Point of order: This machine is operated by CTC Marine but most of it was was built by SMD Ltd - [smd.co.uk]

Don't laugh. There was a Spanish guy on a boat I worked on who had about a dozen little skin tags around his neck and shoulders. He cut them off with nail clippers.

@alexmg2420 Hates New Layout:

Brits make jokes about the Irish being stupid and with that name it's not hard to guess his ancestry.

Just one question: Why do you keep using the home button?

My concern is that the "efficient" commerce isn't efficient for the consumer, it is efficient for the seller. What you buy is not based on your appetite but what the seller wants to feed you. Not people in jackboots stomping on your head but little green robots inside your head!

@guyston:

Yeah. Get inside your head, change the way you think, serve you all the stuff their advertisers want you to be served and have you think you wanted it that way.

@protodad:

Unlocked phones were available in UK before last year. I think probbaly from 3GS launch.

I would suggest that 95% or more iPhones have probably never been near a Genius bar. Those that do are probably in their first week of ownership and just need some help with something.

@ripperzane:

This is the first real iPad competitor. I really hope it does well.

I am very interested in the Nuance features. Dragon Dictate is the best voice recognition system around and it works very well in the iOS app but is a pain to use, having to swap back and forward from dictate to the target app. Full integration would be awesome. Combine that with the features they already got from…

@Zendax:

$500 for an unfinished product? Situation normal for Google, I guess

Bah, only been to one of those - Tromso - and it was feckin freezing

@Giggity:

I can't believe carriers still charge extra for texts in the US. In the UK even the cheapest plans come with zillions.

@kwahhn: