@TheCrudMan: This isn't something that needs patching, because it doesn't exploit anything. (Except the fact that some people will blindly give an app permission when asked.) I guess you could always put a cork on your fork...

@Ioan McAvoy: To be fair, you'd have to be more savvy than that just to get this virus. The people you're talking about wouldn't go into the intimidating settings menus and enable non-market apps to be installed. By default, those apps are not allowed.

They're certainly not having phone sex.

@Steel Fox: OTOH, this kinda fits in your pocket and is a phone, too. It can go either way.

@Brian Alexander:

I think I did this mentally, but in an Android world. Playing it out in my head, I couldn't imagine being loyal to a device that I couldn't shove in my pocket when I had to run. This includes my netbook and any tablets. 90% of why I got an Evo was the screen size, to offset any need/desire for a tablet. I almost never…

It seems like everyone here somehow missed the statement about the browser. Reread the statement about the browser. It's frickin' awesome. Better than iOS? That's a bold statement, considering it's BB.

@Schnazer: It has lovely lady lumps.

@RustyNeedle: I wouldn't call the same thickness as the 3GS a brick, myself, but I have owned an 8125, so my perception may be skewed. If the iPad is like holding a notepad, the Evo is like holding a few index cards.

@dohtem: Well, no, because not everyone is going for max battery life. They're options, not right or wrong. Personally, I don't want an OS making any decisions for me. Some preconfigured power profiles would be nice, though, like what they do on laptops.

@akarpens: NYC > Crappy Movie

@QuestionableMotive: Simple solution: ban ANY 90%-face-coverings regardless of gender. Hooray! Photo IDs and security cameras become useful again!

@EdnasEdibles: ...she says, with a Facts of Life profile pic.

@kai427: Ungrateful? Was yours a gift?

@6ironmaiden9: Shh. Don't tell them about Type n Walk for iPhone. Take the money and run!

I told them to just use Triple H. Did they listen?

Much weaker than his shady cousin, Fister Roboto.

@dtptampa: Thank you. No one seems to want to accept the difference between a phone OS and a full OS, and what each entails. A Win7 tablet will be for a completely different purpose than an iPad. A simple tablet OS overlay will make it sufficiently usable and fun.

No offense, but by publicizing this, you only speed up its demise. This has been going on for years with all sorts of devices that use ATT SIM cards. Once it became more popular, ATT started sniffing out specific IMEIs and automatically adding more expensive plans. Now only a select few devices are immune to their…

Ah, the perfect EVO holder... Wait, what were we talking about?