I doubt mine powers up anymore but I do still have my original sidekick. The flip open is so fucking satisfying. It never wore out.

It was so great to have that keyboard I could touch type on. Swipe typing on Android is okay but it’s not something I can do without looking and correcting.

I was in a hotel just this week. Got in late, after traveling all day, so I flipped on the tv. I pulled up the guide and clicked a channel that sounded interesting. It was in a commercial break, after 1 commercial I brought the guide back up. I scrolled through hundreds of channels with the crappy hotel remote control. The entire time, the commercials were still playing in the background. I eventually made it down to HBO at the bottom of the list and picked a movie that had just started a few minutes ago. The outrageous length of the ad break from the first channel was unbelievable. Easily more than 5 full minutes. Why do people put up with it. And why do people PAY for the “privilege”?

I can see that. Maybe if I look at a side by side of 1 vs 4 I would see a difference but you’re right. It hasn’t changed enough to be noticable

I still like the cel shade. It’s engrained in the franchise at this point. I was more confused the opening cinematic wasn’t cel shaded.

I wish it was cheaper too but I would argue the value is still there. Yeah I have to run a custom launcher now to truly be ad free but this is still leaps and bounds better than what’s built into televisions.

Good advice for anything really. If it ain’t broke, especially something I trust to automate so much of my life now, I always wait a day or two to see the reactions before diving in.

This. So many sketches and diagrams the month I played through this one.