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Yeah, Microsoft just has their own tracking stuff baked right into the OS... ;)

I was trying to post the following comment, but their commenting system isn't playing nice (I keep getting the "Post failed" error, so helpful!). Since I know you (and you said much of the same things, I figured I'd comment here. xD

I've always wanted an 8x optical Zune.

Lolwut. "Unfortunately the fact that the phone is running antique Gingerbread is a big strike against it."

Well, I'd assume that either they were using some unsupported software, or their phone was a piece of junk. :P But, in the case of a random lockup, I assume you could do two things: let the battery die (would take forever), or hold down a couple of hardware buttons for an extended amount of time, like on other devices…

Haha yeah... from what I can find the predecessor, Dodgeball, was around in 2000, 11 years ago. Of course it didn't share like any of the features it has now, but yeah.

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The holes for dock connectors and headphones are typically bigger than the phone's port to allow for the plug's connector. Look at an Apple proprietary 30-pin cable. The white part is thicker than the metal part.

Isn't the whole idea of using HTML5 that you don't need to install an extension? And yet these all use Chrome extensions. I'd like these features on *any* HTML5-compatible browser, not just Chrome. :-/

Dear Lord, why do people insist on creating superfluous Flash sites that are ugly and unusable? And what's worse, that site could easily be made with jQuery. Sheesh.

Yep, this is just Facebook copying features over from Google+. Nothing wrong with that; I love how the check-ins/location tagging works on Google+!

No, that's just because he's (a heterosexual) male. :)

On Android, I can just type the word without the last letter to get these contractions. So instead of "we're," I type "wer" and hit space, instead of "we'll," I type "wel" and hit space, and instead of "I'll," I type "il" and hit space. For "it's," I just type its and tap the first suggestion on the bar.

Seriously, Plan B is the best option. You don't have to install it preemptively, it's fast and accurate, and you only have to install it when you need it. It's an all-around win.

VOTE: PLAN B

Wait out the horrors of Internet fallout by securing your family in a state-of-the-art vault from Vault-Tec!

Pretty sure I saw some guy dressed as a bat using this to beat the crap out of baddies. At least I think it was a guy dressed as a bat. It was really all so fast.

I care.

I signed up on May 5 and got an invite on May 21 (after being told the original batch of invites was used up in 40 mins).