hahahaha, you tried to insult someone by calling them "retarted." does that mean they turned into a pop tart?

darbear, do you also agree with contracts not being prorated? I would hardly call it fair that the $200 cancellation fees out there don't diminish as you get closer to the end of your two year term. I think there is actually legislation in process regarding this. Does anyone know what happened with that? If I want to cancel my contract for whatever reason 6 months before it's over, I shouldn't have to pay the full fee; I've already been making payments for 18 months.

There ARE very good, unforeseeable reasons for canceling a contract.

They need to make versions of these phones without the keyboards. We're not all too clumsy and fat-fingered to use a touch screen, and if there's a bulge in my pants I don't want it to be because of my phone.

Yeah I don't see your logic either. The PS3 has USB ports; WiFi being built in doesn't make it more or less difficult to sell a wireless-n adapter, and it doesn't affect the price point either. It just gives the customer more value. These things are very cheap to include.

@Unix

You wouldn't be paying extra for it; Microsoft is giving the consumers far less value at this point than the PS3 for the same price, in terms of built-in hardware. The PS3 has everything the 360 has, but also has WiFi and Blu Ray. Considering that a Blu Ray player alone can cost $300, I think it's a stretch to suggest that Microsoft would have to charge more for WiFi. I'm just glad the PS3 Slim is now at $300, because it will start selling more units and force Microsoft to give consumers a better value, and hopefully bundle common-sense features like WiFi--which I would guess that most people who play games in the living room would like to have, instead of running a 50ft cat 5 cable across the whole place.

Any mention of a console has to spark a console war for some people. It makes no sense. You people should all be happy that the PS3 is doing well; it creates more competition for Microsoft and will force them to continue to improve their product. The PS3 is looking like a great value right now, and people at Microsoft are probably talking right now about how to catch back up. Maybe they'll even start including WiFi and let people swap the hard drive out in future revisions. Competition is good. Take a deep breath and think about it. If either Sony/Microsoft/Nintendo truly "won" the war and obliterated their opponents, the last console standing would not be a good value. Don't make me start with a lemonade stand analogy...

Actually, I think disposable batteries are a much better option. They last a long time, and batteries are cheap. You can get a 100 pack for nothing at Costco or Amazon, which will last you for years (unless you play video games way too much). The lithium ion batteries, on the other hand, lose their charge over time; and when you need to fill em back up you have annoying cables everywhere until they're charged again--that is if you even have enough cables to charge all your controllers, which if you're lucky are long enough to use while you're still playing.

Thank you for suggesting that I formulate a new "argument." Although, I have trouble deciphering your world view--it is BS that there are very few games I want to play on the PS3 that is sitting in my living room? I THOUGHT that this was actually true, but now that you mention it, I may have unknowingly not found any games I wanted to play on my PS3 due to a subconscious desire to deceive people. Perhaps if I remove the veil of lies from in front of my face, I will realize that there are in fact many games I want to play for the PS3. I apologize for my deception.

For a screen 3 times the size and much better image quality, I'd take that trade-off. Plus, with a gray projector screen you can offset the effects of ambient light a bit.

I don't think the PS3 is the easy choice. We have a PS3 sitting in our living room, and it hardly ever gets touched except for Blu Ray watching. There really aren't many good games for PS3, and the ones that there are seem to be more expensive than 360 games.

It's not a bad choice if you want to watch Blu Rays, though, but stand alone players are getting cheaper all the time.