>>>>>>>According to this : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11515879 it looks like Phone 7 will be available in the UK before the U.S....
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>>>>>>Lucky you!
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>>>>>>This thing is going to die an ugly death, like every other Microsoft hardware product. The Microsoft name means less than zero in that market.
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>>>>>Like XBox?
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>>>>Good point.
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>>>I'm getting Halo Reach as a birthday present tomorrow (not a big suprise there).
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>>>New ways to kill aliens... MWAA HAA HAA!!
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>>I bet you are a demon at it ;-) Happy birthday a day in advance.
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>It was more fun when I was a kid in Massachusetts - Columbus day (Oct 12 - not a Monday holiday) was a holiday!

It's a "sorta holiday" here as well. No school, no mail delivery, but the garbage was picked up this morning as usual. Fortunately I don't generate a lot of trash so will be OK until next Monday.