Posted on 12/02/2009 12:04:56 AM PST by Swordmaker
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These guys were wrong about the I-phone.
Now, if they could make an I-phone with at least a 100G of storage and portability to any wireless provider without having to perform any unreliable tricks, I would buy one.
Rumor has it that there is a dual radio chip coming available in a couple of months that could make the iPhone compatible with both AT&T and Verizon... in one unit. Could be interesting. The storage will happen just at the regular pace of development, although I am not feeling any pinch with my 16GB 3Gs iPhone... but then I didn't feel cramped with my original 8GB, either.
lolz...all is well bro
Good riddance ATT. I hope you're not too big to fail.
All the major cell providers ask for a SSN these days.
Don’t forget the Zune - iPod killer “fer sure”. ;-)
The Android phones are good - competition always results in better stuff for everyone.
Let’s hope the government maintains a fairly lassez faire approach to the cell phone marketplace. That way continued improvement is likely.
Oh well, I guess I won't have to worry about getting cancer from cell phones for a while...
Yep. It's part of the security-theater nonsense vomited up by the previous administration, not the company's idea.
Fun read!
Enjoyed this comment: Apple should pull the plug on the iPhone
What Apple risks here is its reputation as a hot company that can do no wrong. If its smart it will call the iPhone a reference design and pass it to some suckers to build with someone elses marketing budget. Then it can wash its hands of any marketplace failures
Otherwise Id advise people to cover their eyes. You are not going to like what youll see.
John C. Dvorak, 28 March 2007”
I do love my I-phone, and I am a Mac hater. The Iphone is the best purchase I have made in years. Puts the Blackberry Storm to shame.
All the major cell providers ask for a SSN these days.
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The pay-as-you-go phones don’t. You can still walk into any cell phone store and pay for the phone rather than roll it’s cost into a contract (or provide your own) and get service (sometimes with a small deposit) without supplying a ssn .. 25% of the population where I am are illegal and they don’t go without cell service. You always have the option of not providing a ssn and then paying the “bad credit” deposit.
I am also a Mac hater but I just purchased an Iphone today after using my brother’s phone for a few days. Incredibly useful especially when on the go.
I’ll say this, Apple’s superiority in the MP3 and Phone market is really MUCH greater than any perceived superiority in the computer market. For me, changing between Mac and PC’s doesn’t mean much, but going between an Iphone/Ipod to any other phone or MP3 Player, is like having a lobotomy.
Just one more reason not to have one.
Just bought an iTouch with 32G memory two weeks ago and love it. I needed it for downloadable Chinese-language applications and have found it very easy to use.
Now I wish it had a GPS in it. Ha!
Like the article's failed prognosticators, you still don't get it:
The iPhone is a hand-sized Mac COMPUTER
-- with all the power of OS X available to it. (And...it also makes phone calls...)
So -- you do love a Mac -- whether you like to admit it or not!
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TXnMA prognostication: If you gave one of your iPhone's "big brothers" the same honest chance (amount of use) you've given your iPhone -- you would change your line quoted above... '-)
For, e.g., an iPhone, AT&T is coughing up $400 up front. They're extending credit, so they run a credit check. Security doesn't enter into it, nor does the last administration -- Sprint ran my credit when I got my first cell phone in '99.
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