Don't do it. How hard is that?

Shame on the developers for rolling over like that.

I'm sorry, what do you think Steve's contribution to the Amiga 1000 was?

And there is capitalism for you. Success is defined by how much money you make, it doesn't matter what you do in the process.

Install preware, do the fixes to turn down logging and clock the processor up to it's native speed (thus, I hesitate to call it overclock) and stop whining about the browser. WebOS is very nice, but then Android on it is nice too. Personally, I'm excited to see ICS on it..

I am saddened for you that you think you're a nerd and you call the iPhone "the real thing".

Amen. I can't figure out if the seemingly high amount of support I see for WP7 online is astroturfing or teenagers that don't understand who Microsoft was and is. Welcome to a small taste of your game, Microsoft.

Focus on backwards compatibility? They *dropped compatibility* and the ability to install from anwhere. What are you talking about?

These comments are all over the place, so I'd like to add another random 5 cents... Having worked in education, I have an unexpected observation for you: Teachers are one of the single most unteachable groups of people around. So, that complicates things. :)

That's not the top 3, that's 1, 2 and 4.

Uhm, 1979 and 1979? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkman#Cassette-based_walkman

I applaud your reply.

dirXML is still available, they just call it Identity Manager now.