Not to answer for the original poster, but for me personally, I like having a centrally-stored list of feeds and a reader UI that I can access from any web browser. My favorite news reader app for iOS also happens to only support Google Reader as a feed source.

I agree with your point, but the 1982 movie (assuming that's the one you are referring to) probably shouldn't be called "the original".

Despite the (relatively) recent proliferation of tech news blogs, I've continued to read Slashdot over the years because I could be sure that what I was getting was really "stuff that matters". Thanks so much for all of your hard work in making it happen and keeping it going, Rob!

I hear that even the Azgoths of Kria carry iPhones.

...in the meantime, Apple is rolling in giant piles of cash earned from this "fad".

My problem with Microsoft is that they insist on programming everything in-house and lock you in to in-house networks and in-house apps. I prefer a rich ecosystem like the iPhone and Android where people can make their own apps and have them integrate into your social networking life.

Um, Windows Phone 7 supports user-developed apps and has an app store.

I share your feelings about Windows Mobile, but my understanding is that Windows Phone 7 is an entirely new code base and has nothing in common with WinMo.

Thankfully, they aren't. They are accepting VB.NET, which has about as much in common with VB6 as Java has with JavaScript.

Chrome added extensions a couple of releases ago. Now granted, in the Chromiverse, a major release seemingly drops every month, but still. :)

Steve Gibson, is that you? :)