@ddhboy: You do know you can put a shortcut to frequently used applications on the home screen, do you?

@JakeMG: ♂ Man: And can you tell me precisely what would need to be changed in S^3 to make it on par with Android?

No; we don't need Android on Nokia phones. Symbian works just fine, and MeeGo looks to be more than fine.

@geolemon: Two problems: existing preconceptions and Nokia doesn't want to grovel to carriers.

@mno.net: Yup, but only if his phone is unlocked.

Well, while I'm not THAT worried of the big bad Google myself, I have to say that this is missing a rather important aspect of the issue.

@Hangten: I would deactivate these, except I anticipate it would have the opposite effect on me; I would be constantly checking if I had new emails because I wouldn't be able to rely on my phone to do it for me.

No, I don't. I've tried it, but I just fail to see any incentive for me to do it. Discounts or free stuff for checking in or mayorship is not a sustainable model and will die down in the near future.

@Nick: Indeed; it's a lifestyle!

But I still do have a Datasette, from Ye Olde Vic20. Will it be compatible with this?

@Kuroyume: But the icons and transitions aren't as pretty as on the iPhone! And the screen resolution is lower, never mind the fact that it's irrelevant to actual use, as the only text it makes readable is far too small to read in the first place!

Ok, now, a pat to the back of whoever creates a device that does the opposite.

News of portable consumer electronics catching on fire scare me.

@FriedPeeps: You would be surprised about what urbanite hipsters can get excited about. It's all about showing other urbanite hipsters that they were urbanite hipsters before being urbanite hipsters was hip.

In Montreal, it's all about the 514, biotches!

"We are Gizmodo. You are Gizmodo. This is Gizmodo." Goo goo g'joob!

@Eternal: Wasn't there a PS2 game with a microphone where you have to give orders to the character without controlling them directly?

@Lord_Data ∞: This is still punitive: it's a restriction of someone's freedom. It could also be used to, for instance, enforce a punitive curfew.

@XanderCrews: They're not exactly being discarded; it can be great for rehabilitation especially. The ankle monitors can be used to enforce participation in rehabilitation meetings, enforce presence in a workplace or a school...