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...wasn’t a good game,” Robinson said of McAndrew, who did commit four costly turnovers. “Isn’t that something that now, all of a sudden, 6-for-9 isn’t good enough for this kid? I like the fact that he was mad because he thought he didn’t play well.” McAndrew produced the game’s signature moment late in the second half in a play that demonstrated his superior athleticism. Swooping in from the left wing towards the basket, McAndrew...
...despite knowing that he is in all probability a master spy, O'Neill is almost seduced by him against his will. The man's interest in developing the kid's seriously lapsed spiritual life may be a little creepy, but we see that it arises out of authentic concern. We also see that O'Neill can't help but admire a mentor who shows him how to game whatever system they're caught up in, can't help beginning to think that a good heart my be beating beneath his cheap gray suit. The beginnings of this surrogate father...
...surely not the most difficult job in sales to persuade a kid of the appeal of a cell phone, especially one with serious mega-pixels, built-in video recorder and a web browser with access to a "walled garden" of family-friendly games from the likes of Nickelodeon. (Platinum Sudoku: $5) My daughter's one frustration was that the embedded foreign language translator could come up with no Spanish equivalent of "cranberry," which would have been helpful for a school assignment...
...Kajeet and others see a market in driving wireless tech to the SpongeBob set. "The major carriers design their service for Wall Street, not Main Street, and certainly not for its relevance to family life," says Neal. Telco giants have other motivations for not aggressively courting kid customers. "They want to avoid looking like Joe Camel and preying on children," said Roger Entner, a Boston-based wireless analyst with the Ovum research firm. "So they haven't done much more in this area other than create family plans...
...Kajeet, which is selling on the web and hits retail stores such as Best Buy in March, is a pay-as-you go service that offers a menu of customization options for kids and parents. Through its "walleting" system, a parent deposits money into an account that allows kids to buy whatever they want from Kajeet - no less than nine SpongeBob ringtones to choose from ($2 each), celebrity wallpaper offerings, an ever-changing list of games, texting services and, yes, phone calls. If a kid's Kajeet allowance is $20 a month and he blows...