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QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Feb 12, 2013 -> 08:26 PM) I think it is Rose's camp trying to force the Bulls hand into a trade. That or Rose's camp trying to downplay where he is so that if he does come back and struggle, they have enough PR out there explaining why (and thus ensuring fans wait another year and are patient). This.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Feb 12, 2013 -> 06:10 PM) Some media speculate that theres people in Derricks 'camp' who think he'd be better off sitting out season. This sucks. Derrick was quoted saying that he's nowhere near ready and that he's currently in the high 80% range in terms of progress. It shouldn't take 3 more months for him to get those 11 or 12% should it?

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Feb 12, 2013 -> 03:04 PM) lol how in the f*** did those cocksuckers manage to predict an 80-82 record for the 2006 juggernaut club that returned a WS champ plus Jim Thome & Javy Vazquez... unreal PECOTA's been bad for a long time and they should feel bad.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Feb 12, 2013 -> 12:39 PM) Found a pic of CHW. No wonder why he has no problems with all of these huge devices. I need to get me one of those.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Feb 12, 2013 -> 12:17 PM) Keys. Okay I don't know about you guys, but I usually carry three things on me in my pants pockets. Keys, wallet, and phone. Unless you have a $500 leather wallet that is prone to scratching, I don't think it's the smartest idea to put your keys with your phone as opposed to your wallet.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Feb 12, 2013 -> 12:02 PM) My phone always gets left pocket to itself, or maybe with some chapstick. This. If you have two pockets, why not use both? There's no need to cram everything into one pocket.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Feb 11, 2013 -> 11:35 PM) So it consistently underrates us. They've underrated the Sox by 7.125 games on average each year. So it should be a good bet that the Sox will win 84-85 games this year then.

I think you guys should check out this jailbroken app called Accelerate. It makes iOS animations way faster, which means you're actually navigating your device faster. It's like half placebo effect and half actual speed increase.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Feb 11, 2013 -> 08:20 PM) 4 years, $48 million, with a $12 million option for the 5th year if hits 550 PAs That's not that bad of a deal. The Indians' lineup is looking a lot better now with Swish, Bourn, and Reynolds. Right now it's probably 1. Bourn CF 2. Cabrera SS 3. Kipnis 2B 4. Santana C 5. Swisher RF 6. Reynolds 1B 7. Chisenhall 3B 8. Stubbs LF 9. Brantley DH They still don't have very good pitching, but that lineup should score some runs.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Feb 11, 2013 -> 06:23 PM) I put my phone in the same pocket as my wallet most of the time. Can't with a 5" phone, contrary to what the person above said...they aren't comfortable to me. You must have a thin wallet (no pun intended).

lol @ Danks being ahead of Dunn. Did they not see how much money Anibal Sanchez got? If Danks returns back to being healthy, it's nowhere near a bad contract.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Feb 11, 2013 -> 05:35 PM) My note 2 fits in my pocket comfortably. Nothing else can go in there with it though. Why would you want to put other things in there with your phone though? It'll just scratch the phone up.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Feb 11, 2013 -> 08:46 AM) Thanks. I didn't read anything that eliminated it from the running as my next phone. Let' see what the other big hitters unveil in the coming weeks. EDIT: One question. I've always had an on-contract phone. If this one never gets released, could I buy an unlocked one and have it activated it the US? I have no idea how that works since I've always been on Sprint and never had to deal with SIM cards. If you're willing to switch carriers for the phone, then you can go with just about anyone and you should be able to find an unlocked version on eBay or Amazon. It will cost you though (expect a $600-$700 tag). If you're willing to live with T-Mobile's spotty coverage inside buildings and in rural areas (I know you've suffered this with Spring too...), then you can get unlimited everything for $70 a month prepaid. No contract, no horrible cellular tax, and their HSPA+42 gets you 25 Mbps in good coverage areas. They should also get LTE soon, which I imagine will be on the international Xperia Z.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Feb 11, 2013 -> 08:59 AM) That phone looks really good...but...it's...Sony. I'm still not sure I can let that go... TBH, Sony's actually pretty good about pushing out updates in the past year or so. They're fairly transparent and they do interact with the dev community quite a bit. However, they're still an OEM and OEMs have to go through a long process to get software skinned and approved (approval takes almost longer than development). The key to this phone is how large the dev following will be for this phone. Otherwise, be prepared to be stuck on an old version of Android for a few months. This is a very comparable phone IMO: Oppo is a Chinese company that actually makes really really high quality electronics (their Blu-Ray players are really good) and this phone is no exception. It's a pretty good deal for $500 unlocked too.

QUOTE (Jake @ Feb 11, 2013 -> 01:56 AM) Wtf Illinois? Are you good or not? My heart can't take much more of this. I just want to see them get into the tournament. When this team gets hot, they can beat just about anyone and Groce has always had a good track record in the tournament. We shall see I guess.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Feb 11, 2013 -> 01:27 AM) That's all FT and 3pt shooting (though LeBron is shooting a crazy percentage from deep right now on less attempts per game than he took 3/4 years ago). LeBron will never be the ft and 3pt shooter that Durant is, even though he's a better player overall. I'd really hate to have a say so in the MVP voting this year. Who the f*** do you vote for? Two players having all-time spectacular seasons simultaneously. It's pretty rare. BTW dude, check your email, I renewed our sabermetric fantasy league.

http://unleashthephones.com/2013/02/10/sony-xperia-z-review/ There's a nice Xperia Z review for your Sqwert.

Even with this efficiency increase of late, LeBron is still lagging behind Kevin Durant in terms of TS% and offensive rating.

My roommate's girlfriend got a Galaxy Note 2 today and I got to hold it in the hand and compare it to my Nexus phones. Yes, it is bigger than my Nexus 4 (by an entire top bezel in fact), but It didn't feel too big for me to use at all. Also, the heaviness of the phone made it feel a lot more solid than other plastic phones like the S3.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Feb 9, 2013 -> 10:06 AM) I really need to get a new phone soon...my iPhone 4 is on it's last legs (too many drops, glass is shattered on the back), but I am just so underwhelmed by everything out there right now. I have a 4S for work and so I can always fall back on that when the 4 gives me trouble. I'm trying to hold out for the 5S or the 6, but not sure if I can make it that long...I've read that the 5S may have a faster chip and a fingerprint sensor of some type, while the 6 will actually be much bigger than the 4 and 5 to compete with the Samsung Galaxy line. I think a case could have helped you out there. If you have a 4S for work, why can't you just wait a few months?

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Feb 8, 2013 -> 05:46 PM) It doesn't do anything to your warranty, because you can always do a full restore via iTunes which removes the jailbreak and restores the phone back to it's factory default settings. It's a simple process, but it's more complicated than a base iOS install, I won't lie to you and say otherwise. This is the first time I've done it in a while now, but I'm a former jailbreaker from the original iPhone - iPhone 3GS days. I didn't stop this practice until I got tired of it during the iPhone 4-4s era...I've since returned. I'd say do it, and if you have any questions you can always ask me on here, or email me at y2hh@mafia.org, I can help you out. Before you begin, do an iCloud and a iTunes backup of your device. After you do that, remove any lock screen password you may have set, plug the phone in and run the jailbreak application. Lockscreen passwords can make the jailbreak process have issues, so disable it, you can reenable it after you are done. After a few reboots it will be done (5 minutes), and your phone will look exactly the same, only now you'll have an additional icon called Cydia which is the App Store for installing jailbreak applications. Other than that your phone will work and act the same, and you will still have access to apples App Store and everything else, just as you always did. I'll even make this easier on you and start you out with some tips... You want the following from the Cydia store, they are all free: Activator (Allows you to program button presses/combinations/swipes to do whatever you want them to do.) Bolt (Removes the battery symbol at the top right of your phone status bar, leaving the %, when plugged in, you will still see a little charge bolt.) biteSMS (Complete replacement for Apples SMS applications. Works with facetime, iMessage, texts, MMS, etc. Much more configurable, and adds a quick message popup, so you do not have to close your applications to reply to texts.) Browser Changer (Allows you to set any browser as your default browser, be it Chrome, Firefox, Opera, etc. Also allows you to change your default Maps app to Google Maps.) f.lux (Automatically changes the phones contrast at night so it's not hard on your eyes, automatically changes it back when light/morning again.) IconBounce (Eye candy, makes the icons on the dock bounce and dance around...looks cool.) IconRenamer (Allows you to rename apps to whatever you want.) NCSettings (Adds quick controls to your notification center dropdown, adding things such as the ability to quickly change brightness, turn on airplane mode, the camera flash for a flashlight, etc.) Unfold (Because it adds a cool unfolding effect to your lock screen, pure eye candy but cool nonetheless.) WinterBoard (Theming/skinning of your device, if you so choose.) These are paid apps, but I highly recommend them: Nitrous - 1$ (Opens access to other web browsers and applications that use the web, such as twitter and flipboard, to use the Nitro Java engine, which will make them as fast as Apples own Safari. Springtomize 2 - 2 or 3$ (Gives you complete control over many phone options, such as your carriers name at the top of you phone, icon sizes, how many icon rows, how many icons you can put into a single folder, add additional icons to the dock at the bottom, etc.) This seems like would waste so much battery... And I will definitely try out Nitrous.

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QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Feb 7, 2013 -> 08:16 PM) So now that's 4 great wins for Illinois which includes 2 absolutely fantastic ones. They really have to f*** up down the stretch to not get in but who knows. They've been f***ing up consistently recently until today. So who knows? Hopefully this gets the team back on track shooting-wise and they can pull off a nice winning streak.

Mariners are signing Joe Saunders. He might be good in Seattle.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 7, 2013 -> 05:57 PM) My secret is that I still have my PS2 I bought got for Christmas in 2000, which I still use. I don't need a ton. Even if you did, you can just buy a hard drive and swap it. I think you can do that with the original PS3 and the PS3 slim, but I don't know about the newest slim model they just came out with.