They're taking a $1B accounting charge with it, so I don't really think you can say they're not making it their problem.

I love Rdio, absolutely love it. I tried the 1 week trial and have decided it's worth the money. 'tedknaz' on Rdio too, if you have it.

That's really good news, assuming the hardware is actually able to stand up to more than 8 months of use.

Security theater.

@Chernobyl: oh man, we used to yell "SUPPLIES" whenever we'd shoot someone in the face with the shotgun in Halo. Good times.

@sudo rm -rf /: Bblahfffff!!! Ack-

C'mon HTC, have 2.3 and GPUs burly enough to handle the PlayStation Suite....

$5 is steep. They should take the crack-pipe/Zynga approach and make it $1/day.

@BigHappy: I approved this comment like 3 times

@fortris: well, it's a moot point now. I probably spoke too early, but that was after Microsoft said "no comment" and before the Microsoft employee made his comment.

@Slagathorian: Save the trees and kill the children.: I fucking hate non-specific specifics. But touche.

@fortris: [consumerist.com]

@Slagathorian: Save the trees and kill the children.: well that's interesting. Where'd you come up with Microsoft's explanation? I don't see it reported anywhere (especially since they say they don't comment on issues w/ cheating)

@toofuairi: that's fundamentally incorrect; the antenna boost, at the very least, reduces the amount of power required by the phone to usefully connect to a base station. Unless you slip the phone into Airplane mode it's going to expend the maximum allowable amount of energy in order to connect to a cell tower, with…

@daveinmn: I think you hit his soft spot; I don't think you deserved the star removal but you are fundamentally wrong. Snake oil, by definition, means the product doesn't work. The product works, it's just cumbersome and limited in its use. Just because the product doesn't reach your requirements for purchase doesn't…

@blyan is not on fire: gotta say out here in CA it's illegal to not use a hands free device when talking on the phone in the car. That's not followed. I've seen numerous cops yapping on their phone in traffic.

@Slagathorian: Save the trees and kill the children.: Occam's razor. Autistic Boy and Mother cheat their way to cheevos for the lulz (and go on television to talk about it) or Microsoft's automated online cheat detector makes a mistake when presented with odd input.

Well shame on Microsoft. It's one thing to be wrong, it's another thing to be wrong and unapologetic.

@timgray: what phone has an 18 MP sensor?

Two great things that taste great together. If you have an Android phone and are feeling left out of the Instagram love, picplz is the way to go.