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The link expired, and I found the same as Tony.

The big question is how much of the Touch Pro 2 would be lost on an AT&T network? What features would there simply be no internal drivers?

If there are now three, it is a sign of expansion. As of mid-March, the crew was proud of being on the only one.

Thanks for the update.

Chris, I was lucky enough to be on that same route in mid-March. I tweeted from the WiFi on my Tilt, while my wife checked her gmail from the Asus!

For all the salivating, though, this is a pilot program, and there is only one plane in the Southwest fleet that is so equipped. Once they know more about the bandwidth demand and such, they can proceed with outfitting the rest.

It wouldn't surprise me that once in-flight WiFi becomes more available, that there will be a charge. And with it being Southwest, it also wouldn't surprise me if it ends up being free.

Sorry, the name just weirds me out too much.

"I have a Blue Ant in my ear."

- "Does she tells naughty stories about your uncle?"

Essentially, John is saying "Don't waste time erecting a broadcast tower if you don't have anything effective to say."

(my version also fits in a Tweet.)

Hey Chris, have you tried my Personal Brand? I think you'll like it. Check it out: http://twitter.com/ikepigott

Chris...

I had this debate three years ago, with the people behind DeSmogBlog.

They made the contention that PR people are to blame for global warming, because PR practitioners are "clouding" the "resounding" science supporting their cause. Their statement was that PR people were selling out their souls, chasing the dollars of the greedy capitalists.

I asked the simple question: "What if there are PR people who, prior to any question or opportunity for money, believed that global warming is a natural event and that the impact of mankind has been exaggerated?"

In that instance, is their counsel and messaging support any less valid because they happen to be paid now?

My very thoughtful and well-reasoned comment was deleted outright, and never acknowledged.

So there is your answer.

The purists who already KNOW EVERYTHING will stop at nothing to bully and browbeat those with whom they disagree with the OLDEST rhetorical shortcut in the world: the ad hominem of circumstance.

Screw 'em. They reveal their character in the way they say one thing and do another.

I linked to a series of his articles on this, which really do put the economics of it in perspective.

Certainly, you need something in the schools to read the CDs, making the information available.

As to "selling up" the computers... if you were barely surviving in San Diego living on $20,000/year, and someone across the world decided that your $20,000/year subsistence-level existence would be enriched by having a $25,000 hybrid vehicle for your commute, would you drive the car for a marginal benefit? Or would you "sell it up" to acquire other life improvements that would be more pressing for you?

That's the economic question posed, and the Give-1-Get-1 OLPC program proves the point. If it costs $400 for a well-intentioned American to get one, knowing someone in an impoverished nation also gets one, then the selling point for OLPCs on the black market would be around $250-$325. You could make a healthy living buying them from poor families happy to sell them for $200, and ship them to people in other countries who want such a device and want a better price than $400.

Flooding a market with a resource that is overvalued for its purpose, and at a price point that is well below what *others* would pay elsewhere, creates a market vacuum that will draw those OLPCs out of the areas intended and into areas where they are desired.

I know that goes against the whole spirit of the program, but Negroponte's vision only works if one suspends laws of economics and of human nature.

Mr. Negroponte can't be questioned for his motives or passion, but many have properly criticized him for trying to swat gnats with bulldozers.

While the world might indeed scare up enough resources to bring those net-books to every child, there are so many other basic needs that are more important. The OLPCs would have a value representing more than a year's income for a family, making it harder to quash the economic urge to sell them up.

Atanu Dey is a very bright Indian economist, and he recommends that far more could be done by putting Wikipedia and other resources on CDs and distributing them to families. Even if they are only updated every year or two, it would be far less expensive and provide nearly the same value.

There are SEVERAL other features that make this a winner, but let me highlight one that no one else does:

Once installed, you'll find a PockeTwit Quick Updater, which is essentially a shortcut directly to the "Update your status" page. Once you post, it exits.

This means you don't have to go through a startup, check for update, load timeline... just to post a new Tweet.

Genius.

At the very least, please suggest a Windows Mobile client for Twitter.

I highly recommend the free PockeTwit. Go to http://twitter.com/pocketwitdev and follow the link in the profile. PockeTwit is hands down the most elegant and feature-laden client I've used.

The developer has a mad-on to show up iPhone snobs, and this is a pretty piece of software.

Actually, I'd like to win it for my brother. He runs WinMo on a T-Mobile Dash, and could really use the one-handed surfability.

And if he doesn't want it, then I'll still be happy!

I posted two views of my Tilt:

http://snurl.com/8q73r

I've been on board in the testing since the early versions, and it just gets better and better.

And doogald -- you can in fact turn off the GPS. I did.

My favorite is by far Bejeweled 2. It’s more than a time filler, it’s a way to gauge my thinking. I know, for instance, if I am in a mood to just hack-and-slash at the day’s tasks if I find myself going for the quickest grouping of jewels. Other times, when I am more strategic and introspective, I say “to hell with the time and the score” and I just see how many times I can put 5 in a row and get that big bomb! That can take a lot of patience… but becomes a game within a game.

My favorite is by far Bejeweled 2. It's more than a time filler, it's a way to gauge my thinking. I know, for instance, if I am in a mood to just hack-and-slash at the day's tasks if I find myself going for the quickest grouping of jewels. Other times, when I am more strategic and introspective, I say "to hell with the time and the score" and I just see how many times I can put 5 in a row and get that big bomb! That can take a lot of patience...

Using a RazR for the personal phone, and the Tilt for work.

My first player was a MuVo, 128MB. It was all on the little stick and plugged straight into USB. Ran off a single AAA battery.

When it died, I upgraded (barely) to an off-brand with mostly Japanese instructions. It's a sweet little media device for what it does, but there's a lot it doesn't do.

I love The Prisoner. And you pretty much experienced the gamut of things that I expected would come with iPhone ownership. I'll stick with my Tilt.

...yet she went the same way through those slalom gates as every other competitor.

;)

Don't expect any love from the A-List.

I pitched this very same concept several months ago. I got virtually NO response, except for a brief email from a prominent name:

"I do not do personal endorsements."

That's when I decided the treadmill isn't worth it anymore. Life in the J-list is just fine with me.

Keep it going.

You have a niche, there's no need to "build an audience" with the rush to keep posting things.

This isn't Mashable or Techmeme. And I'm not going there or Engadget looking for info on the Tilt.

Usually, the only people who slam website operators are people who don't operate websites.

No pressure... but keep this going. I'd rather have three quality news items in my RSS feed every two weeks than nothing.

Yay. Congrats to CNN.

Way to run out there and start Tweeting it up.

Folks, I'm an ex-newsie. This isn't being 'responsive' to the people, and it isn't a conscious effort at New Journalism. This is content-on-the-cheap. Sanchez as an individual may 'get it', and may in fact be an excellent brand ambassador for CNN in Social Media circles. But CNN has NO CLUE what they're doing with this, and they don't understand the danger.

It would be extremely easy for a small group of people to use a handful of accounts to game the twitterstream. Just start spamming messages @donlemoncnn from multiple accounts using Twhirl. Use Twitter to create the illusion of some type of groundswell, get your comments on the air. There's no transparency, no filtering, and no moderation.

This is a godsend to lazy journalists. The worst assignments are man-on-the-street, where a producer sends you out to ask a question about something that the public doesn't yet know about -- or a question that is ridiculous and embarrassing on its face. Now you just throw out a shout to Twitter to get the same inane comments you'd get from man-on-the-street.

The @CNN tweets WILL be gamed. Not a matter of if, but when (if not already.) And if you're so caught up in the rah-rah of new media to see that, you'll get precisely what you deserve.

Worked fine for me. There was an upgrade in the middle of the day Friday, though.

Try it again.