I bought the Motorola Defy about a year ago, primarily for the ruggedness of it, and it's been a fantastic phone. It's also acceptably modern and distinctive enough to get by in the looks department.

Alternative Answer: Cheap, Easy Pickin's is TERRIBLE advice. Seriously remove it.

Real thing for comparison.

Real lego Namdaemun.

It's a real shame when the knock-off lego does Architecture much better than real lego does.

On behalf of everyone living here in the technological paradise that is Korea: You're doing it wrong.

Why ruin good other stuff by putting it in bourbon?

How could you agonize over a decision for so long and yet still make the wrong one?

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That's what I was always thinking when the news broke in the first place.

That's only the intermediate step until they get retinal scanners and directional speakers so the billboards can talk to you and only you. ^^

Yes I did read and realise that, and the concept of "just don't install it" works fine when it's a virgin tech that has essentially a single use only. You're only going to install the app for that single Lady Gaga concert or whatever

I realise that it doesn't really fit with the tone of your article, but while mortality rates haven't significantly dropped, life expectancy when suffering from various cancers has grown - dramatically.

I'm a little concerned by your definition of "Best of all", because, to me anyway, the idea of having my smartphone doing stuff just because it heard a sound in the background seems more like a problem than a feature.

If you can build up a static charge in it . . .

I would just like to thank Jez for alerting me to the existence of Madagascan Hissing Cockroaches. That is awesome.

Removed due to common sense taking a rare opportunity to kick in - responding to ridiculously over the top article with ridiculously over the top comment is futile.

They had this on "Bang Goes the Theory" not long ago (it's kind of like a BBC Mythbusters - but with more science and less blowing stuff up).

Yeah, but that logic only works if you can actually reasonably spend that cash on some alternative.

I agree with *most* of the sentiments in this article.