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http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/08/hisense-x1-smartphone/ A 6.8 inch "phone".

QUOTE (danman31 @ Jan 8, 2014 -> 09:42 PM) I guess on-screen controls could work. Seems like that would be tough. Also, the Vita has buttons and dual joysticks so that's most of the controls. Only the L2/R2 buttons are touch. You could always connect a PS3/PS4 controller. Those are bluetooth devices and will actually work with most games if you just plug it into your phone/tablet. Or there's an app that'll connect it for you via bluetooth. Sony can easily implement that if they really wanted to.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 8, 2014 -> 09:47 PM) Can someone let me know when hangouts can actually handle MMS and isn't a garbage app. MMS works for me. Make sure your APN settings are correct (depends on your carrier).

QUOTE (rangercal @ Jan 8, 2014 -> 02:52 PM) Frank Thomas Scouting report from 1989 Is that the same Mike Rizzo that's GM of the Nationals?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 8, 2014 -> 02:19 PM) Great for Frank. This is validation of exactly how incredible of a hitter the guy was. Also 16 people didn't vote for Greg Maddux. Seriously? Awful. More than Biggio missing by 2 votes, Maddux being left off of 16 ballots means there are 16 writers out there who need to be b**** slapped. When you have 700+ people voting and a lot of them are old men with dementia, stupid things happen.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jan 8, 2014 -> 02:05 PM) Bagwell was at 213 Bagwell was almost hitting .370 that year. I wonder what his final numbers would have looked like if there wasn't a strike. Same goes for Frank. Frank also had a 205 wRC+ that year, which is a figure you just don't see anymore these days. For comparison, even with Cabrera's great season last year and the lower scoring run environment, his wRC+ was 192.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jan 8, 2014 -> 01:47 PM) Thome should too This feels so awesome OPS+ of 212 in 94. Holy Jesus.

I seriously can't understand what Rodman is saying half the time.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jan 8, 2014 -> 07:53 AM) Wow. Damian Lillard had 26 points last night... ... IN THE 4TH QUARTER! And the Kings won. Yay!

QUOTE (thxfrthmmrs @ Jan 8, 2014 -> 07:50 AM) C'mon really? I know we hate the Heat, but these posts are pretty biased. On top of my head, the bigger name signings that didn't work out for them the last few years: Eddy Curry, Mike Bibby, Rashard Lewis, Greg Oden. But there are other guys who signed who also performed over the value of their contract: Ray Allen, Mike Miller, Shane Battier, Birdman, and even Beasley this year. And yea, they also made it to the Finals three straight years, so I think things are working out pretty well for them. J4L said every move the Heat has made since 2010 has worked out. Clearly, that's not the case and he just loves circlejerking to the Heat.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Jan 7, 2014 -> 07:51 PM) I'm not sure I understand this. So you want to play a game at home on your phone in the same place your console is? How are you going to control a game on your phone? With on-screen controls? This is exactly what Remote Play does on the PS Vita.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jan 7, 2014 -> 05:40 PM) And then the rest of the board will say what an awful signing it is and it'll never workout despite the fact every move the Heat have made since July, 2010 has worked out. How many minutes has Greg Oden played this year? Oh yeah, none.

QUOTE (lord chas @ Jan 7, 2014 -> 03:35 PM) When will Mirotic realistically come to Chicago? Everything I'm hearing is saying he will stay in Spain next year as well. I don't really understand why he'd want to keep playing 25 minutes a game in an inferior league he's clearly dominating.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Jan 7, 2014 -> 02:19 PM) It also sounds like this will eventually kill of the home console industry since it can work on non Sony devices. What Sony should do is put remote play on smart phones. I don't have fast enough internet on my phone (or at home even) to stream HD video and provide real-time input from a non-local server. I'll happily use my phone or tablet to play PS3/PS4 games at home though.

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Jan 7, 2014 -> 01:56 PM) Eh, it'd be hard to be worse than he was in Toronto. He's still only putting up a 17.5 PER and they're still awful. I'll put it this way: he's not going to get another $15 million a year contract if he opts out. At least he can be considered efficient now.

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Jan 7, 2014 -> 01:40 PM) Um, they already signed Cousins to an extension. He's on the books for $13.7 mil next year. Gay would also have to be incredibly stupid to not pick up that option. Given the general disdain for his game at the moment, that might be 3 seasons worth of pay on his next contract. They've also still got quite a bit of money tied up in guys like Marcus Thornton, Carl Landry, Jason Thompson and Derrick Williams if they decide to keep him around ($21 million to the first 3 plus another $6.3 million if they choose to keep Williams). In other words, not really any space to work with. Rudy Gay's actually played really well for the Kings.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jan 7, 2014 -> 03:12 AM) You are probably underestimating the productive capabilities of Android by quite a bit. Either way, tablets are very useful as consumption devices as well. I do most of my reading and posting on Soxtalk from my Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 tablet, for instance. The active digitizer (aka, the S Pen technology) makes it much more useful for productivity for me, since I can take handwritten notes on it. I also wrote this entire post via handwriting recognition. Curious why you don't trust Asus, as they are held in extremely high esteem throughout the tech community and have pioneered Android in the tablet format. They made the first mainstream convertible. To each his own of course, but I wouldn't want you to miss out on a good product for you at some point. Yeah, I don't get how you don't trust ASUS, they make great computers and tablets.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jan 7, 2014 -> 01:48 AM) I honestly love having as many physical/capacitive buttons as possible. For some reason I feel like I "trust" them more and I've never been fond of the black bar on-screen for that kind of thing. It may just be that I am so used to it, though my One lacks a physical button (there are two capacitive buttons). What Samsung has done here IMO is the worst way to do things, which is to keep the button but change the function. If I had one, I'd hit it to get to my home screen all the god damned time. On-screen navigation buttons just kind of work. I've never had an issue where the buttons become unresponsive or anything. Plus, with Android 4.4, those black bars can disappear in immersive mode when you play a game or watch a movie (although for video apps, they've always gone full-screen anyways). So you're really not wasting screen real-estate when you truly need it. It makes a ton of sense for phones since it allows for smaller bezels. And Samsung only changed the menu button to a multi-tasking button, not the home button. The stupid thing is that they used to do on-screen buttons for tablets. Then the GS3 and GS4 got so popular that they thought they had an iconic button setup (basically they thought they were Apple) and decided to bring it over to tablets. Now all of their tablets look like phones (especially that Galaxy Note 8).

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 7, 2014 -> 10:04 AM) Didn't Kobe drop the Bulls name before? Keep Gibson and Noah, if Melo is serious, one could be included in a sign and trade, but Melo on the Bulls is slim to none. If only Kevin Love was a FA this off-season. He would have made a ton of sense.

QUOTE (Jake @ Jan 6, 2014 -> 11:32 PM) Some cool stuff at CES: Pebble is releasing Pebble Steel, a new, much-less-dorky-looking version of their pretty great smartwatch. They also announced Pebble 2.0, a major update to its operating system that includes its own appstore. Their most notable new partner is ESPN, so checking scores on your watch will be pretty easy. Each watch will come with a leather and metal band. Samsung announced another line of tablet updates, finally making their Tab line non-s***ty while releasing a much larger Galaxy Note 12.2. I just bought a Note 8.0 and would have liked an update to that, though I really am fond of what I have...most of my beef is with the plasticky, rounded build of the whole thing. ASUS had a quite well-received presentation, rolling out all kinds of new s***. I'm intrigued by their Vivotab Note 8 (did I mention I like the 8 inch size for tablets and really want an active stylus?), which has the much-improved Bay Trail Atom processor, runs full W8.1, has a Wacom active digitizer, and also comes with a free full copy (not a trial) of Office. $299, awesome Their new ZenFones look very interesting as well. They have Zen 4, 5, and 6 models which correspond to size. 4 looks like it will be great in the budget part of the market. The ZenFone 6 has one particularly interesting feature - "PenTouch," a feature which they say allows you to use a pencil, pen, or anything like that on your screen as if it were a stylus. Sounds awesome if implemented well, but who knows. I'm still waiting for active stylus/things like this to be implemented in non-enormous phones. And finally, they announced the Transformer Duet -- a 13 inch convertible (detachable screen to become a large tablet) that runs full versions of Windows 8.1 and Android. No virtualization. You press one key to switch over, which they say takes 4 seconds. I think Android needs some work to take on this size and functionality, but the option to dual-boot may get enough people to jump on board that they get the development needed to make it work. TBH, I think W8.1 is a big enough step that it may squash some of this competition, particularly from the mobile OS side. Intel confirmed that they will be making a line of chips meant to support dual OS, which suggests this will be a thing the industry tries to implement further. Samsung finally got rid of that stupid menu button on their tablets. It's about time. I still don't get physical and capacitive buttons on Samsung tablets, it makes me cringe.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jan 7, 2014 -> 12:52 AM) By far the most important aspect of this imo. You know, if they really want to get into the lottery, let Bynum play.

Well, this will definitely help our chances of getting into the lottery.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jan 7, 2014 -> 12:32 AM) Deng also apparently turned down a 3 for 30 extension deal last week. That's a pretty low ball offer IMO.

I'm so glad they traded Deng. Unfortunately, that first round pick might not get to us this year. Sacramento is pretty bad.

The Niners should have had a huge lead after the 1st quarter, but couldn't finish drives when they got within the 10 yard line. Kaepernick's legs were the reason the Packers lost this game.