@longdaddy: I'd go a bit further and say that misleading article is misleading. The solution is definitely tires.

So what you're saying is that Gizmodo will make a big deal about this and then once the phones are rooted and custom ROMs come out there will be no word of it. Just like with the Droid X. Good to know.

@JoshUng: I'm not sure what it's availability truly is but the original Droid pops up every once in a while on wireless.amazon.com for $0.01 with a new contract or renewal.

@Deez: Their recommendation is probably based on the fact that it takes a couple of minutes of effort to replace Bing on the Fascinate with google search.

@FauxReal: They do have custom ROMs for the Droid X. All of Gizmodo's yammering about how the efuse would cause the phone to explode if you tried to load a custom ROM was complete bullshit.

@deleahrium: Verizon has offered some phones that are CDMA and GSM capable for years now.

@DRaGZ: Actually it was a cooler. And at least it wasn't just full of rocks. And running around with a cooler full of hand grenades strapped to your back is just an awesome thing to do.

@DRaGZ: I don't know how Atomic Robo can hate Dr. Dinosaur. Dr. Dinosaur is the greatest time-traveling mad scientist dinosaur ever.

@somekindarobit: With "wifi near" Tasker will turn on wifi, check to see if it can find the SSID (or MAC Address) specified, and if it doesn't then it will turn wifi back off. I use this for some profiles as it allows for a smaller area than "cell near".

@Fronzbot: Gizmodo would look less oblivious if they paid attention to the date of the article they're quoting. It's from 2002.

Yes, it all depends on the direction of the inner vents. The inner vents should work to pump air from the center of the disc to the outer edges. The direction of the slots/drill holes just depends on what the manufacturer chooses.

@FordTuffMcgruff: The Comanches with the Metric Ton package.

If it's available with a 7'+ bed and 1 ton+ payload capacity like my Comanche I'll be interested.

This isn't that bad. In some places they put entire forests on the rally course.

@Enorym: Did people in the UK actually buy the Chevy Lacetti?

@xaronax: I have a Droid and use both swype and the hardware keyboard. I know other people who specifically bought the Droid (and now Droid 2) because of the hardware keyboard.

@Drummertist v.2: According to Google's numbers (calculated by the phones connecting to the android market) as of September 1st 28.7% of phones were at 2.2.

@yah5: An old CDMA phone can be activated by someone else. It's not as simple as switching a SIM card but if you're done with a CDMA phone it doesn't have to be thrown out.

@jawnithen: I just wish Newsroom would sync with Google reader. I'd switch from Newsrob to it if it did.

@Grindhouse Murders: That had to be a hell of an experience. I've been in a military 707 doing a planned touch and go and that was pretty interesting.