The fact that the keyboards are all useless crap is the real issue here. Sure, there are plenty of Android models out there with keyboards, but none of them have a halfway decent keyboard. The G1 has been the best so far, and it's already too antiquated to really consider buying new.

The only thing I could possibly think of is recording a phone call while it's happening without any stupid speakerphone tricks (this is a problem because of the hardware, not the software, for what it's worth), but Android phones are actually better here because those APIs have the possibility of supporting this, if some phone manufacturer decided it's important. iOS? Oh, only one person makes that hardware, so you're SOL.

If I had mod points, I would mod this funny, because it is.

Exactly. For any business in the private sector trying this stunt, it would have major lawsuit potential. Same rules should be applied to the government.

It's not a fraud, it's a "feature"!

Why don't you try clicking on one, then? https://www.google.com/history/lookup?st=web

Hell, can Windows play flash video smoothly yet?

Hell yeah! Subtitles let me continue watching my films when I have someone over that won't shut up, or when I have my daughter crying and I'm trying to soothe her. If there were no sound, the quality of those subtitles might improve! :)

What really happened is that they got the Beta and worked out all the kinks before release. :)

So what you're saying is that we couldn't know where we were until we opened our eyes?

Not to mention accuracy! I have particularly skinny fingers, and it's still much easier to hit a tiny link on a webpage without zooming if I can use my fingernail.

Bullshit. No on-screen keyboard can replace a good physical keyboard (Swype or not -- it's cool, but definitely not something I want to be using all day), and the G1 is about as good as they come for Androids.

Swype isn't available on the Market yet, you lying bastard!

Can just imagine the policeman now, coming up against some criminal that somehow evaded the procedure at birth, dumbfounded that his "taser" doesn't do jack shit. I think this would just lead to even less informed officers as the general rule. Not saying they wouldn't try something like this, quite the contrary, but it reminds me how absurd humans really are.

Nothing quite like hearing random children's voices to make you feel sane.