@ Rich: Additionally, O2 are a carrier in the UK that do not currently have an EDGE capable network.

AFAIK, the ONLY network in the UK with EDGE capability at the moment is Orange, which is a shame as their service is poor, prices are high and given their desire to brand the hell out of everything on their network I doubt they'll play nice with his Jobsness. Oh, their *unlimited* mobile internet tarriff has a "fair-use" cap of 30Mb per month too!

Sorry to say, heavily tinted front windows are also illegal in the UK.

"Vehicle & Operator Services Agency (VOSA) LEGAL STATEMENT

Road Vehicles (Construction & Use) Regulations 1986 as amended specify the minimum levels of light that must pass through the windscreen and front side windows.
The Limits are:

* Motor vehicles first used on or after 1 April 1985:
* The light transmitted through the windscreen must be at least 75%.
* The front side windows must allow at least 70% of light to be transmitted through them.

If the glass is tinted to a point whereby it lets through less light, the vehicle does not meet legal requirements."

Any vehicle not meeting these regulations can be stopped by police. At this point they can either tell you to appear at a police station within 14 days to show you've had the tints removed... or AT THEIR DISCRETION they can impound your car!

I got one of these things with my Acer TM8204 around a year ago... it's not bad but it's easier to use a bluetooth headset so I've never used it.

Hopefully Kensington will have decent manuals with it... as Acer gave hardly any instruction on how to pair it etc... hence it was a complete PitA to use.

The thing that really *really* annoys me about things like this is... they killed a perfectly good, albeit not widely used, OS in the process.

The whole BeOS/Garnet fiasco really sticks in my throat and whoever came up with the idea to a) buy BeOS and strip them of their engineers and b) can the whole thing as a bad idea afterall, should be shot!

I can confirm that my little Vega, using the 500mhz Geode, will play (using bsplayer, for some reason VLC barfs after a few seconds) mp4's ripped by Handbrake, at native DVD res & 1,500kps bit rate, brilliantly.

XP runs quite well too, as long as I keep the mem usage low enough so it doesn't hit the pagefile.

All in all, considering the great battery life this processor allows, I'd say for e-mail, webbrowsing and a little light Office apps... it's a good processor.

Ok, I understand that I'm making these comments to people who are just as gadget-lust addicted as I am... but isn't it getting a little tiring to see all these minor increments to 'smartphones' before you've really had the chance to get your hands on the previous version?

I'm still kicking around with an SPV C500 (Typhoon?) mainly because I know the C600 will be replaced the moment I decide to buy one... I already tried once... I walked into an Orange shop and asked for a C600... the assistant said "Ooo, the C700 comes out next week, don't you want that one?" ... so I hesitated...

Ok, I know that I'm going to get a tonne of flack from people telling me that everything in this industry gets outdated... but the trouble I have with the mobile industry at the moment is that a manufacturer will announce/demo/market a phone which will then spend 6 -8 months sat in the carriers labs while they figure out how to cripple all the really cool features and by the time they do release it... the manufacturer is already annoucing/demoing/marketing something even cooler!!!

/rant

Amen Chocolate Starfish, A-men.

Mine just arrived, this thing is TINY!

Loading it up now.

While I wholeheartedly agree with Unomi I thought'd I just point out... according to news sources here in the UK, the majority of flights departing from the UK are now allowing you to take a small carry-on bag which may, once more, include iPods, laptops, books and other items.

Of course, if your destination is the United States you may need to double check.

@Dennis:

Slow? Yes. Faster than nothing? Absolutely.

After all, we're talking about bringing communications to areas where the only other alternative could be expensive satellite phones.

Still, I do have to ask some questions that other people are muttering around the web: Wouldn't it be better to get these people good education/jobs/decent local government/clean water/regular food/etc before we start giving them unlimited youtube.com access?