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|Apr 12, 2011
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|Nov 12, 2008
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|Jun 2, 2003
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|Pieter Geelen
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|Tomtom International B.V.
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|Patent Citations (67), Non-Patent Citations (14), Referenced by (15), Classifications (18), Legal Events (3)
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The present application is a continuation of and claims priority under 35 USC �120 on pending prior U.S. application Ser. No. 11/428,832 filed on Jul. 5, 2006, which itself is a continuation of and claims priority under 35 USC �120 on prior U.S. application Ser. No. 10/452,492 filed on Jun. 2, 2003, the entire contents of each of which is hereby incorporated herein by reference.
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to a personal GPS navigation device. A personal GPS navigation device is any electronic device that can process GPS location data and display the location of the device on a map. The device may be a dedicated navigation device, or a general purpose electronic device, such as a personal digital assistant, smart phone, mobile telephone, laptop or palmtop computer. The device may be portable or fixed in a vehicle.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Personal navigation devices are becoming increasingly common. A particularly successful approach is to connect a PocketPC™ powered PDA (personal digital assistant) to a GPS receiver: the PDA, when running navigation software, becomes a GPS based personal navigation device. Another successful format is the dedicated GPS device, used by hikers, sailors etc. In some countries, mobile telephones will have to be equipped with a GPS receiver in order to be able to send the location of that telephone in the event of an emergency, greatly increasing the adopting of GPS technology as a mass market technology. Portable GPS receiver devices have also been used in personal safety devices as described in, for instance, U.S. Pat. No. 6,480,557 to Rog, et al. entitled "Portable GPS-receiver for a personal safety system", the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
GPS device have also been incorporated into road vehicles and integrated into road map data bases to provide navigation and vehicle tracking systems as described in, for instance, U.S. Pat. No. 4,837,700 to Ando, et al. entitled "Method and apparatus for processing data in a GPS receiving device in a road vehicle" and U.S. Pat. No. 5,225,842 to Brown, et al. entitled "Vehicle tracking system employing global positioning system (GPS) satellites", the contents of both of which patents are hereby incorporated by reference.
One common feature of current personal GPS navigation devices is that they can display a GPS information screen, such as the screen shown in
In a first aspect, a personal GPS navigation device is programmed to display, at the same time, each of the following:
Hence, the device differs from the prior art in displaying a GPS signal strength indicator at the same time as the navigation map (e.g. when the device is in navigation mode) and hence does not require a user to leave the navigation mode to call up a separate GPS information screen in order to see the GPS signal strength. This is very useful, particularly for ordinary consumers, who can see at a glance if the reason that location tracking has been lost is because the received GPS signals are inadequate. (The approach is similar to how network coverage is shown on both the idle screen of a cellular mobile telephone and when a voice call is being made: it is very useful to have the strength of the network coverage graphically represented on the screen that is seen when actually about to make/receive or actually making a voice call.)
In one implementation, the GPS signal strength indicator comprises several bars, with all bars being visible if the strength of the received GPS signal exceeds a predefined requirement and none visible if the GPS signal strength is below a second predefined requirement. The term 'bar' should be expansively construed to cover any region, icon, graphic of any shape that can visually represent a signal strength level. The GPS signal strength indicator can be part of the main display used to display the map or can be discrete, separate hardware entirely, such as LED indicators on the housing of the device. A bar is 'visible' if it is readily visually differentiated from other bars; these other bars may still be visually apparent, but in a less prominent manner than a 'visible' bar.
The present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which
The present invention will be described with reference to an implementation from Palmtop Software BV of Amsterdam, Netherlands called TomTom Navigator™. Referring to
In the TomTom Navigator GPS system, routes/roads are described in a database running on the personal GPS navigation device as lines—i.e. vectors (i.e. start point, end point, direction for a road, with an entire road being made up of many hundreds of such sections, each uniquely defined by start point/end point direction parameters). A map is then a set of such road vectors, plus points of interest (POIs), plus other geographic features like park boundaries, river boundaries etc, all of which are defined in terms of vectors. All map features (e.g. road vectors, POIs etc.) are defined in a co-ordinate system that corresponds or relates to the GPS co-ordinate system, enabling a device's position as determined through a GPS system to be located onto the relevant road shown in a map.
Route calculation uses complex algorithms applied to score large numbers of potential different routes. Once a route is calculated by the PDA, the PDA in effect has stored in a database a sequence of road names and actions to be done at pre-determined distances along each road of the route (e.g. after 100 meters, turn left into street x).
1. GPS Signal Strength Indicator
The GPS signal strength indicator 4 consists of 4 bars with the following functional meanings:
The following features are also present in the TomTom Navigator GPS system. Each may be used independently of any other feature (and independently of displaying the GPS signal strength indicator with the map in navigation mode).
2. Ability to Download POI
POIs are points of interest, such as museums, restaurants, petrol stations etc. The TomTom Navigator GPS system comes pre-loaded with several thousand POIs, which can automatically appear on a displayed map. POIs exist as a POI type and a longitude and latitude position in the TomTom Navigator GPS system database resident on the device.
An enhancement to the conventional use of POIs is to enable them to be downloaded to the device (e.g. over the internet or a wireless connection (using SMS or WAP etc) and inserted into the database.
This approach enables third parties to supply POIs from a remote database over a WAN, with possibilities for promoting different POIs. For example, a national chain of gas stations could allow users to download to their personal GPS navigation devices the location of all of its gas stations, which could then be displayed with the correct logo at the correct map locations. The logos could also animate to draw attention to themselves. Location based advertising is also possible (for example, a department store with a sale on could allow POIs of its stores with a special 'Sale' logo to be downloaded). User can also create their own new categories of POIs and exchange them with others: hence, POIs for special interest categories can evolve, driven by the needs of users. An example might be that photographers could generate POIs for locations with outstanding views and store these POIs on not only their own personal GPS navigation devices, but also exchange them with other photographers. Motorists could identify particularly enjoyable roads with a new POI type and exchange these with others. Virtually any kind of location information can be categorised with a POI and hence captured in the TomTom Navigator GPS system database resident on the device for display on a map and also exchange with other users.
3. POI Selection
Proliferating the nature of possible POI stored could lead to considerable screen clutter, with much irrelevant information. Printed maps, for example, frequently include too much POI data, making it difficult to find a specific kind of POI of interest.
The TomTom Navigator GPS system addresses this by listing all POI types and allowing the user to select which particular types are to be displayed:
4. POI Prioritization
The TomTom Navigator maps are divided into grid cells Navigator 1.0, for instance, uses a 4�5 grid). Within each cell, only a single POI is displayed on a map at a time. This reduces screen clutter.
This logical introduction of different POI types, dependent on the zoom level is based on certain POIs (low-density POIs, like gas stations and amusement parks) being displayed in priority over others (high density POIs like restaurants). Further, certain high-density POIs are not displayed at all any more if you zoom out beyond a certain threshold (e.g. no restaurant POIs if map shows more than a certain number of square miles).
5. Moving POIs
Another useful feature of the TomTom Navigator GPS system is that POIs do not need to have a fixed location in the database: their location in the database can be regularly, continuously or occasionally updated to show a new location; when this happens, the associated POI icon's position on the map will automatically move to the newly defined location. This feature is useful for tracking assets (e.g. vehicles; people too) and utilises the feature note earlier of sharing POI data: a vehicle could send regular SMS messages with its current location (using its own GPS system) to a mobile telephone equipped personal GPS navigation system, which could then use the location co-ordinates in the SMS message to update a POI uniquely associated with that vehicle. As the vehicle location alters, its position will change on the map, as shown in
6. Associating an Action with a POI
Selecting a POI can trigger a related action, such as opening a window with information about or functions relating to the POI, or a communication application that enables the user to call/text etc. that POI, or a browser window that opens a web page relating to that POI. Triggering may be direct or indirect (i.e. there are intervening steps).
7. Auto-Zooming of Map as Car Nears a Decision-Point
Another feature is that the map will automatically zoom-in when approaching a decision point, such as s turning, roundabout, intersection, merge etc. This ensures that the user can see detail when he needs it, without giving too much detail when it is not needed.
As the user approaches the turn, the map progressively and automatically zooms in so that, at 100 yards from the turning,
8. Auto-Zooming Depending on the Speed of the Car
9. Screen Simplifies Above User Defined Speed
A related feature is that the screen simplifies above speed (which may be user defined): this reduces unnecessary screen clutter and fast moving but irrelevant detail. Hence, in
10. Show Next Major Route Change
This feature can also show a user that the main purpose of many coming instructions is to take him to a certain highway—which allows him to follow the road signs rather than the instructions.
11. Nightview
The conventional navigation mode view,
The following new features are present in the Navigator 2.0 software; this software runs on a Pocket PC powered PDA, such as the Compaq iPaq and provides a GPS based navigation system when the PDA is coupled with a GPS receiver. The combined PDA and GPS system is designed to be used as an in-car navigation system.
Demonstrate route
Allows user to see the entire proposed route in animated fashion as
if he is driving it. A fun feature, but also very useful for point-of-
sale purposes to catch the eye of potential purchasers of the
Navigator software and GPS system.
The user inputs his start position and required destination in the
normal manner into the Navigator software running on the PDA.
The user then selects the manner in which a travel route is
calculated: various modes could be offered, such as a 'fast' mode
that calculates the route very rapidly, but the route might not be the
shortest; a 'full' mode that looks at all possible routes and locates the
shortest, but takes longer to calculate etc. Other options are
possible, with a user defining a route that is scenic—e.g. passes the
most POI marked as views of outstanding beauty, or passes the
most POIs of possible interest to children or uses the fewest
junctions etc.
Roads themselves are described in the database as lines—i.e. vectors
(i.e. start point, end point, direction for a road, with an entire road
being made up of many hundreds of such sections, each uniquely
defined by start point/end point direction parameters). A map is
then a set of such road vectors, plus points of interest (POIs), plus
other geographic features like park boundaries, river boundaries etc,
all of which are defined in terms of vectors. All map features (e.g.
road vectors, POIs etc.) are defined in a co-ordinate system that
corresponds or relates to the GPS co-ordinate system, enabling a
device's position as determined through a GPS system to be located
onto the relevant road shown in a map.
Route calculation uses complex algorithms applied to score large
numbers of potential different routes. Once a route is calculated by
the PDA, the PDA in effect has stored in a database a sequence of
road names and actions to be done at predetermined distances
along each road of the route (e.g. after 100 meters, turn left into
street x).
The user can ask for the entire journey along the route to be
simulated on a map displayed on the PDA: in the conventional
manner, the position of the car on the displayed map is marked with
an arrow; as the journey simulation progresses, the streets move past
the car arrow, which is optimally fixed approximately ⅓rd up from
the bottom of the map, and centered. This requires the database
sequence of road names and actions that define the route to be able
to be sequentially selected (say simulating progress at a rate that
allows the entire journey to be completed in 15 seconds) and for the
map to display simulated progress of the car along the vectors which
define the roads of the calculated route.
The car is hence shown actually navigating along the route calculated
by the Navigator software. In this way, a user can check that the
route looks acceptable; the user may for example, prefer a route that
avoids a certain region and he may want to confirm that the route
suggested by the program does bypass it. Or the user may simply
feel more comfortable driving a route that he has had fully described
and shown to him by the software before hand.
In a point of sale system, the simulation can continuously repeat.
Alternative route
A user could select an 'avoid roadblock' function that causes the
function: 'avoid
system to recalculate a route on the basis that the road immediately
ahead is blocked.
A route planning algorithm will work out an optimal route (optimal
may refer to criteria such as shortest time or shortest distance, or
some other factors) by exploring different routes and scoring them
against the required criteria. In this way, one route which best meets
the defied criteria is generated. If whilst actually driving along a
route, an unexpected event occurs that requires the user to detour
away from the precalculated route, such as a roadblock, the user can
inform the software that his immediate road ahead is blocked and
require the software to recalculate a new route, taking his current
position as a new starting position, but taking the first turning
possible away from the old calculated route. This first turning might
be ahead or behind the current car position. The system hence, in
constructing the new route, explores a large number of possible
routes to the destination from the current position, but excludes the
road immediately ahead.
Selecting the 'avoid roadblock' function has to be fast and involve
the absolute minimum number of screen interactions to minimise
driver distraction. This can be achieved by the user being able to
switch from normal navigation mode (in which the current position
of the car is shown on a map) to a menu mode by pressing a key or
selecting any point on the screen; the menu mode displays a small
number of large icons, one of which is the 'avoid roadblock' option.
This can be selected with one touch; when this occurs, the software
recalculates the route and gives instructions in the normal manner
(voice; on screen navigation prompts) to allow the user to proceed
to his destination but avoid the road immediately ahead.
Alternative route
Allows a user to easily and rapidly select a road to mark as blocked
function: 'avoid
so that he can input information from real time traffic information
specific road'
broadcast on the radio.
When listening to the radio, a user may hear that a specific road or
perhaps part of a motorway between defined junctions is blocked or
heavily congested. If that road is on the user's calculated route, even
though it might be many kilometres away, then he will want to have
the software recalculate a new route as soon as possible. The system
does this by calculating a route to the final destination using the
current position as a start position and exploring different routes to
the destination, but excluding the road indicated as to be avoided.
The new route will then be calculated using normal route planning
algorithms and the user diverted onto the new route.
Selecting the 'avoid specific road' function has also to be fast and
involve the absolute minimum number of screen interactions to
minimise driver distraction. This can be achieved by the user being
able to switch from normal navigation mode (in which the current
position of the car is shown on a map) to a menu mode by pressing
a key or selecting any point on the screen; the menu mode displays a
small number of large icons, several of which are named roads on
the route which, if selected, can be selected with one touch; when
this occurs, the software recalculates the route and gives
instructions in the normal manner (voice; on screen navigation
prompts) to allow the user to proceed to his destination but avoid
the road immediately ahead.
Typically, one touch on the screen is needed to open a window
showing a list of future main roads (three currently are shown in
Navigator 2.0); one further touch to select a listed icon as blocked.
The system then recalculates an alternative route.
Alternative route
The system can also enable a user to mark certain points/regions as
blocked or slow or to give penalties (or their inverse, awards) to a
point/region to weight routing away from (or to) that point/region
and have the system auto calculate an alternative route.
Also, a user could penalise specific complex junctions on a simulated
route (see above) if they disliked them, or else could indicate that he
wanted fewer turnings and the device would then count the number
of turnings in alternative routes and give preference to the routes
with fewer turnings.
Route planning algorithms operate by assigning scores to different
possible routes in relation to different criteria (e.g. scores for the
time of journey, scores for the length of journey etc) and then
determining which route has the best overall score. Normally, the
user cannot interact directly with how the algorithm treats roads,
junctions and other route features. But in Navigator 2 it is possible:
the user can directly alter the way the route planning algorithm
scores a route by awarding penalties/awards to points/regions that
affect the route planning scoring. The route planning algorithm
stores a list of all roads/junctions in vector form associated with
each calculated route from start to destination; each item (e.g. road
section, turning etc.) will typically have several parameters associated
with it that are used in the scoring process to evaluate a best route.
Hence, it is straightforward to alter the route scoring based on giving
different weightings to different kinds of items. For example, one
user might dislike junctions; in which case, the route scoring could
count junction numbers in alternate routes and then weight more
favourably routes with fewer junctions. Similarly, roads within
certain user defined regions could have some of their scoring
parameters altered to change the likelihood of a route being selected
using them (either to increase or decrease the likelihood of
Alternative route
A user can also simply select 'alternative route' if he simply wants to
function: auto
see another possible route: the system then recalculates a route, not
using at least 80% of the roads from the prior route.
Alternative route
A user can select 'normal', 'strict' and 'fast' planning modes: each
results in different route planning algorithms being used that
calculate the route either normally, or strictly (which may take many
calculation modes
minutes as a great many permutations are explored) or quickly,
(which may take a few seconds only as many simplifying
assumptions are made about the optimal route).
Large soft
The device can display a large keyboard, far larger than conventional
screen based keyboards on PDAs. This allows a user to input text
more easily—and without taking the device out of the cradle or off
the dashboard—and even using his finger rather than the stylus.
The optimal dimensions on a iPaq are:
QWERTY/AZERTY keyboard images:
Horizontal spacing: 25 pixels center to center (button to button)
Vertical spacing: 32 pixels center to center (button to button)
ABC keyboard image:
Horizontal spacing: 40 pixels center to center
Vertical spacing: 32 pixels center to center
NOTE: Numeric keyboard image is mixed (has both small and big
keys) NOTE: Some keys might be 1 pixel smaller in width than
other keys (aesthetics) therefore the center to center might be
different from key to key.
The individual key size in pixels is (width, height):
36 � 28 (ABC keyboard image)
21 � 28 (QWERTY/ASERTY keyboard image)
46 � 28 (arrow keys on QWERTY/AZERTY keyboard images)
70 � 28 (space/back keys on QWERTY/AZERTY keyboard images)
NOTE: Some keys might be 1 pixel smaller in width than other keys
The total image sizes for different keyboards (width, height) are as
240 � 155 (ABC keyboard image- as seen in Navigate to Address for
240 � 155 (QWERTY keyboard image—as seen in Navigate to
Address for example)
240 � 155 (AZERTY keyboard image—as seen in Navigate to
Address for example)
240 � 62 (2 line NUM/Arrowkeys image—as seen in Navigate to
Address, 3rd page: "Enter house number or crossing")
240 � 31 (1 line Arrow key image—as seen in 'navigate to recent' for
NOTE: This includes white-space edges in the range of 1 to 3 pixels.
The above sizes enable a soft keyboard to be displayed that a user
can readily operate with one finger when the device is mounted on a
dashboard cradle with the car moving and without being
significantly distracted from driving.
Tolerances to the above sizes are approximately 25% (plus or
If you pass a location of interest on your route (e.g. while driving),
you can store your present location by a very simple action (e.g. a tap
on the screen or by issuing a voice command). This stores a marker
in a database of waypoints; in essence the co-ordinates of the
location of interest. The waypoint can be marked on the map itself
with a POI icon. Later, the user can retrieve and use it (or even
annotate and store it). For example, if marked as a POI on a map,
the user could select the POI on the map, which would cause an
annotation window to open, into which the user could input text
(e.g. "great bookshop here").
House numbers
Each of the following features, on its own or in combination
(Navigator 2.0 uses them in combination):
Show no house numbers on the screen except on request, when
the user taps the screen. Then the relevant information pops up,
and disappears again after a few seconds
Show the house number range for the piece of street between
two corners that the user clicked on
show the street name and house number(s) for the exact spot
the user clicked on
odd numbers are always shown in certain fixed colours (e.g.
yellow-on-dark blue) and odd numbers are always shown in
different fixed colours (e.g. white-on-black). If both even and
odd numbers are shown (which is the usual case), odd numbers
are always shown before even numbers.
Postal code input
User can input postal code of a city instead of typing in the actual
city name, when defining a home or destination which will typically
be far longer (and hence inconvenient with a small on-screen
Furthermore, this input variant is perfect for devices with numeric
keyboards (e.g. mobile telephones)—since all countries except the
United Kingdom use all-numeric postal codes that uniquely identify
This is useful when specifying a destination with a long name; it
requires there to be database of city postal codes that can be
matched against, ideally with the system guessing the entire postal
code from the initial letters/numbers so that the user does not even
have to enter the entire city code.
Adding WGC 84 (or other co-ord) system data automatically to an
address in a contacts list by using the co-ord system knowledge of an
integrated navigation program.
The Navigator software is programmed with the WGC84 (or other
co-ord system) co-ordinates of roads and house numbers along a
road. Hence, when a user defines a start or destination address as
part of the normal route planning process, the software determines
the associated WGC84 co-ordinates; it can then also mark the start
and destination positions on the map with appropriate icons. It can
share this facility with a contacts application: a software component
could take a contact address from the database used by the contact
application and export it to the engine in the navigation software
that converts addresses to WGC84 co-ordinates. This engine could
then determine the WGC84 co-ordinates and then return that
WGC84 data to a new field in the database used by the contacts
application—the new field stores and makes available the WGC84
data within the contacts application or other applications.
Auto-generating an option within the Contacts application to
navigate to that contact within the navigation program and/or show
the location of the contact on a mapping application.
Hot list of most
System offers a "navigate to nearby point of interest" option. This
important POIs
first provides a "hot list" of POI icons for the small set of "most
often used" POI types.
The list is initialized to generally useful POI types (for car drivers)
like petrol station, restaurants, parking spots etc. Hence, a user can
very readily ask the program to navigate him to the nearest petrol
station etc.
The system in effect recalculates a route with the closest relevant
POI as the destination and the current location as the start.
The user can manually adjust the types to suit his own needs.
Furthermore, at least one of the icons will self-adjust to the most
recently used type not already in the list.
POI along the
Searching for POIs would normally be done by defining a point and
searching outwards from that point to locate relevant POIs.
Applying this approach to finding POIs along a route would be
impossible on a PDA because you would in effect be replicating the
search for all points along the route (potentially millions of separate
searches for a long journey, which would be too great a load). We
reverse this approach by taking each relevant POI and seeing if it is
on a vectoir/line that that also defines part of the route—a simple
and fast correlation process between POIs and route lines, that can
rapidly be repeated for all POIs of relevance.
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Discussion in 'Android Devices' started by Jack Tripper, Sep 23, 2010.
what the heck is taking so long?
Try calling Google.
I hear they have a really friendly Gingerbread receptionist.
lol. j/k
I wish we all knew some exact details on all of this, but afraid we dont.
Androidandme.com is stating Gingerbread is coming out on verizon called 'Droid T2' using nvidia tegra2 chip in November-December. They are saying Gingerbread is more of a froyo update like 2.5. Honeycomb will b the next big revision. Dont get me wrong though, there will be plenty of UI enhancements in gingerbread
What are you talking about? Do you have any way of proving the statement you made? Because Google has not even confirmed that Gingerbread is out of Research and Development. And you are stating that it is on a device at launch?
Any links that you can provide that would validate the above statement would be great. If not, i will write this off as a rumor mill......
Had to edit this....i cant let this go.
Okay, also.....please provide some type of validation on the "Droid T2"
And Gingerbread 3.0 is not an update (such as 2.1, 2.1-update 1, 2.2) It is a complete new build.
Don't worry Jack, you have Chrissy and Janet to keep you company until Gingerbread comes out.
..................and Mrs. Furly. Speaking of some nice, hot Gingerbread. Did i just 'go there'?
I don't know what all you's people's problem is, but I was able to pull mine a few minutes ago.
I do remember reading an article the gingerbread would not actually be 3.0, it would be a 2.something (I think 2.5) and homeycomb would actually be 3.0.... maybe it was on phonedog? cant remember exactly which tech site... dont know if there is any truth to it either, but I do remember it being in an article
Gingerbread is cooking!
Ive seen that on a few rumor sites, but nothing at all from Google.
from the rumor mill, from androidandme.com
its not being widely reported for some reason, guess android rumors aren't as hyped as apple's...
Motorola and Verizon score Gingerbread exclusive – Android and Me
honestly, i kinda believe it. Motorola and Google seem to have some exclusive relationship compared to the other carriers (Tmo/Sprint/ATT)
Every bit of that article is "speculation." The blogger that wrote the article is naming the device Droid T2 (not moto, not verizon, not google). It is speculated to have the specs that were listed in the article. None of this has been announced or IMO even a worthty rumor.
And yes, Motorola/Google have a deal with Verizon. The Droid lineup. Hence all the Droid devices from only Verizon.
But as far as posting a statement stating that ginerbread is coming and it will be on a device called the "droid t2" is simply just posting nothing more than a copy/paste from a rumor article. (which the writer of that article states himself it is purely information that he is putting together, none of it in fact may be relavitve).
Called my grandma! She refuses to release Gingerbread until Christmas sighting difficulty with vendors providing adequate containers in addition to revamping the entire look and feel to improve the users eating experience!
Amazing how what even the original source states is conjecture based on various bits of information and rumors is subsequently so readily presented as fact.
Exactly. Hopefully all the readers of this thread will see that this was nothing more than a rumor that the guy posted.
OP....sorry for the rumor mill posts that you are suffering through.
updated OP, more clear that its a rumor. apologies for making it sound so definitive. i was on my DX whilst takin a crapper, wanted to keep it concise.
Appreciate that. My bad if i came across harsh
I googled! LOL. Googled...makes me laugh as a college student. My teachers say it's not an actual verb and I argue I'm preforming the act of googling therefore it is an action...but I digress. Is this the article you were looking for about Honeycomb and Gingerbread?
Android 3.0 is Honeycomb, Gingerbread 2.3?
And I believe the tech site they mention is Noah from PhoneDog.com. Which has Jon and SYDNEY!!! HAHAHA!! Love them. They are so awesome!

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I'm a traditionalist. What happened to meeting in real life?
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Huh, that is sort of interesting.
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Anyway, when did things get serious?
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Why did they pick Maine for the Wedding? Isn't Kelly from California?
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But how did they pick Maine?
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Chris Matthews' Leg Thrill Has a Wandering Thigh These Days
It looks as if the "leg thrill" might have a wandering eye — thigh in this case. Has Chris Matthews' tingle found a new femur-fatale?
Hillary Clinton was joking around with a couple of comedians in Australia, and Matthews enjoyed it, going so far as to say that if Hillary would have let out this side of her personality more during the 2008 campaign, she might be president today:
CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: And a look at Hillary Clinton that might make — well, let's put it this way. Had you seen this Hillary Clinton back in 2008, I think a lot of people would have made her president. We're going to show you a taste right now.
The problem isn't that Hillary never showed any personality in 2008, it's that Matthews' former leg-tingler-in-chief Barack Obama has been such a letdown that Hillary can talk about anything and it's enough to fill Chris's twitchy Hope trousers with buyer's remorse.
Watch the video below that's making Matthews' leg thrill think about cheating on Obama. I was in on all the fun up until that first big cackle, then she lost me yet again.
The discussion between Hillary and the two Australian guys revolves around Hillary Clinton's love of potato chips — something that helps give the Clintons a common bond in their marriage, because everybody knows how much Bill enjoys his Lays:
Update: Apparently Hillary had been moonlighting as a traffic cone but has called it quits.
17 Responses to "Chris Matthews' Leg Thrill Has a Wandering Thigh These Days"
figgles on
November 10th, 2010 3:00 pm
Really? Light banter about dinner selections and chips makes one more politically appealing? How much more vapid can one get? Keep that thrill to yourself, old man.
Joe Redfield on
November 10th, 2010 3:18 pm
I'm wondering when exactly was the last time Hill and Bill had dinner together at home; mid '70s would be my guess.
And I'm sure the new Potato Chip Diplomacy is a great comfort to the few allies we have left.
Marshall_Will on
November 10th, 2010 3:32 pm
"twitchy Hope trousers" LOL
Where do I get 'mine'!? Do they come in ( yes ) a 38-30 Short? Khaki always my favorite. Sorry, but even in the early 90's I had a hard time picturing Bill & Hill having a quiet sitdown dinner?
As Republicans, we'd probably be more accurately described as: "The Party of Schwew" ( that was a close call! )" than The Party of No. For as long as we remain determined to be "The Great Undoers!" we'll continue to be on the defensive.
In fact let's ditch the Elephant and swap logos for a guy wiping cold sweat off his brow exclaiming "Dude, we almost 'ate' it on -that- one!" Or, "Join us in HAIL of gunfire so thick you can dance on a sheet of lead!" We've got Schwew Appeal! ( Wouldn't it be nice to get softball chip/dinner questions for a change? )
OK_Loyalist on
November 10th, 2010 3:38 pm
Her Thighness likes chips, who would of ever guessed that ???
Marshall_Will on
November 10th, 2010 4:21 pm
I was kind of going to go that direction myself. In my humble experience ( I've been on several joint-exercises w/ the Aussies ) they want nothing more than to be taken seriously as a fighting force! That they -can- contribute.
Nothing wrong w/ a light hearted moment here and there, again of course, moments conservatives are seldom if ever afforded?
"Her Thighness" LOL. Ya'___got___me!
Pasadena Phil on
November 10th, 2010 4:22 pm
It's all coming together for Hillary. The GOP establishment is in full "rehabilitate Bush" mode while the libs are making sure the Hillary will be available in 2012 despite her announcement that she will not be running in 2012 nor 2016. It's all kabuki theater and the GOP is walking right into it. President Hillary. We need to wrest control of the GOP away from the current leadership.
Marshall_Will on
November 10th, 2010 4:46 pm
Pasadena Phil!
Thanks for dropping by! Your posts at MM have cheered me up thru The Dark Hours more than you'll ever know!
Yeah, please to note my "Party Of Schwew ( that was a close call! )" post above. I'…m not encouraged by the recent response I've seen? We've all had employees/subordinates at work that are constantly "trolling for compliments" for having "saved our bacon from impending disaster!" ( but then you find yourself wondering.. ) why do I forever find myself flirting w/ disaster?
SignPainterGuy on
November 10th, 2010 4:49 pm
The momentum is in our favor with the dems in meltdown / denial / panic mode ! Write and call the RNC and demand the changes that "they" are currently willfully ignoring / denying and keep the new winners` feet to the fire – I think we can beat Shrillary, the "Eater-of-Chips" !
Marshall_Will on
November 10th, 2010 4:49 pm
"True-Spec "Tactical" design" LOL
Only… at The Men's Warehouse. And just in time for Christmas! Guaranteed to put a tingle up the wearer's leg or your money back!
SignPainterGuy on
November 10th, 2010 5:00 pm
"Old Grouch`s Military Surplus", $43.50, across from the "Big Pistol" (WWII AAG Memorial) Town Square, Clyde,NC ! Center of the World ! You can get ANYWHERE from there ! (except for a few places, where you have to go somewhere else to start )
OBAMA_IS_A_NAZI on
November 10th, 2010 5:00 pm
For Chrissy, or as I call him "Tinglebell," skin color and a party persona are far more important than actual substance.
He is a an east coast elitist and therefore a racist, after all.
Marshall_Will on
November 10th, 2010 5:24 pm
Insofar as "meltdown / denial / panic mode" we're in complete agreement. But when it comes to anything being in our 'favor' ( I'm not so sure? )
I've been calling, emailing and dropping casual hints to our Oregon GOP and I've done enough cold-calling in my life to know when I'm getting the brush-off. "He isn't *IN* right now.., would you like to leave a message?" ( Yawns for effect ) Sure, you mean like the last (3) I've already left?
Previously, they were only too happy to put my call through. Trust me, it's not a good sign when Ms. Gatekeeper says; "What is this re-GARD-ing?" Personally, I think they're getting -hammered- right now, but I want to hear from them directly.
TheZooKeeper on
November 10th, 2010 5:34 pm
Like a Maureen Dowd article, that video should only be viewed in a reflection.
SignPainterGuy on
November 10th, 2010 6:11 pm
I`ve not called them, but I have written and e-mailed a bunch…..I too recognize a brush-off and that makes me "un-pleasant" and gets ME nowhere !
patrioticamerican on
November 10th, 2010 7:57 pm
Chris Matthews… What is he purporting to be? An objective, rational commentator/pundit?
Because all he does is insult, ridicule, lambaste, and hyperbolize.
There is nothing reasonable or factual about anything he says, and he frames questions based upon absurd strawman premises.
In other words, he's a waste of time to watch.
Dencal26 on
November 10th, 2010 11:37 pm
Hillary's loss to Obama had nothing to do with a complicated issue as personality and didn't go much further than skin deep.
Clu Seatoe on
November 11th, 2010 1:00 am
The Obamaos, not just job cutters, but rug cutters. Hustling and laughing their way across India.
Hillary doing standup while sitting down. I laughed! Sorry. Except for the fact that she's a liberal, she could almost be mistaken for human. Outside of America. FLOTUS is rarely even able to raise a corner of her mouth. Is America really so stifling to these liberals? Guess she really does hate her job here.
The brighter side: After their four years in the White House, maybe they'll move somewhere offshore where she can laugh.
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