Let's see: "all the features that you had there (such as Media Center) come along for the ride" "unless you plan to go from 32-bit Windows 7 to 64-bit Windows 8...then you have to start from scratch"

Oh yes...very unclear

I am wondering if such a device will be able to be used as a media center extender, and how that would tie into their strategy of allowing media center to languish and die

Unless you plan to go from 32-bit Windows 7 to 64-bit Windows 8...then you have to start from scatch

Interesting as their FAQ says that all 4 must be at the same address (although maybe not if it is a corporate account) http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_rel_topic?ie=UTF8&nodeId=13819201

Well Samsung is out for me. They release buggy phones and then never upgrade them. The Samsung Droid Charge has been the worst phone I've ever owned in my life. I'm done with Samsung

My Samsung Droid Charge has managed to corrupt several different SD cards over a one year period. You can Google it to see just how many Android users have had microSD issues

And who defines pretty? I think the fake wood look of the Kindle Fire interface is hideous...but that is just me

And don't forget they got rid of new every 2, got rid of 1 year contracts, and started charging an upgrade fee. Verizon has been doing everything they can lately to shaft their customers

Forgetting the Jaguar, aren't we?

No it is:
1) Subscribe to their service
2) Try to leave
3) Early termination fee? $350? Seriously?
4) Wait 2 years
5) Leave
6) Oh it's 2 years later...nobody cares about the higher fees anymore

I've seen Home Depot and K-Mart do this...possibly Lowes too. I just pick up a new one...I don't want one that has obviously been opened and taped back

I looked at one of the LED bulbs in Home Depot. The store claimed 40 years on their little shelf promo. The box said something like 20 years. And the fine print warranty said 3 years. So the manufacturer only has enough faith in their product to warrant it for 3 years and they want me to spend $40 on it. I don't think so

Not if you have Verizon's Nationwide Plus Canada plan...then you pay nothing extra when calling in Canada.

I would gladly pay for a nav system if James Earl Jones was giving me directions

This is perhaps a stupid question because I don't know much about this area or base. But I know they just finished building an ice road - why is that not an option? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McMurdo-South_Pole_highway