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Naw I wouldn't be worried too much if I had Sony stock. I got two words for you Blu-Ray
No the $200 price includes the software. You enter in a product code and it'll download it off the app store.
Longphone is loooooooooooooooooooooong
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If you scientist want to build Starscream just say you're going to build Starscream
The Blackjack II GPS "lock" was a screw-up by Microsoft with the GPS drivers being written for a professional device not standard device. Due to the nature of the Tele-Nav app GPS was able to be used with that application but not google maps. If you google blackjack II GPS you'll see that they explain it on Modaco pretty well. Since then it was fixed.

I was told battery life lasted less than 2 hours with WiFi turned on. Google c905 battery life and read all the complaints. And I'm sure you're smart enough to turn off WiFi when you're done browsing but most people aren't. I get people coming in complaining about their phone suddenly getting poor battery life and half the time it's because they left Bluetooth and WiFi on.
STOP SPEWING YOUR CRAP derX. The blackjack II has been a top seller and I haven't heard anybody say their GPS is locked down.

My opinion is a little biased as I work for AT&T but walk into any AT&T store and find me a phone that has a locked down GPS. True, we do load overpriced GPS software onto the phone but anybody with a little brains is more than welcome to use Google maps with any smartphone or even dumphone that we carry.

And the C905a DOES HAVE WIFI AND EXCHANGE SUPPORT. It's just been disabled by the software. If you want to debrand and flash the phone in order to enable these features there's many tutorials on HowardForums to guide your way. I've been told that this was disabled as there was a battery drain issue with the WiFi. Exchange was disabled because it wasn't always as reliable as something like a blackberry and they didn't want corporate customers relying on it for email. If you REALLY want these features then go ahead and spend half a hour learning how to flash a phone. It's something any tech savvy person should learn ;)

Yeah so while ATT's coverage may be crap in some areas one thing we don't do is cripple phones in any way. We do take an extremely long time to test and release new phones though ;P Which is a great thing for the average consumer. Look at the iPhone launches. The iPhone has above and beyond the greatest number of problems mostly because not all of the kinks were ironed out due to the fact of the rapid launches.
If you charge for "warez" is it still considered "warez"?
Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"I'm looking for a pair of quality headphones that aren't seemingly made of glass. I'm an avid BMXer which causes me to frequently bash on any type of technology that joins me for my daily riding. I've been through the higher quality headsets in the Skullcandy line as these are supposed to be built for "abuse," which is laughable. I cant wear earbuds or canal buds, as my large ears seem to have a repelling property upon anything that sits in them. Wired or Bluetooth doesn't really matter, but I need something that can hold up to taking a few hits every now and again. I'm trying to keep 'em under $150. Thanks!"
 

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