I have a personal technet subscription, which is effectively renting MS products (annual fee, access to latest software, and other goodies)
Work has enterprise licencing, which is not much different.

so... some of us have been renting MS software for years.

what's the next story going to be? "How a 2 year old opens drawer full of kitchen knives"?

Seriously, it doesn't matter what you get, there will be a cheep version available. You get what you pay for. No news there.

Whatever you do, keep the driver accessible controls dead simple. Put the full feature touchscreen/keyboard/jeejaw/whatever in front of the passenger seat.

Not all jurisdictions have a distracted driving law, but they should.

~signed, a guy who puts 10,000 km on his motorbike in a 6 month riding season.

A win or a loss, depending upon your perspective. Appropriate for the 200th anniversary of the declaration of the War of 1812.

Actually, its shy of a half billion Press Release PDF

They still shipped 14 million units in Q3, still revenue positive, still have 75 million subscribers. Is this up to iphad numbers? No. But they're still profitable and I think they'll be around for quite a while yet.

Why android? is there an app you need or something? or is it a latest bling thing?

Because Blackberry does the encrypted thing, and if you buy BES you can also set device policies and centrally administer the devices (remote wipe for example).

I'm thinking more along the line of a clue stick. Preferably with a nail in it, so they get the point.

I do not think it is necessary to reform all organizations to match some illusionary techno elite mold.

Scouts/Guides teach different skills, like what the sun looks like and how to get along with others, that are not well represented by the can't-lift-face-from-LCD crowd.

Badges are about basic skills and sense of accomplishment (little milestones met). Leaderboards are about competition. Each has their merit.

P.S. Get off my lawn

Why not buy RIM?
I know (insert blackberry hate here), etc. But owning a proper enterprise device management suite like BES would go a long way to getting iphones & ipads into corporate users hands.

But as the IT guys who has to support both blackberries and iphones, maybe that's just my personal dream.

Why can't all the BB haters just be honest.
Its not about touch screen keyboards vs physical keys.
Its not about security and central administration vs cool TV commercials

Its about Angry Birds.

And it doesn't play on BB.

Here's the original press release http://press.rim.com/release.jsp?id=5285

For the TLDR crowd, just scroll down to the bullet list and look at what BB Fusion is offering/promising. I can assure you, these are needed.

-secure network
-enterprise management
-on devices that'll play angry birds.
Hopefully that'll keep everyone happy.

A couple of points seem to be missing from the discussion here.

First, is the ISP's ability to volunteer the information. If I were on the receiving end of that fax, I would have provided the information too (once I was sure it really was the police, and not just some scam). My defense to criticism would be:
-illegal activity/failing to secure your system puts you in breach of your TOS*. We owe you nothing.
-they're our records we can do whatever we want with them. You breached your TOS, remember.
-we are a good Canadian company and don't fear the police. In fact we want to help them in their efforts to get the bad people off the streets.

Another point is that having an IP address does not mean charges will be laid. It is mearly one step in the investigation.

*These are both terms in my ISP's TOS. I should also point out that my ISP has refused to give IP's to copywrite lawyers waving civil lawsuits around. I think its fair to say that criminal code would be handled differently.