Google claims inbound number porting is coming - I hope it happens soon.

Also, the real time Nexus One voice recognition is way better than GV transcriptions. Maybe it's the way people talk (as Dave mentions) or maybe it's related to the quality of the audio (the Nexus One must be processing much higher quality audio than GV is dealing with) - but it seems like Google must be able to do better with GV transcriptions.

Video Skype on a TV is pretty cool. I wish there were more good (and inexpensive) options for multi-party video conferencing (on TVs or computers).

Speaking of video phones - we can't be more than a year or two away from video calls on mobile phones. The Knocking app on the iPhone shows that we're almost there now.

I think it's partially a security measure. It's so hard to open these things that you can't slip them out of their security enabled (RFID) packaging and walk out of the store with them.

Still, it seems like there should be a better way. Personally, I'd factor in "easy to open" packaging when making purchasing decisions.