methinks "performant" does not mean what you think it means: http://boulter.com/blog/2004/08/19/performant-is-not-a-word/

i'm shocked that this even is possible in 700k. seems surprisingly decent -- with this, artweaver, and gimphoto i'm not missing photoshop much.

Looks like Adobe has a version of Flash Player 9 or 10 for Win CE that they're only giving to OEMs. I suppose they don't want to support people hacking Flash Player onto their industrial barcode scanner. See also http://www.youtube.com/watch?hl=en&v=EO0RbepUUs0

Yes, it works with iPod Touch, but 2G only. Says so in the Japanese:
http://www.engadget.com/photos/skype-for-iphone-goes-live-in-japan/1460696/

You need a headset mic.

No "Look Inside" to preview the book?

nice that they're trying to reduce the footprint, but it's still pretty fat. what happened to thin phones?

@Kris120890: I don't know who told you gOS is partially funded by Google, but they're wrong. Read the bottom of the gOS website: "gOS is not affiliated with Google or their partners."

@NickNick: Chromium is the open-source project on which Chrome is based, but the Linux port is not in a usable state yet. Read: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/wiki/LinuxBuildInstructions

Plus if you watch the demo on YT by David Liu, the guy from gOS, he says that they've skinned Firefox to look like Chrome (at 0:18):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S17HL0xU9cQ&fmt=22

to go along with the announcement, they should start a recycling program so they don't add to the 900 million mice they've contributed to our landfills.

does anyone else think the nokia screen font is hideously ugly? it's like an uglified version of the classic Mac OS font.

Good price point (sub $100), good movie selection (first-run, not like crappy Netflix on-demand selection), good distribution (Blockbuster's immense B&M chain), and good timing (ubiquitous broadband in the US)...assuming Blockbuster doesn't go under, I like the chances for this thing.

The only way to beat this would be to integrate it into a box that people are already getting anyways (like a 360 or a telcom STB like the AT&T uVerse) to eliminate the up-front cost.