okay... but how about this wacky idea: i can mycast to my verizon phone (i'm using a samsung i730 over EVDO) all the music i've ALREADY PURCHASED and stored on my home PC

still, this sideloading feature may be a sign that even verizon is acknowledging that, when it comes to music, the mobile handset is a part of a PC+handset universe for the user. next step is for verizon to give all its phones the same open streaming access that the higher-end winmo phones enjoy on its high quality network...

Hey, Evan

Nifty gadget! Myself, of course, I'm going to be watching this, ah, quadrennial international soccer competition on my mobile via the free Orb app that sits on my Comcast-connected MCE box.

Which reminds me that I need to go out and get some Hauppauge USB tuners for various Forza Italia fanatics I know so they can do likewise from their machines...

thanx for the shout-out, thomas!

skype voicemail's definitely great for what it does; we just figured we could add a bit more to the whole (get your Buzzword Bingo cards ready, everyone) Skype ecosystem

now you can send voice messages to your friends who're, ah, NOT YET on Skype

and, definitely, for those gazillions who haven't yet bought skype voicemail itself, now there's an available-everywhere solution, for free!

and actually, we're hoping to provide folks with a wholllllle new reason to buy skypein (and thereby snag the generous bounty skype provides folks who drive sales, yep) - i COULD tell a fine tale about the eBay merchant who now uses her SkypeIn # as her 800 number since, thanks to V4S, she's SURE to get the message wherever she's at...

...but i think i'd rather address those security concerns that popped up - it's full-on HTTPS access only, folks! the file's not encrypted because ACCESS to the file by you alone already is.

i know a lot of people aren't yet comfortable with the whole your-personal-desktop-server idea, but thankfully, the Big Players out there are about to spend a whollllle lot of $ changing that perception