Correction. 500 minute voice. Though, that doesn't make much of a difference - I never even come close to using 400 minutes, and this is the lowest amount they'll sell.

I don't know about the GP, but on my 400 minute voice, unlimited text/data plan with T-mobile, I'm paying $65.53/month after all taxes and fees (in MA) with no contract. Before taxes/fees, this plan is $60/month. The same plan when used with a subsidized phone has a pre-taxes/fees price of $80/month. So, over the course of a 2-year contract, the subsidized plan would have me paying an extra $480, plus however much taxes and fees work out to be on the extra 20/month. I've never seen that big of a discount when buying a subsidized phone, so I know what I'll be sticking with.

As an example, here is the warning text from the most recent update to the Google Maps application:

This application has access to the following:

• Your personal information: read contact data, write contact data
• Services that cost you money: directly call phone numbers
• Your location: coarse (network-based) location, fine (GPS) location
• Network communication: full Internet access
• Your accounts: Google Maps, manage the accounts list, use the authentication credentials of an account
• Storage: modify/delete SD card contents
• Phone calls: read phone state and identity
• Hardware controls: record audio
• System tools: prevent phone from sleeping, retrieve running applications

These are all displayed to the user in big orange warning text, with an OK/Cancel button below 'em. Every application in the market does this sort of thing, so the user knows exactly what every app is able to do. The article looks like FUD to me.

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You don't. http://www.fileplanet.com/promotions/star-trek-online/

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Seriously, even if 99.44% is still garbage, that leaves some good stuff.

Hey, that sounds just like Hollywood!

If you don't have sound with your 360's HDMI, it's likely a problem with your TV. I've got a Westinghouse LCD HDTV, and it has problems with HDMI audio every month or so. It'll keep showing the video, but no audio at all over HDMI. The only solution I've found is to unplug the TV's power, wait a minute, then plug it back in. It's a pain, but like everyone else has said, the 360 certainly has HDMI audio, and that's what I have to do to keep it working with my TV.

Eh, I can do it just fine in Boston. It's easiest on foot or bike here, because then there's no need to worry about all the damn one-way streets. I can still manage just fine in a car, though. My friends generally wonder how I manage to do it, and I always tell them it's the map in my head. Going anywhere once is enough for me to be reliably able to get to anywhere else in the area I've already been. Glancing at a map is enough for me to be able to get anywhere new. I may not take the most optimal route, but I never get lost.

Like one of the previous posters, I grew up relying on my feet and a bike for most transportation, but in a suburban environment.

I still want one of those compass belts.

WiFi Tether allows exactly that. You are also able to restrict by MAC address using a nice GUI including notifications when unauthorized and authorized clients connect - it's as simple as clicking a checkbox to add a new client to the allowed list. The encryption is a bit weak for my tastes, though. It currently only supports WEP. My solution is doing everything potentially sensitive through a VPN, but not everybody has that option.

Eh, might as well throw in some full-disclosure. I've been using the G1 since launch, and am very happy with it. I'm paying for the $40 voice plan (600 min, unlim nights/weekends) and the $35 data plan (3G, unlim texts). With taxes/fees, my bill is $82.02 this month.

The cheapest available plans from T-Mo are:
300 minutes voice w/ free weekends (it doesn't include free nights): $30
Unlimited 3G data with 400 texts (they might throttle you to 2G speeds with "excessive usage"): $25

So, the minimum monthly cost is $55. Probably about $60 with taxes and fees.

I've been doing this for months. http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/