T-Mobile G1 Hits a Million, and Pirate Bay Fans and Fanatics

There's no disputing Apple's current status as king of cell phones in public perception, but today a report from Deutsche Telekom, parent of T-Mobile, says the company has sold one million T-Mobile G1s. Does the G1's perceived success mean its a worthy iPhone competitor? We ask Joshua Topolsky from Engadget and John Falcone from CNET Reviews. They both feel like sales numbers alone aren't enough to decide when a phone or platform is a worthy competitor, but instead it does show that T-Mobile has had some success. John points out that the more important number for Android fans will be 2, as in having a second Android phone to extend the operating system beyond a one-off device and into a true platform.

Also, we heard today that The Pirate Bay's lawyer claims the judge who sentenced the four founders of the file-sharing monolith to a year in jail and a $900,000 fine was actually associated with copyright enforcement groups, and the lawyer wants a full retrial. Heading to various comment forums around the internet, it's clear that internet commenters feel like the Pirate Bay was wrongly accused and didn't deserve the punishment. What's the idea behind these commenters, what drives them to think that someone who named their site "The Pirate Bay" didn't actually think their actions helped copyright infringement? Our panel pushes out the obvious idea: Commenters like free stuff, but both delve into some of the potential ideas behind "fighting the copyright man" in the Pirate Bay's case.

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