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German developer Spellbound has revealed Ravensdale, a new fantasy action game in development for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. Its the usual fantasy game with orcs and such, only the orcs here are lugging around steam-powered gatling guns.

[JURIST] The Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) war crimes court on Thursday convicted Radomir Vukovic and Zoran Tomic for their alleged roles in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre during the Bosnian civil war. The accused were found guilty of genocide under Article 171 paragraph a) of the BiH criminal code and were each sentenced to 31 years imprisonment. As members of the 2nd Sekovici Special Police Detachment, the court found that Vukovic and Tomic participated in capturing Bosniak men from the UN safe area and in securing a road to allow the transfer of Bosniak women, children, and elderly. The court also held that the accused knowingly aided in the event in which 1,000 Bosniak men were imprisoned in a warehouse and then executed by Serb police firing automatic weapons and throwing hand grenades. Vukovic participated by throwing hand grenades and Tomic fired an automatic rifle at the captured men. The court extended custody of the accused for up to nine months or until the court issues a new decision.
In March, the BiH indicted Nedjo Ikonic, a former Serb commander of a special police brigade, for his alleged role in the Srebrenica massacre. The BiH war crimes court was set up in 2005 to relieve the caseload of the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY), and is authorized to try lower-level war crime suspects. The court delivered its first sentences against war crimes suspects from Yugoslavia’s violent ethnic conflicts of the 1990s in July 2008, convicting seven of genocide for their involvement in killings committed at the Srebrenica prison camp. The ICTY retains jurisdiction over high-level war crimes allegations, such as those against Bosnian Serb wartime leader Radovan Karadzic and General Ratko Mladic.

Several market commentators feel the 40% year-over-year run-up in U.S. equities is a bearish indicator. As a result, they are telling investors to brace for a pullback.

However, stock market research firm Birinyi Associates has crunched some numbers that suggest otherwise.

Since 1918, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has seen 20 periods where the index has risen 40% from the previous year. On average, from the beginning of each of these periods the market is higher 68% of the time one month, three months and six months later, Birinyi noted. One year later, it is up 89% of the time.

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In part one, we gave you a glimpse into two devices that are expected to be in Dell’s roadmap of mobile devices between 2010 and 2011.  Here you’ll see two more devices that are considered to be part of Dell’s midrange lineup, and geared toward slightly different demographics.  We’ll finish up with part three which will be a look into Dell’s proposed tablet devices, but until then, we give you the Dell Flash and Smoke.  Enjoy.

Flash

This next device, gorgeous as it may be, doesn’t appear to be headed to market until some time in 2011, according to Engadget.  According to the specs, the Flash will come equipped with a 3.5 inch WVGA touchscreen, 800MHz Qualcomm MSM7230 processor, 5MP auto-focus camera with LED flash, Bluetooth, WiFi, 512MB RAM/ROM, up to 64GB microSD storage (impressive!), and will be sporting Android 2.2 (Froyo).  Engadget is calling this device a midrange phone (based on the processor), and by the looks of it, the Flash will be very close to stepping over the line between midrange and high-end devices.  This device is expected to be released in early 2011 to AT&T and perhaps others, and may be offered as an unlocked device (think Nexus One).

Dell seems to be targeting a similar demographic for the Flash as they are the Thunder.  “Creative Explorers” and “Affluent Professionals” are the kind of people that should migrate toward the Flash.  It’s interesting that they go as far as to say that people who are “looking for a premium, cutting edge brand that’s a status symbol,” will adopt this device.  Perhaps they’re referring to the 54% of women who would rather date men with iPhones?  I’ll let you be the judge of that.

For more information and pictures on the Flash, go here.

Smoke

The Smoke has been likened to a better looking Palm Pixi.  It too will be sporting Froyo along with a 2.8-inch QVGA screen and a full QWERTY keyboard.  The device will have the same processor as the Flash (Qualcomm MSM7230, 800MHz), along with 512MB RAM and 256MB ROM and up to 32GB microSD external storage.  It’s also expected to come equipped with the usual Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and GPS.

The smoke is intended for “Strivers” and “Accomplished Productives,” which seems to mean that while they still need some of the features of the higher-end devices, they are more practical individuals who place value as an important piece of the productivity puzzle.  The smoke differentiates itself from competing phones (Palm Pixi, BlackBerry) and is considered (by Dell, of course) to be a “Trend setting, pocketable portrait QWERTY at a price that won’t break the bank.”

For more information and pictures on the Smoke, go here.

Via Engadget

Today we commemorate the 40th annual Earth Day, a cause for celebration but also a reminder that more work than ever remains to be done to protect our planet. As Rabbi Saperstein said today:

The environment we take for granted will not be here for our children and theirs if we fail to move swiftly away from fossil fuels that dirty our air and warm our planet. We have the resources and the willpower to move to a clean energy future, and as we celebrate this Earth Day we call on Congress and the President to lead the way.

We know we face great environmental challenges but also have incredible opportunities to do better, and protect people living in poverty, create green jobs, and encourage sustainable development worldwide in the process. (Read our full statement on the 40th annual Earth Day here.)

And while Earth Day is a great rallying point for all those working for a more sustainable future, we cannot speak up on this day alone. Yesterday we were proud to have Rabbi Saperstein’s words about our religious obligation to protect the earth published in a special section on environmental leadership in the Washington Post (read the full op-ed here or at the bottom of this post). Rabbi Saperstein’s op-ed, which appears alongside words from leaders like New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson, reminds us that, while Earth Day is important:

For many people of faith, the tradition of setting aside time to honor our environment and our work to guard it predates by centuries the modern-day environmental movement. Influential strands of our religious traditions have long argued that the treatment of our natural world is a pressing human and moral issue.

On this day, as every day, our Movement and our allies throughout the faith community speak out for a safe and healthy environmental future for all people; on this Earth Day we commit once again to work toward a future powered by clean sources of energy, in which all people enjoy abundant clean water and breathe clean air. We’ve made great progress since the first Earth Day, but together we remain dedicated to taking greater strides forward in the years to come.

It’s not too late to celebrate – plan an Earth Day event this weekend with our programmatic and advocacy resources, and let us know what you are doing to commemorate the 40th annual Earth Day!
 
 

In 1947, 15,000 cases of malaria were reported in the United States. In 1950, after a well-funded campaign by the government to beat the disease sprayed over 4,650,000 houses with insecticide, there were 2,000 cases were reported. By 1951 the disease was eradicated in our country. If such a history makes it seem like malaria is a fairly easy disease to combat, that’s because it is: artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs), the leading anti-malaria treatment, has a 95% cure rate. And yet, more than half of the world’s population is still at risk for contracting malaria. One million people will die from the disease this year – including one child every thirty seconds – and 10 new cases of malaria are contracted every second.

However, all hope is not lost. This April 25th is World Malaria Day, a day to reaffirm the global commitment to fighting this disease. At the first World Malaria Day three years ago, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon called for universal coverage to end to malaria by the end of 2010. (Rollback Malaria has a handy webpage detailing everything needed to ensure universal coverage by the end of the year.) The Union for Reform Judaism has been doing its part, as we have been partners in the Nothing but Nets campaign, raising money for insecticide-treated bed nets, which studies have shown reduce contraction of malaria by 90%. (You can donate an insecticide-treated bed net for only $10 in honor of World Malaria Day sleep-outs,” events showing large-scale support for malaria eradication. You can find an event in your area by going to the World Malaria Day official website. Find out more ways to help here, at Nothing but Nets’ official website! The disease is beatable, but it will take a world of concerned citizens to complete the task. So sign up, donate, or attend a sleep-out, and make malaria history by 2011!

According to new research, patients may face a higher risk of death from colon surgery if their operation is performed at a teaching hospital. 

The results of the new study are published in this month’s issue of the Archives of Surgery medical journal, and indicate that those who have colon surgery in a teaching hospital are hospitalized longer and face a slightly increased mortality rate. Teaching hospitals were often found to have performed the colon surgery procedures less often.

In the study, U.S. researchers from Johns Hopkins in Baltimore and the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, looked at more than 115,000 patients in 1,045 hospitals who had colon surgery from 2001 through 2005. They found that the mortality rate for colon surgery patients was 3.9% at teaching hospitals, compared to 3.7% at non-teaching hospitals. In addition, those who had the surgeries performed at teaching hospitals tended to remain hospitalized a half a day longer, on average, when the operations were done at teaching hospitals. The average length of stay, overall, was about 10 days.

Researchers say that, though small, the difference is important. They concluded that how the hospitals handle benign disease among the patients seems to be a “tipping point” that non-teaching hospitals seem to handle slightly better. Researchers said that the findings emphasize that diagnosis of a patient’s conditions before surgery should be considered as important as the procedure itself, particularly when determining where that surgery should be performed.

Erin Kutz wrote:

Pluromed, a Woburn, MA-based maker of medical devices, has raised $1.1 million of a planned $3.9 million equity offering, from 16 investors, according to an SEC filing. Founded in 2003, Pluromed develops devices designed to control bleeding in a range of surgeries, from cardiac and vascular to reconstructive procedures, that can also be used to treat kidney stones. The company, which was unavailable at press time for further comment on the new funding, received a $500,000 loan last year from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, an agency in charge of implementing the state’s $1 billion plan for advancing the life sciences industry.

12:17: And that’s it. Nothing too radical.

12:16: “I ask you to join me, not only because it’s in the interest of your industry, but because it’s in the interest of your country.”

12:15: Obama quotes from a Time Magazine 1933 article.

“Through the great banking houses of Manhattan last week ran wild-eyed alarm.  Big bankers stared at one another in anger and astonishment.  A bill just passed … would rivet upon their institutions what they considered a monstrous system…  Such a system, they felt, would not only rob them of their pride of profession but would reduce all U.S. banking to its lowest level.”  That appeared in Time Magazine – in June of 1933.  The system that caused so much concern and consternation?  The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation – the FDIC – an institution that has successfully secured the deposits of generations of Americans.

12:12: Always tension between laissez-faire  desires and need for rules.

12:11: Closing comments… I have laid out a set of reforms. Let’s face it, we also need reform in Washington.

12:09: Final key: say on pay, limting bonuses.

12:09: “Unless your business model depends on bilking people, there’s little to fear from these new ruls.” (Good line)

12:07: “This bill would enact the strongest consumer protections ever.”

12:06: Good sign. Things are moving forward.

12:05: There is a legitimate role of derivatives. References airline fuel hedging. He’s okay with the vanilla stuff.

12:04: Reform will bring new transparency. Many practices were so complex, people inside the firm didn’t understand.

12:02: The bill will enact the Volcker rule. Calls out “tall guy” siting in the front row.

12:02: “What’s not legitimate is to propose that the legislation is going to encourage future bailouts.”

12:01: Talking Lehman fallout and collateral damage.

11:58: Calls out lobbyists and financial sector workers in the audience.

11:57: Some on Wall Street forgot that behind every dollar traded, there’s a family looking to buy a house…

11:56: “I believe in a strong financial sector… a free market was never meant to be a free license to take whatever you can get.”

11:55: Financial crisis was a major contributor to the recession.

11:53: America is adding jobs again. But we haven’t truly recovered yet.

11:53: “Our country has been through a terrible trial.”

11:52: It’s good to be back in Manhattan, a few blocks from Wall Street.

11:51: He’s staring early and thanking attendees.

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We’ll be covering the speech LIVE at 11:55.

Right now it’s just an empty podium.

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This week, YouTube began trying to obliterate one of the most popular internet memes of all time, the Downfall parodies featuring an enraged Adolf Hitler, after a copyright claim by the German production house that owns the movie’s rights.

The parody videos all use a clip from the 2004 German film Downfall about Hitler’s final days. In the clip, Hitler–played by actor Bruno Ganz–lashes out at his staff when he is told that he cannot win the war. As with any foreign film, the movie came with subtitles.

Over the years, fun-seekers have replaced the original English subtitles with absurd substitutes. So instead of ranting about the war, the subtitles express Hitler’s rage over Kanye West’s famous outburst, his toilet being clogged, or the collapse of the real estate market. The satirical videos have been hugely popular over the years, with some clips racking up hundreds of thousands of views. But the clips apparently didn’t just generate a lot of laughs, they also irritated the company that owns the rights to the film, prompting the company to ask YouTube to take them off the site.

The company, Constantin Films, also noted that they had received complaints from Jewish groups about the distasteful nature of the spoofs. Indeed, Abraham Foxman, national director of the Anti-Defamation League, told the Associated Press that the league was “delighted” at this piece of news.

“We find them offensive,” said Foxman of the videos. “We feel that they trivialize not only the Holocaust but World War II. Hitler is not a cartoon character.”

Some have argued that since the videos are parodies, they are protected under “fair use,” the legal doctrine that holds that the use of copyright-protected works for purposes such as parody and education may be considered “fair,” writes the Associated Press. However, YouTube’s content policy also specifies that if a copyright holder asks, they will remove the material from the site.

The site is also blocking people from uploading new Downfall parodies. TechCrunch reports that when someone tried to upload a new Hitler spoof on the missing iPhone 4G, they got the following message:

“This video contains content from Constantin Film, who has blocked it on copyright grounds.“

Meanwhile, even as YouTube sweeps its site for the parodies, there are so many of them out there, that you can still watch a few of them easily.

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Our piece this morning describes the reluctance of Massey Energy workers to criticize the company for fear of losing their jobs in a part of the country where there are criminally few employment alternatives. As a result, it’s next to impossible to find miners or their families willing to talk to reporters about Massey’s safety ethic, particularly in those communities closest to the Upper Big Branch project in Raleigh County, where 29 miners were killed this month in a deep mine blast.

But don’t tell that to Jordan Freeman. The West Virginia-based filmmaker and environmental activist recently conducted this interview with a Massey deep miner. And while the identity of the miner is concealed, his message is nonetheless pretty damning.

“Production was the name of the game,” he says. “At all costs we’ve got to get X amount of footage outside at the end of every shift — for what they would say to be, to where they could stay in the business, to keep the revenue rolling.

“For me, I felt like that lump of coal was important that a human being’s life.”

With more and more stories appearing like this, it’s getting tougher and tougher for Massey to lay a credible claim to their alleged commitment to safety.

Housing sales should rise a strong 5 percent in March, housing economists say, with the rush fueled by the end-of-the-month expiry of the first time homebuyer’s tax credit. All in all, 5.3 million Americans will purchase a new home. But The Associated Press story injects a note of caution:

Still, some housing market experts predict the market will take a dramatic “double-dip” once the government’s supports are gone. But others argue that there is enough pent-up demand to keep the market chugging. And prices have fallen dramatically since the boom years — as much as 50 percent in some places. So buyers can pick up bargain-priced foreclosures.

The most prominent housing expert anticipating a double-dip is Robert Shiller, the Yale professor and co-creator of the Case-Shiller housing index. In a recent New York Times piece, he argued that the optimism might be premature, particularly given the end of the Federal Reserve program to buy billions’ worth of mortgage-backed securities and Obama’s homebuyer tax credit programs. “Momentum may be on the forecasts’ side,” Shiller wrote. “But until there is evidence that the fundamental thinking about housing has shifted in an optimistic direction, we cannot trust that momentum to continue.”

But momentum where? Bargain-priced foreclosures where? A double-dip where? These articles describe the national housing market, but increasingly it is more useful to think regionally. A national recovery — underpinned by rising consumer and investor confidence and returning employment, if slowed by the end of Obama’s housing-market programs — seems a decent bet. But in certain areas, severe difficulties look likely to continue and even worsen.

I wrote about this in part yesterday, in response to David Leonhardt’s excellent New York Times column on how in many parts of the country the rent ratio implies it is an advantageous time to buy a house. It is in most places. But in a few regions — namely, central southern California, Florida, Michigan and Nevada, plus to a lesser extent Georgia — all signs are that the housing market will not be recovering any time soon. Why? The answer lies in their housing markets as well as in their broader economies.

For one, their residential real estate markets are still in a state of decline. Places like the Inland Empire and Las Vegas and Ft. Myers have the highest concentration of shadow inventory, foreclosed homes that banks have not put back on the market. Moreover, they have increasing rates of foreclosures and delinquencies, implying falling home values to come.

Compounding the problem is that those regions also do not have the fundamentals for broader economic recovery either. They suffer from high, high rates of unemployment. In some cases, their population bases are actually shrinking. And households remain highly indebted. With no construction boom on the horizon — indeed, they tend to have excess housing and commercial real estate stock — these places seem stuck in a vicious downward cycle.

That means, while a broad-based and slow recovery helps turn the housing market around in the majority of states, things look parlous for an already hard-hit minority.

Interesante noticia para todos los norteamericanos, acaba de ser confirmado que el nuevo Audi RS5 se comercializará próximamente en Estados Unidos y Canadá. Más concretamente, llegará a los concesionarios apartir del mes de Septiembre.

En Europa estará disponible desde el próximo mes de Junio. Se podrá adquirir a un precio final de 78.000$. Audi también ha confirmado que sólo pondrá a la venta variantes con equipamiento de gama media-alta que incluiran por ejemplo el software Dynamic Ride Control.

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The second annual Green:Net conference, the only event that examines the intersection of greentech and IT, will be held next Thursday, April 29th at the Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco. From the entrepreneurs that make up the backbone of America’s innovation economy to the leaders of forward-thinking U.S. utilities to the investors that funded the Internet revolution, the speakers at Green:Net 2010 will be focused on one thing: how the Internet and IT can be leveraged to save the planet. At the same time, attendees will learn how to create huge new technology markets and spearhead the green economy.

Friends of GigaOM receive a $75 discount. So hurry and get your discount ticket now!

To preserve our future, we have to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption. The Internet, computers and communication networks are ideally suited to help with this task, including via the smart grid, connected cars, software for resource management and greener data centers. Following a sold-out first-year event, we’re proud to once again be gathering together the brightest minds, ideas and entrepreneurs for Green:Net 2010.

Topics include:

• So the Smart Grid Will Be Huge, Now What? — Who are the innovators, and what software and network technologies will usher in the next generation of the power grid?
• The New Networked Car — Is the next major mobile technology platform for green applications your car?
• Carbon Policy Is Coming, and Software Is Gonna Save You — Will we see the emergence of new software giants in this space?
• How the Internet Giants Are Moving Into Energy – Google and Microsoft have slowing moved into offering energy services; what’s the attraction and what are their plans?
• Switching Atoms for Bits: The Web and Dematerialization — Did you know that a Kindle can reduce carbon emissions?
• Dot-com Investors Turn to Cleantech — Get a map of the opportunities and the funds chasing deals at this session.

Green:Net 2010 speakers include:

• Jerry Brown, Attorney General for the State of California
• Vinod Khosla, Founder of Khosla Ventures
• Steve Jurvetson, Managing Director at Draper Fisher Jurvetson
• Bill Weihl, Google’s Green Energy Czar
• Mike Harrigan, NRG Energy’s VP of Electric Vehicle Services
• Pedro Pizarro, Southern California Edison’s EVP of Power Operations
• Dian Grueneich, Commissioner for the California Public Utilities Commission
• Laura Ipsen, SVP and GM, Smart Grid, Cisco
• Eric Dresselhuys, EVP, Silver Spring Networks

Companies include:

• Ford Motor Co.
• Microsoft
• Google
• Nissan
• General Motors
• SAP
• IBM
• Cisco
• Greenpeace International

And many, many more. For a full listing of speakers and topics visit our Green:Net 2010 web site.

Act quickly now to lock in the lowest price and get your seat. We look forward to meeting you at Green:Net 2010!

By Matt Hawes

Later today, Congressman Paul will be interviewed in studio on MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews at 5:30 pm eastern. 

Update:

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

 

Sony may be winding down its OLED operations in Japan, but over in South Korea OLED is big business for LG—with news coming in today saying they’re investing a whopping $225.7m into tripling production. But who’s buying? More »

Greenwire: Twenty-five states, local governments and nonprofits will split $452 million to retrofit energy-inefficient homes and office buildings, Vice President Joe Biden will announce this afternoon.The money comes as part of the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which President Obama signed into law 16 months ago. The stimulus package earmarked roughly $80 billion for clean-energy and energy-efficiency projects.

The so-called “Retrofit Ramp-Up” funding commitments to be announced today at the White House will help the 25 states, local governments and nonprofits swap out building insulation, windows and lights, among other things. Grantees will offer building owners low- or no-interest loans for retrofits that may be repaid through property tax or utility bills.

The Energy Department will use the program’s financing and retrofit models to develop best-practice guides that other cities could adopt. Replicating such efforts nationally could save homes and businesses about $100 million in utility bills annually, as well as leverage about $2.8 billion in from the private sector and create about 30,000 jobs during the next three years, administration officials claim.

“This investment in some of the most innovative energy-efficiency projects across the country will not only help homeowners and businesses make cost-cutting retrofit improvements but create jobs right here in America,” Biden notes in prepared remarks.

The 25 grantees and their grant amounts: Austin, Texas ($10 million); Boulder County, Colo. ($25 million); Camden, N.J. ($5 million); Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning ($25 million); Greater Cincinnati Energy Alliance ($17 million); Greensboro, N.C. ($5 million); Indianapolis ($10 million); Kansas City, Mo. ($20 million); Los Angeles County, Calif. ($30 million); Lowell, Mass. ($5 million); state of Maine ($30 million); state of Maryland ($20 million); state of Michigan ($30 million); state of Missouri ($5 million); Omaha, Neb. ($10 million); state of New Hampshire ($10 million); New York State Research and Development Authority ($40 million); Philadelphia ($25 million); Phoenix ($25 million); Portland, Ore. ($20 million); San Antonio ($10 million); Seattle ($20 million); Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance ($20 million); Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority ($15 million); and Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corp. ($20 million).

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Looking to move that aging game equipment out of the garage?

The recycling service, Reconnect, set up by Dell and Goodwill Industries, is expanding with the help of Microsoft to collect more than PCs and computers.

Now the free collection service, available at nearly 2,000 Goodwill locations, also will accept Microsoft entertainment products like Xbox, Zune and their accessories, Round Rock, Texas-based Dell announced today.

Microsoft will be participating and contributing to the program to help consumers recycle more easily.

“The world consumes more electronic products every year, so it’s important to dispose of or recycle these items responsibly,” said Brian Tobey, corporate vice president at Microsoft, in a statement.

“Recycling of our consumer hardware products is a major part of Microsoft’s commitment to minimizing our environmental impact and that of our customers.

Reconnect has diverted more than 96 million pounds of e-waste from landfills and created about 250 green jobs since its launch in 2004, according to Dell and Goodwill.

Goodwill employees disassemble the computers and equipment, selling the component parts. Some equipment is reburbished and resold. The program supports Goodwill’s job training mission and employs people with employment challenges.

“Electronics recycling needs more awareness and more industry participation,” said Mike Watson, senior manager of Dell Global Recycling Services. “The Reconnect program exemplifies what sustainability practices can mean to our communities – extended life for technology and a successful life for our citizens. We’re glad to have Microsoft’s support.”

To find a Goodwill electronics recycling center and check the list of equipment accepted see  the Reconnect website.

You paid your taxes, the government got your pesos, and here’s where the President wants to spend them in 2011. Death and Taxes keeps being my favorite chart every year. Guess who gets the biggest cake piece (again). More »

Well, there you have it.  According to Google employee “Ry Guy,” the search giant is “no longer investigating” the 3G issue that has plagued several Nexus One owners since the launch in January.  Originally blamed on T-Mobile’s 3G coverage footprint, a February OTA software update failed to fix the issue.  As it stands, Google is recommending that “changing your location or even the orientation” of the phone could solve the problem.  Given that the forums are buzzing with comparisons to other T-Mobile phones, the remaining finger could be pointed at HTC and potential build issues.

Needless to say, the comments aren’t going over well with Nexus One users, with many in the forums threatening to sell their devices and move on.  I’m particularly interested to see how users and prospective customers respond, given the fact that the issue appears to be outside of the software realm.  With Google spearheading the Nexus One campaign, will they take the PR hit, or will all eyes be on HTC?

Via Engadget