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w11guy, on 2012-04-16 09:08:36, said:

Ahh.. the 'You May Leave Its Not Your Country"-trump card! Be assured that the other millions of Thais are not enjoying themselves! The whole Thai New Year has gotten out of hand, turned in a tyranny of the drunk. It's getting too dangerous, also for a lot of Thais who are hiding in their homes for 3/4 days and should they leave as well?

Thai expert...sounds like an oxymoron....anyway, pretty good guess.  Quakes of that magnitude are often followed by many days or weeks of after shocks.

AleG, on 2012-03-29 15:04:19, said:

I was thinking that....

"News update - Scientists have discovered that asteroid HR-452, which is approximately five kilometers in width, will impact with the earth sometime on Friday on top of Tesco Lotus Saraburi. In other news,we have been receiving reports that in Amphur Muak Lek the dead have risen from their graves and are attempting to eat the brains of the living. And now over to Sombat with the weather..."

No glass is being phases out but if its making life so difficult for you empty the blister packs into a small glass bottle and try to forget you did it.Life was not meant to be easy.

There's ALWAYS something imminent. If you avidly read reviews, and especially keep up to date with what's round the corner, well, basically you'll end up never buying anything.

Whatever you buy will be "obsolete" inside of a year, but will remain usable for at least two or three years or more.

nikster, on 2012-02-23 01:40:40, said:

I'm neither hopeless nor a hater, but thanks for trying the veiled personal insult. I absolutely love the Apple fanboys like you. I love that you guys seems so satisfied with such a lilliputian screen on a grossly over-priced 'phone'. They keep the faith alive and keep the share price of my best Apple logo-ed purchase (two, 2:1 splits and a grotesquely large capital gain) at ever dizzying heights. Once I see the zealotry of the faithful like you flag at all I will sell. But not until the dividend. So I just like to tweak the fanboys to make sure they are still liking the kool-aid.

Hi, I am doing this post from my HTC Desire, so please bear with any typos or syntax errors!

I've had this HTC Desire for two months now.  It was 12,000 Baht less than the iPhone 3gs.  It's 'rooted' with the free Android 2.2 OS + HTC Sense features.  I use it as a computer for Internet access on the road and it works very very well.  The GPS is outstandingly accurate worldwide.  The battery life is about two days and I can easily live with that.  It has a fantastic private hotspot feature where I can access my 650 Baht/month AIS EDGE account(Nationwide) with the Desire, then connect my laptop wirelessly to it. (Phone in pocket and laptop on Internet, book hotels, air tix, movies, check email, anything, everything, etc.  It's interesting to see the look on people's faces when I'm out in the middle of nowhere, like right now!)  

The new Android 2.2 OS does support Thai, and essentially every other language, natively.

For 'Market' upgrade purchases in Thailand, simply buy the product online and download it to your computer, then load the APK to the Desire SD card and use the Desire App "Astro Mgr" to browse to, and install, the app.

I have no problem whatsoever using WPA2 with a strong password encryption.  My Desire does 3G @ 900Mhz, so 'True' is not available for 3G (in Thailand,) ergo it's AIS 3G all the way.  I do have free WiFi access with my True 16mb contract user/pass in all country-wide True hotspots (if I really need it.)  However, CAT is calling, and True will be backing away from 3G and begin ramping their new 50mb "Ultra Hi Speed Internet" (wired & wireless) services within the next month or so.  The Desire also supports ultra highspeed wireless 'N' wireless connections as well.

IMHO, the iPhone 3gs 32 didn't stand a chance.  Android is completely open source, I can even create my own customized apps with incredibly efficient and FREE Google support.  The Apple iPhone OS is prioritized to maximize profits, (are you listening Bill Gates and Steve Jobs?  We're tired of it!!!)  

Apps, apps FREE apps.  On my Desire: 3 flashlights, 1 laser .001 cm tolerance measuring tool, 1 live realtime skymap, 2 pinpoint GPS (3 meters), a 720 HD camcorder, a 5 mpx camera with a ton of features including an Android based Adobe Photoshop, 1 metal detector, 1 live & instantly adjustable currency converter, 1 directional Tom Tom style drive mapping system (tons of Asia maps), 3 Internet browsers, full Kindle app access for free or cheap books (terrific), 3 mail managers, 2 music players, 2 media (movie) players, 2 backup systems (1 to an online server) 3D games, 2D games, etc, etc etc.  (There are tens of thousands of great apps available.)

Forbes Magazine claims that 16% of the Western World is considering buying a new smartphone within the next 4 months.  In Asian countries, or ANY country where you can use a SIM, the HTC Desire should be at the top of everyone's list. It's the best smart phone on the market today.