Depends on your sense of taste. I prefer the look, too. Function AS form.

If you don't like the Note, then don't buy one. I have no trouble fitting large items in my pockets because I don't wear absurdly tight jeans.

That pun sent a sliver down my spine.

So this is where the non-fanboi crowd is hanging out. It took a while to find you.

My last ereader was taken down by antis, so I am really looking forward to this feature.

That's a whole lot of wasted bandwidth for just a handful of interesting or useful tidbits.

I hadn't thought of it that way. It DOES explain so much....

Because the commenters have too much time on their hands, and no hobbies or talents either?

Yes! My phone is way to fast and I was looking for a way to burn up some of that extra horsepower. I can move a ridiculous amount of data just to put some text on the screen!

That hack will not get old as long as routers have antennae.

Target practice for the ganstas. They need it, considering how many of them don't even know how to HOLD a gun.

That's probably safer and more legal than my dream solution: a rear-facing compressed-air gun to deliver a couple of pellets into the buttsniffer's radiator.

It's been a long time since Sony produced anything I wanted. Often the tech is wrong, or I don't like their design decisions (Sony has an irritating way of ignoring standards, just because they can), but often it is the price. These days, a Sony nameplate is usually my cue to move along to the next item on the…

They must have hacked the Government mainframe.

True, but upgrading to 8 won't be worth the price unless it offers some REALLY nice new features.

"...those kinds of legacy requirements are becoming gradually less important as we all shift to using the cloud."

The top of your PC case will double as a griddle.

Well, that'll make those border-crossing laptop searches more interesting, if they have to analyze EVERYTHING now.

This.

Thanks to the ill-thought-out War On Terror and the even more poorly conceived War On Drugs, police agencies around the country can equip themselves with all the latest combat gear, which they have no use for and should not be allowed to even touch.