@boe - No Xperia because SE has never made a CDMA phone. Not exactly Sprint's fault.

@Carlos - I think people have a *very* good idea of how the music business works: The artists produce content, the end-user consumes it for a price. All the other moving parts are unnecessary middle-men who take money from both ends of the chain. There are plenty of ways for new artists to get "airtime" (peer review), etc. Look at what Netflix has done with some pretty sophisticated marketing algorithms (if you liked movie "X", then we recommend...) Whether it's Apple, Amazon, whomever -- the traditional music business has been dying a long slow death. Someone please step up and finish them off.

I echo the posters who are pro-Sanyo. My last two phone (Sprint) have been Sanyo's and have been excellent.

@Rock - Fanboy? I'm guessing if you searched for "screw Google" vs. "screw Verizon" mentality on the web, it would be overwhelmingly skewed. I like Google quite a bit, but I hate the telcos more. If a company like Verizon walks away with the spectrum, then nothing changes. At least with a non-incumbent -- there is a potential for game -changing. I agree with Derek - it's about open hardware and unfettered content. You won't get that from the status quo. Wi-Max is the game changer. A potential new player with rights to the 700Mhz spectrum is another.

I have no illusions about Google being in this to make a buck. And the other posters may be right - eventually they may be the big, ugly corporation that everyone loves to hate. But in 2007 - they are the least monopolistic of the potential owners of that spectrum.

The hypocrisy is amazing. 30+ years ago, the government broke up AT&T over concerns over competition. Over the last 10, the regional bells like Verizon & SBC have merged into a couple behemoths, and gotten a pass from the FCC. The current state of affairs with just a couple huge Telcos, a couple huge Cable cos., and the "contractual lock-in" that the 4 wireless carriers get (what other industry gets that kind of guaranteed revenue?) -- is hardly a consumer-friendly, competitive environment.

Sprint and Google have some real courage and innovation -- Sprints XOHM service will be open, and if successful will cannibalize their existing voice business. Google because they care enough to poke a stick in the eye of the oligarchy.

Bleh. Why does every forum on every topic devolve into PC/Mac, Republican/Democrat, Coke/Pepsi, You suck/Do not.

I don't think anyone is suggesting you swap this out for the HDD in your laptop today, but the trend is obvious -- SSDs are going to continue to get physically smaller, faster, have higher capacities, and cheaper. Plot the price/GB of regular HDDs or RAM. It won't be long until we see hybrid SSD/HDD combos shipping.

I'm always amazed at the drama that Skype is no longer 'free'. It's $30/year ($15 if you hurry) for unlimited calling to any US phone. That's far cheaper than any alternative that I can think of.

Wednesday's entry: sprint version

Yeah. Sprint version