I'm curious about this one, as I got the exact same message and no further information. Has anyone tried calling them to find out what the deal is?

I thought about buying an X1 pretty seriously for awhile, but I couldn't convince myself to shell out that kind of money for a windows mobile device. The alternatives like Andriod and Maemo seem much more developer and tinkerer friendly to me...the X1 had decent hardware for when it was initially released though....but not $800 nice either.

All in all, I say "meh".

Well...in fairness, the iPhone isn't exactly made out of billet titanium itself...

Meh. It's almost 2009 and we *still* have troops in Europe. Interesting story behind that one...

@rar

I don't think that AIG and Lehman are union shops, and I don't think their pay is substantially higher than the competitors in their respective fields.

:)

@najakwa

Correct, to a point though. Sports cars aren't made for practicality though, and this one is. They are made to be aerodynamic in many ways...sitting very low to the ground, for example. Not alot of people drive their corvette to work in a bad snowstorm though. They are also made to create a ton of downforce at high speeds, which actually isn't going to help economy any. It will keep you alive when you are cornering at high speeds though.

Strangely enough, the optimal shape for aerodynamics is almost like a teardrop shape...it gets narrow in the back. The EV1 had a shape somewhat like that, if I remember correctly.

I'm just annoyed with all of the armchair engineers in these threads. Most of these guys never had a course in aerodynamics, but you'd better believe that they've got strong opinions on the subject.

The problem was that the original look was not very good aerodynamically. It would have impacted battery/fuel economy drastically, and when you get right down to it...that's one of the biggest things going for the volt.

I see alot of people posting stuff along these lines. Maybe they should make a sporty exotic looking version with worse economy so that people who just want to create the image of caring about the environment and economy (and getting away from foreign oil...) can feel better about themselves.

Cool...that's one less spot on the waiting list for me.

Sure...encrypt it. Just don't complain when they hold you in contempt and put you somewhere unpleasant for not decrypting it when the nice judge tells you to.

I suppose it might not be a bad idea just to keep the casual snooping to a minimum though.