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Originally Posted by paulkoan View Post
Yeah, undoubtedly I/O Wait, but still - a block is a block, so what are the protections in place to prevent this happening when we have something as time critical as a phone call in play?
My Windows Mobile devices used to take it one step further and sometimes crash when you tried to answer a call. Assuming that you hadn't flattened the battery playing pocket-doom or reading e-books. That was about the time that I started carrying a basic phone, just for calls and SMS.

I like the idea of converged devices, but I like the idea of a simple, small, reliable phone too. That's the major benefit of the original phone system - it takes an awful lot to take it out of commission.
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