Honestly, i saw some stills but didn't get the hype. i wasn't sold until i saw it in motion. i mean, you think to yourself "this isn't real", but looking at those realistic facial animations, i just don't care. James Cameron's done it again.

i know i'm in the minority here, but this looks hideous. It's a horribly convoluted design that, at best, looks like something from Tron, REZ, or a building from a futuristic sci-fi epic.

It's disappointing coming from BMW, but then again, if this is aimed the hardcore PC gamer market, i guess it fits.

@Tegdagne
Make the wheel easily removable and you could wear it on your back like the disc in Tron.

@kevtechinclt
Not an iPhone user here, but yeah, AT&T service is pretty good in NC. i'd love to have 3G access everywhere, but it's a small price to pay to be able to swap my Fuze for my Nokia E71, 6665B, or other unlocked GSM phone.

FWIW, there have been at least two data outages on the east coast this year, the last being about two months ago from roughly 4a - 7a.

AT&T is getting Android handsets "soon", according to AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega. They *do* sell other touchscreen smartphones aside from the iPhone, it's just the star of their show for now, and for some time to come.

Articles regarding expensive products which point out that they're expensive, whether the price is warranted for the functionality or not, are so tired; their comments moreso. They're expensive. We get it.

In the case of say, the $22,000+ Hasselblad D3 digital SLR, it's expensive because it delivers quality and performance that most can't comprehend looking at specs alone and at a level that even most pros will never need. There's also the quality of design and the inverted economies of scale which make it automatically more expensive than a Canon or Nikon. In the case of something like this, build quality and components, possibly a more exclusive designer/team, and sure, a good dose of "because we can and it'll up the perceived value of it".

@Mitchell2
They're adhering to the rules except for where they aren't. That's rule adherence works.

@mkriedel
AT&T 3G frequencies are the norm for unlocked Nokias. The N900 is the exception, not the rule.

As long as a)you can still use the physical controls and b)they don't make this standard on all DSLRs, who cares? It's not something i see myself using outside of casual shot reviewing and possibly changing settings before shooting, but i doubt Canon's going to implement this in a way that would get pro and wannabe pro shooters in an uproar.

@Hydraulics
They're in similar position as Microsoft. Both are large companies who are slow to respond to sudden changes, and attached to legacy software and users while they transition to newer OSes. Both are highly functional, they just lack a lot of the polish and unification that newer OSes like WebOS have. The latter part of 2010 is going to be big for both and i as user of both Windows Mobile 6.5 and Series 60, i can't wait to see what they roll out with.