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MAKE THE SCREEN GO BACK FURTHER! On my 1005HA, my biggest complaint is that the screen goes back to a...110 degree angle? Complete guesswork, but when lying in bed with my legs propped up it would be better if the screen could go back a little more.

I think the keyboard is possibly the best netbook keyboard I've ever used (why I bought it). Touchpad is annoying in the sense that if you get near the bottom or right side it thinks you're trying to scroll! Why did they not keep the "two finger scroll" the 1000HE had?

Otherwise, amazing battery life, beautiful device. I'm going on a one month trip with it starting TOMORROW (Sunday). Really excited. But then we'll see how much the glossy screen really annoys me. Hopefully it's not bad *fingers crossed*.

Other than that, of course everyone wants netbooks to have better graphics, processors, everything. All in all, though, I'm really satisfied with the 1005HA.
I have Cinci Bell too...they switch to AT&T (and T-Mobile I think..) towers as soon as you get out of their area. But yeah great service everywhere I go...good 3g too.

And to the person who wanted to get them and live on the East Coast...supposedly if you use your phone out of their area for a certain amount of time they willl contact you and cancel your service.
What strings are attached? Cincinnati Bell has no contracts and allows you to get a new "subsidized" phone once a year for the cheap price.

So this phone is $150 with no contract. All it has is mail in rebate and instant savings...and new activation. But still. I love my G1 on Cincinnati Bell :).
Wow. Wait at least two months and rethink that statement. I feel that by then we will have a lot of amazing apps.
I think that with the Market we will have a ton of crap applications but also many GREAT applications.

I guess I think (unfortuantely) that we will have a TON of crappy apps : a few of GREAT apps.
Doesn't it have to do with Google Checkout? I'm pretty sure you don't have to be on T-Mobile...I haven't tried buying an app yet but I'm not on T-Mobile and I'm pretty sure it works no matter what the carrier.
I agree that with the Android Market's loose restriction policy there will definitely be many silly apps. But I like the Market because it's open. If you want to (waste) your money on a $1 clock then so be it. The Market allows you to choose what you want...so if you see a stupid application that isn't worth what the developer is charging you can just ignore it.

I would rather have the almost no-restriction Market with a couple of great apps that can't be found on any other platform because they "compete" with apps already on the system than to have a tightly regulated App Store where there isn't a chance that great competing apps will get in.

The Market's free philosophy and the openness of Android for programs to access whatever parts of the system they want is a great sacrifice for seeing a few stupid apps.
Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
"I have a MacBook Pro and an Xbox 360 and I would like to get a 20- to 24-inch display that will support both devices. The speakers should be inbuilt, or there should be an aux out on the display to hook up external speakers. Help! Please!"
 

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