked for me and leaked private information from something you know was stolen, I'd fire you too.

@Chris Pratt: Thank you! I too am sick of the "damn corporate America for the techs we steal" thing going on.

I received one as a gift a few weeks ago and love it. My only gripe is that there are far too many games missing from PSN. I want to legimtiately buy games and support Sony, but no Final Fantasy Tactics War of the Lions? No Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth? Come on Sony, do you want me to be a pirate?

With the whole Messiah War thing going on, an iteration of the Phoenix should be in the game somewhere. Whether it's Jean, Rachel or Hope, one of them should be included.

@coezo: Mmm no. Race does exist. As a sociological concept, race exists and trying to argue it otherwise after 500 years is really not doing justice to those of us who are ethnic and racial minorities.

So the Boing boing review basically says "it's cool for the things it will one day be able to do but i don't know what those are yet and therefore it's a cool item?"

Nothing like seeing some white kids culturally misappropriate rap to talk about a mac.

I'm inclined to think it's the iPhone.

Maybe Verizon said no because they spent so much on the Droid campaign and want to keep riding that wave. It makes sense. Same reason AT&T hasn't had any big campaigns for other phones besides the iPhone. Don't bite the hand that feeds you.