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The great iPhone death watch
Fortune — BrainstormTech ^ | 12/01/2009 | by Philip Elmer-DeWitt

Posted on 12/02/2009 12:04:56 AM PST by Swordmaker

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To: Swordmaker
AAPLinvestors' Terry Gregory, building on a list of skeptical quotes begun by MacDailyNews, has put together what may be the definitive collection.
It's more like that hypnotic headset thing in "The Game" episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. ;')
21 posted on 12/02/2009 8:43:39 AM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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To: Swordmaker

Most humorous.


22 posted on 12/02/2009 9:34:40 AM PST by AFreeBird (Going Rogue in 2012)
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To: MaryFromMichigan
Apple should pull the plug on the iPhone… You are not going to like what you’ll see.” John C. Dvorak, 28 March 2007

That was was really funny. Dvorak has made so many stupid remarks over the years. He has been completely wrong so many times with his predictions. And he still has his job. I guess computer journalists provide entertainment, not accuracy.

23 posted on 12/02/2009 2:42:43 PM PST by stripes1776 ("That if gold rust, what shall iron do?" --Chaucer)
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To: be-baw

You have a wireless account in in YOUR name with ATT and they wanted a deposit plus SS number, something is fishy.

The SS number is standard procedure for new accounts with every carrier I have ever dealt with. A security deposit is the norm when either a customer has credit issues, or when they won’t give their SS number. Anything beyond that would indicate that something very strange was going on - either in the type/form of account you were trying to open, or someone screwed up.

And I am by no means an ATT fanboy - in fact, if it were not for the fact that ATT has vastly superior service here where I live, then I would drop them. I have ATT DSL and home phone service - and if Comcast were reliable (and not a bunch of crooks - worse than ATT), then I would jump that ship too.

I know teen students who have no established credit, but do have a job after school that have opened ATT accounts to get an iPhone - and didn’t have to pay a deposit.


24 posted on 12/03/2009 8:10:07 AM PST by TheBattman (Pray for our country...)
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To: TXnMA
Like the article's failed prognosticators, you still don't get it:

I get it. I can't do my job with a Mac. I built my PC from scratch from mail order parts - can't do that with a mac either. Probably at 1/4 the price to boot.

25 posted on 12/05/2009 9:19:20 AM PST by Hacksaw
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To: Swordmaker

O/T, but you should consider locating a different host site for your big Apple. All I see is a substitute graphic with a message about “imageCave Bandwidth Exceeded.” You’ve become too popular?


26 posted on 12/05/2009 9:32:52 AM PST by Cyber Liberty (Ram "Health Care Reform" down our throats in '09, and we'll ram it up your @ss in '10.)
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Yeah, that’s the first time that’s happened. Suddenly the draw has jumped from about 100mb a day to over 500mb per day. I think somebody is piggy backing on some of my graphics.


27 posted on 12/05/2009 11:09:17 AM PST by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE isAAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
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Yeah, that’s the first time that’s happened. Suddenly the draw has jumped from about 100mb a day to over 500mb per day. I think somebody is piggy backing on some of my graphics.


28 posted on 12/05/2009 11:10:06 AM PST by Swordmaker (Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE isAAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
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