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I went to one of Corning's presentations on their research, it was verrrry complicated.

Edit: Yea, host confirmation is out. Damn I feel lucky.

Hehe, there were things sent out, but not a confirmation, only the next stage. You are a 'finalist' at this point, not a 'host'.

Hiiiiiiii~!

Meh, more of a Sony fangirl personally...

I have to say, I have never had the problems you mentioned with the 700. I own it and love the back light. Yes, it drains the battery, but I can usually eek out two or more days easily after using it. I don't think I have ever had it die on me while using the light. I agree with not liking to have to use software to sync it (that is why I refuse to get an ipod), but I really have no trouble with the software over all and this update looks promising. I am sorry you had such a bad experience with your 700, I hope you have a better time with your next one!

May I please win this? It would make my year, I have had such a bad month so far... T_T

I have to say, I love the 700, the lack of contrast doesn't really bother me and the back light saves the day in my opinion.

I have to disagree on the roller mouse. I do think it would be more confusing than a regular mouse, both of my grandfathers used a regular mouse pretty well and have few problems.