Thanks, le nubian. That's very helpful.

Funny thing -- managed to download the Windows 2000 driver, so was rethinking the purchase. But, I realized that new ink (printers been in a box for 3 years) would cost $75, so I might as well spend the extras $25 for a better printer that comes with ink.

Um, sorella, we are damn near the same person. Basically, I'm just taller.

MUCH taller! Even my 4 inch heels don't help.

Vortex, OfficeMax has the Samsung b&w laser printer for $50 starting Sunday.

TOO MANY CHOICES!! :) I'm going with the HP for the wireless printing and the cheaper cartridges. Thanks for the tip, though.

Ok. So I realize I am new to this whole smartphone world, and I also know that we've discussed several times here scenarios wherein one might quit tv by using one's broadband. But my broadband is limited. I'm paying by the gig, so I can't stream video, as my phone bill in the hundreds of dollars during the tsunami coverage will attest. (I'm on a better plan now, but nonetheless.)

However, I do have this spiffy new phone and/or laptop, both of which will play HD video and lots of hard drive space. Today I hooked up the DVI converter and the microHD cable and ran sweet sweet video off my phone to my projector. Voila, HDtv the size of my wall!

So. Now what I need to know is, are there apps where I can download rather than stream recent television, legally? Probably not, huh? I mean I got stuff like the espn app and the tv.com thing from cbs, so I can stream their stuff when I'm at wifi, but that's on my leetle screen instead of on my great big one. Am I out of luck?

are there apps where I can download rather than stream recent television, legally?

All I can think of is if you have Tivo, there's the Tivo-to-go app. But then, you're not quitting TV since you need to record the show and download from the Tivo. So, no.

But then, you're not quitting TV since you need to record the show and download from the Tivo. So, no.

Well, but you CAN do over-the-air TiVo-ing. Not sure how well the basic stations come in in your area, Liese, but it's a possibility.

Also, is donwloading better than streaming, in terms of use of MB? You could buy on iTunes, but that might not be economical.

Well, my ota stations are pretty limited. I mean, I think I have the one where I get a plain blue background with the local news scrolling over it in white type. (I should possibly investigate this further. In New Mexico I was further out, and got nothing.)

And I don't have a separate Tivo. My Tivo is the Directivo, and therefore, tied to my satellite subscription.

Downloading is not better than streaming, except that if I can carry my phone to somewhere that I get free wifi, like the library or coffeshop or whatnot, I could download there and then carry it home and hook it up to the projector.

Buying on iTunes would work, I think, but a) android based, rather than apple based, and b) yeah, trying to save money, so it probably would cost more overall.

So, HP has Killed their new Touchpad and is discounting the 16 GB to $99 and the 32 GB to $149.

I wonder what OS can be hacked onto it?