Child's Play

So I ran across this charity that is based in the Seattle area (what a wonderful place I live in). Child's Play is a charity that is set up to provide children's hospitals with a means to let kids who are undergoing treatment, a chance to do what a lot of kids (and adults) do. Which is play video games.

For a little kid that is growing up, a hospital is a very scary place. The "smell" of the hospital, the hustle and bustle as well as the stress of surgery can be a lot for a little 10 year old to take. I can somewhat relate to this because I had to have surgery when I was in preschool many many moons ago. It was traumatizing ordeal for me and all things considered, a lot of kids have had it worse. The ordeal I went through is nothing compared to what some of these poor kids have to go through.

So please fellow gamers, give generously. Show the world and most of the stupid press (apart from gamer/tech press that is haha), that we aren't time bombs. GTA IV has not made us into criminals (which it really hasn't - hearing crap like this gets old after a while huh?). Instead, we are people with big hearts. And who else to help but our budding gamers?

Seattle Children's Hospital Amazon wish list from Child's Play. You can get your local children's hospital's wish list/info from Child's Play's site. I will also keep a picture that has a link embedded to Child's Play on the right pane of this blog.

Personally for me, I hope to put some of my next paycheck into this cause. I hope some of my esteemed readers do the same. :)

T-Mobile HTC Touch Pro2 = $350????

GTFO.

That's a stupid price. It's a good pda phone but not that good. At that price point, its marketed against pretty much all pda phones in the market with a 2 year contract in the US. A certain "fruit" branded pda phone is only $299 with a two year contract. Just a comparison.

I'm gonna go to bed now.

Read about the pda phone that I won't buy @ $350 HERE... If it drops to a more reasonable price, then I'll be waiting in line. :)

Patch Tuesday August 2009

Well it is the second Tuesday of the month of August. We all know what that means right? Patch Tuesday! WOOHOO! :D :D: D :D

Esteemed readers, please access your Windows update tool pronto! :D

Release notes are HERE.

This now concludes the public service announcement.

T-Mobile HTC Touch Pro2

So according to word on the street (aka press release), the Touch Pro2 is supposed to launch on Wednesday. I along with other T-mobile users will shout our loud "yay it's about freaking time dammit".

However, I am slightly peeved a bit. T-Mobile has always struck me as "Android" centered. Which in and of itself is totally fine. Power to the people who want to use the "free" Google OS. But there are people who need Windows Mobile powered devices. A fine example of the Android-centric nature is the new T-Mobile myTouch 3G which is powered by the latest iteration of Android and is pretty much touted as an improved "G1" sans keyboard. Before the myTouch 3G was released, it was already plastered across T-Mobile's website. I even got an email for a "special" pre-release sale for existing T-Mobile customers that would give me a discount and promise early shipment.

But what about the Touch Pro2's release? Nothing. Only thing I can see on the site is the press release linked at the top of this blog post. No pre-sale. No coming soon. No webpage. No nothing. All I hear is Wednesday at 10am...

If that isn't any double standards, I don't know what is...

Pictures of the Touch Pro2 to further tease myself (and you, the readers).