My guess is that the control traffic related to voip might be SIP over UDP. That kind of traffic is soley controlled by the application and the server, if the client is NAT-ed an abundance of SIP control packets might be necessary for keeping the portmapping alive. But these persons who though that a control protocol should be done over UDP, should be the first againt the wall in my book.

What is the display like? I tried an Advent Vega type tablet and its display was a POS. Youtube videos seem to indicate this one has a better display (larger viewing angle). Care to share any thoughts about the screen? Viewing angles in landscape and portrait? Contrast? Black level?

There are apps (that if you trust them) for root users (e.g. LBE Privacy Guard) or custom roms (e.g. CM7) that enable the user to "veto" certain permissions.

Excavating, as in a archeaological.

Lets see, my preference for POTS/BRI/PRI to PSTN or legacy PBX are connected with external SIP adapter (Vegastream, Patton SmartNodes, Xorcom). But PCI cards like Sangoma or any CAPI or mISDN work (I gave up on CAPI/mISDN because they lack decent echocancellers and support isn't getting any better with time), but internal cards lack a certain flexibility, though they are a lot cheaper. You can run an Asterisk platform without any Digium hardware and that is the way I prefer it.

"It's like saying that Android and webOS are the same because they both run on Linux. It's true in some sense, but largely irrelevant."

They might not be the same, but they are related. Just like WM and WP are related by kernel lineage.

Get over it, all politicians get bought eventually. It doesn't matter what side/party they are on.

"Thank you for clearly identifying your ideological slant."

Maybe the GP is just pointing out that republicans are easier to buy?

So article:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/04/windows-phone-7-based-on-a-hybrid-windows-ce-6-compact-7-kerne/
is wrong?

Windows Mobile 6.5 seems to be Windows CE 5, and Windows Phone appears to be Windows CE 6.

Outlook! That is the absolute worst MUA ever. It's defaults and broken replies have ruined email forever resulting in everybody using TOFU messages to make any discussion/question for more than just 1 point per email impossible.