It's good for the standard that prices are getting cheap, but even now the PS3's bargain preposition hasn't ended.

$300 for Blu-Ray playback + media streamer + mediocre web browser + gaming (even casual gaming)

No longer the only game in town, but still potent.

Will it double censor the mosaics in my Japanese adult videos?

Very true. Right now, even eSata is much more common than USB3.0. USB3.0 has been released with what, the latest P55 and X58 boards and as an adapter by Buffalo? Buffalo's just making news on being amongst the earliest here.

Steve Jobs will never agree, but I'd buy a N97ifed iPhone XD

I see two current trends in large sensor camera design:

1) Keep SLR viewfinder because of its advantages (night, action shooting prowess and familiarity). This leads to the traditional form factor.

2) Ditch the viewfinder and make the thing as small as possible. Most successfully done so far by the micro 4/3s cameras.

So we're somewhat divorced from film but not the viewfinder. Killing the viewfinder must lead to some considerable utility in return - the most obvious one being small size right now. Just being different doesn't solve problems.

@the steven The FE2 was main camera for quite a while too. Lovely thing, a pleasure to use. People apply too much of a tech mindframe to judge cameras - for many photographic purposes, an outdated technology may merely be the gateway to a wholly different way of shooting and results.

At last. You try finger painting rows of Chinese charatcters on your mobile device. Not impossible, but a stylus is a big help. HTC is a Taiwanese company after all, the offical language there is Chinese (Mandarin with traditional charatcters), so I guess this is something of a priority for them.

@(Unverified) They got rid of the expresscard slot too, making the MBPs really at a loss for connectors. We'll have to wait for Lightpeak, I'm afraid.

@Michael Pollard Did you check out the u2410? TFTCentral's review says "the stand offers a decent array of ergonomic adjustments, with a height, tilt, pivot and rotate function available."

"Frankly, with so much convergence around similar standards and resolutions, the one true distinguishing factor between monitors nowadays is exactly how they look"

I don't agree with that. It is true that many people choose from very similar monitors, but I feel it is more because people aren't taking advantage of important distinguishing features:

1. Ergonomic considerations - adjustable arm allowing for tilt and pivot and rotating the screen to portrait mode.

2. Panel quality and technology - people might say TN is good enough for them, but there are good and bad TN panels out there. This goes double for laptops. The benefits of PVA and IPS panels might not be sufficient for everyone given the price - but if you use your monitor heavily for media, it could be worth it. If you have a PVA Bravia TV, why not a PVA or IPS monitor?