I am a sprint subscriber and had switched my voice mail handling to google voice for a couple of months while using my existing number. I found that it was not as reliable as sprint's visual voice mail, with notifications sometimes coming in hours after the call. Also though gv rates for international dialing are great the quality of the connection is lacking compared to using sprint's long distance service.
Go is mainly meant to be used for systems development not application development. It's audience is developers who currently use C/C++ rather than mobile developers coding in Java.
Reference counting is available in C++ through the use of smart pointers ( ex. boost::shared_ptr ). In fact unlike Objective C there is no need to explicitly increment/decrement the reference count.
Since you mentioned scooters, I tend to rent those regularly on vacations, for those considering one make sure you get one with large diameter wheels ( ex. http://vtwincyclemotorcyclescooter.com/wp-content/uploads/20... ) rather than something like a vespa. You only sacrifice a little bit of agility for a big boost in safety.
I use password composer (http://www.xs4all.nl/~jlpoutre/BoT/Javascript/PasswordCompos...) which does an md5 hash of the url and the master password of your choosing to generate a unique password for each website. The extensions for chrome and firefox make it very convenient to use.
Same here, got two EVO's on a family plan both have about than 1/2 charge left at the end of the day after heavy usage throughout the day. As other people have said it's easy to see what drains your battery on android phone, but I guess the author of the article was more interested in sensationalism than chasing after facts.
Ditto in NYC. You'd be surprised ( or at least I was ) to find out that certain salads are quite the calorie bombs while other dishes ( ex. pasta bolognese ) have far fewer calories than you'd think.