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		rbanffy on Oct 19, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Motorola Droid hands on What's about that golden thing in the center of the cursor pad?

8plot on Oct 19, 2009 [–]

I believe it's the fingerprint scanner.

rbanffy on Oct 20, 2009 | | [–]

I imagined a blood-sampler for foolproof biometric authentication.

I had a couple HP desktops in the late 80's that required blood to be shed in order for them to let a technician open their cases. Except for that, they were really fine computers.

gcb on Oct 19, 2009 | | [–]

looks like, but think it's just an ugly button.

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