I read a lot of positive reviews when it came out, which is why I bought one and they turned out to be right on. Does it have room for improvement? Certainly. But I'm really enjoying the phone so far and as far as the basic UI goes it is easier to use and more responsive than any Android or iPhone that I've used.

I have the Samsung Focus and the UI is extremely responsive.

I never used a Windows phone in the past. My daughter had one and it was terrible but the Windows Phone 7 looked really appealing and it turned out to be a great buy. I bought the Samsung Focus so I can't speak to the other phones but as far as the quality of the user experience it's better than iPhone and Android. The UI is extremely responsive and very easy to use. Obviously the market place isn't as big as Android or iPhone but it's getting there. There are some really great games that rival PC games for enjoyability. My only big complaints is there's no way to upload videos directly to facebook and there's no goodlink or EMM support yet.

each and every day.

As a person who has fixed more relative's and friend's computers than I care to mention I have to say I think we need a union.

On a related note, I remember one time, about 10 years ago when I was working at a small PC shop. A customer came in and their windows install was hosed. The owner's daughter was the one who used the computer most. This 16 year old did her best to use her 'wiles' to convince me to somehow transfer all of her warez to the new install I was going to do for them. It was so easy to say no. I hope I held back my smirk well enough. Pay for your software.

I wouldn't use VS for PHP. I use notepad++. VS2010 is great. For editing xml and xsl I find it useful and for integration with Team Foundation Server it's awesome. You can create user stories, link tasks then export to excel or MS Project. You can make edits in Project and then send those changes back up to TFS.

But...but...but...surrender monkeys? Come on, its not like only a couple centuries previous they had an Empire that spanned all of Europe....created the symbol of liberty of the United States and if not for their help the colonists would never have defeated the British. ... ...
Wuuuuut?

History is HARD!

McAfee has dozens of products, many of which are first in their class. Ever heard of EPO? McAfee is everywhere in the corporate world and Risk and Compliance Software is really taking off.

I have Nike plus which can connect to an ipod.

I have it on good authority that all claims are rejected the first time through.

Most big technology companies like IBM really aren't interested in enforcing patents like this. It costs them $25000 to patent something. It could cost millions should they develop a technology based on something that is already patented or that could be patented and have to fight a lawsuit. Most of the time they are just protecting themselves. They patent everything under the sun that they can get through the USPTO and use them defensively. They can't go searching through the patent database because if they do happen to find something that is similar to something they are working on the lawsuit could cost them millions more in punitive damages because they were aware of the patent. I feel like it would be a waste of time to pursue this patent. It feels like a kick in the nuts if they are truly infringing but really it probably won't amount to anything. On the other hand if they think there could be a serious legal challenge they are likely to settle quickly rather than make a big deal out of it.

Actually, the USA is the only country in the world where that isn't true. The patent can be granted to the first to file but in the USA there is a process to take the patent back if you were the first to invent it. Every other country in the world is first to file keeps the patent.

This is completely ridiculous. You are paying multiple times for multiple services. Plain and simple. If you really want to solve this problem get rid of all unlimited plans and charge per megabyte. You'll get exactly what you pay for.

I have, and I agree. It's totally disgusting.

Smoke all you want. They didn't say you can't smoke. They said the warranty is void.