I bought the first Transformer (TF101) with the keyboard when I did a long term field assignment. I use the keyboard to charge my phone since it has a USB port. It'll power my phone for days. Plus, the TF brick can be used to charge the phone as well, so you can cut back on the plugs, in a way. Still, your point is a good one.

Regarding SD cards, the TF has an uSD slot, where I put all my work manuals (saving me dozens of pounds of paper and suitcase space), but I got the keyboard mostly to get the full sized SD card slot for photo viewing. The extra battery and touch/feel keyboard was an afterthought back then, but I love them now. Dave

Exactly right. What is wrong with fostering critical thinking?

The replies to this news remind me strongly of Ben Stein's movie, "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed". Questioning the scientific validity of Darwinism as the explanation of how life began is not allowed, even though Darwinism is laughable in this regard. Clearly, many have replaced God with Darwin, and are emotionally upset when their beliefs are challenged.

I have a Treo 680 and now have had numerous sync issues. Now I have another: no USB sync support for the 680 when using Windows XP x64. I have to use bluetooth--ugh! So much for upgrading to a more powerful computer... but that's another story. In comparison, my wife has a new G1 and it syncs directly to Google stuff. That seems comparable to the WebOS, as far as I can tell. In fact, there is no syncing step because everything is always sync'd automagically. I love the Palm OS-ness of my 680, but it fails too often to do a core phone function like placing a call or letting me answer it. Time will tell how adept the Pre is at being a phone.

I think you confuse the Washington Post with the Washington Times. The Post is a liberal rag whereas the Times is a conservative rag.