Well, I'm HOPING to get this phone, but not until it's available on Ting. Don't know when (or if) that will be, but that's what I'm waiting for. I prefer them to Virgin as they roam voice & text to Verizon (not data sadly). Virgin (another Sprint MVNO like Ting) doesn't roam.

The fact that their customer support is also WAY better doesn't hurt either. :)

If you wanna try Ting, feel free to use either twig.ting.com to get $50 off your first order, or, if you're feeling altruistic, my referal to get $25 off your order and me $25 off my bill. As someone who came from Virgin, I'm quite pleased with them. Depending on usage & service, though, YMMV (that is, if you're a HEAVY data user and Sprint gets great service in your area, you might be better off with Virgin).

I too am a Ting customer, and I will second your statement pretty much in its entirety (Esp WRT the buckets gripe - it really is the worst thing I can say about Ting though, and that's good :D). I finally went in for the Airave, and am just waiting for it to get here. I'm pretty excited.

Well, yeah, I guess, if you're streaming from Pandora. Personally, I just use Spotify. Yes, I realize I don't "own the music", but considering the amount of "new" (that is, music that I was unfamiliar with previously, not necessarily newly released). The $10 a month seems fair to me, considering that I have a big appetite, and often grow bored of something I've heard 100 times.

Anyway, with Spotify (and I assume others like Rdio and Mog or what ever their called), you can choose to stream, or choose to download to the device, as the situation warrants. If you have the songs downloaded, you don't need ANY connection to play them (though you do have to call home even so once every 30 days).

Mmhm... I remember when having the AOL keyword for something was a Big Deal. Never actually used it, thankfully (AOL wasn't in my school, thankfully, and we didn't have a computer at home for a couple more years).

Well, not the ONLY way...

Not related to the company at all, just a very happy subscriber. I'd give you my referral code, but I don't want to give the impression that I'm only pumping them for discounts.

Well, I assume they will, unless they have good corp/faction standings at their local station.

Wow. That's one way to prevent that. I mean, it would have worked here, but I'm not sure it's the BEST way...

Ya mean like if the cows had guns or something? :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQMbXvn2RNI

Um, I've known MANY Person A's who have killed a dog (or cat) that belonged to Person A. There's even places you can take 'em for the faint of heart where they'll do it for a fee. All above board & legal.

Ah, but why store when you can recycle & reprint as needed? Sure, it's slow going NOW, but so were the first calculators...

Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

Ever consider a caffeine pill? That's what I take. I'm sad it's not up there, but I suppose it's not a beverage.

You mean... Onlive? :)

Just to add another data point, every book I've read for the last two years has been on my Android Optimus V (which is only used as a PDA as the Sprint network (which I guess is what Virgin runs on) is trash around here). I read maybe 2 books a month, and I've never had an issue with it. I'll happily submit that e-ink is better, but for me, not a lot better.

Um... I don't recall that. MINECRAFT was supposed to be released on 11/11/11, but I don't think Scrolls is even in alpha stages yet. Minecraft has been in development for quite a bit more time then Scrolls to boot.

The Minecraft release date has been moved back, but not too far if I recall correctly. The ALPHA release of Scrolls was rumored to have happened in June, but I can't even find confirmation that it did.