I really really want to believe. I have been hurt so many times before.

I am currently using the hair and freckles skin tone model when I am not looking at my phone / computer screen / length of shadows.

Since I have a desk chair growing out of my ass I use my computer screen the most. (yes, I sleep on my stomach)

No F'ing way man. As excited as I am for this event; that level of soldering and what is at stake is too steep a price. I have fried 2 live hard drives within minutes of each other accidentally touching them to a chassis while I was fiddling around inside my old G4. This is not the hack for me yet. But, I am super proud of that crew. I have my CC ready to buy a refurb the second we have a verifiable software unlock. My only concern is, are we seeing this hardware process in lieu of a software based solution?

Yes "its an opinionated post, bla bla bla. It's a blog not a news site, blah bla" I think the pertinent issue here is the 'mass defection' statement. I have been a plam user since palm 2 and an apple user since OS7. 3 weeks ago I bought the TMO Dash because I was sick of being assed out by Palm and their laggardly position towards hardware refreshes for the US carriers (or in general). The Dash is a fantastic device, it has its issues, but my Treo 650 had plenty of its own, I just learned to work around them. As far as the iPhone (vaporware thus far) we shall just wait and see. Being as mission critical as my smartphone is I will not be buying a first-gen item such as an iPhone anyhow, thats for all the high shoolers to fiddle with in class...