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If you’re the kind of person who buys phones based on Hollywood tie-in deals (and for your sake, we hope you’re not) you’ll be pleased to know that the Samsung Galaxy Indulge comes pre-loaded with Iron Man 2 . That’s right, a sequel to a movie you only ever saw half of, once, while it was on the TV over the bar at Armand’s on Liberty Ave. (assuming that you’re a certain Engadget editor , and for your sake we hope you’re not) is coming pre-loaded on the world’s first Android-packing, LTE smartphone. And if that wasn’t enough, the SanDisk microSDHC card that the movie is stored on regularly reports back to MetroPCS with usage statistics: This intelligent SanDisk mobile memory card provides specific, real-time network data to MetroPCS to measure customer interest in digital content. Details of aggregated, anonymous consumer usage will allow MetroPCS to determine the impact of its movie offering, which in turn allows them to provide customers with more customized content and services in the future. We’re sure everything is on the up-and-up here, but for some reason we don’t think most consumers will be comfortable with storage that reports regularly to a carrier — for any reason. Still, things could be much worse: you could be stuck with the pre-loaded Iron Man app on an LG Ally. Continue reading Galaxy Indulge microSDHC card regularly reports back to MetroPCS (but hey, you get Iron Man 2 for free!) Galaxy Indulge microSDHC card regularly reports back to MetroPCS (but hey, you get Iron Man 2 for free!) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Mar 2011 13:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink