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07/04/09
Benefits of touchscreen are much more then the ones of button phones.
07/05/09
06/19/09
In Europe, where the specs on the networks are fairly standardized it would work. But the infrastructure is just too screwed up over here.
I would like to see the FCC do something about the rates, a text message does not put $0.20 of load on the network, you can't control when somebody sends one to you, and unlike a call you can't "decline" a text message from someone you don't know so you are going to be charged for them. You have to specifically shut off text messaging on your plan, and then you can't get any, whether they're from someone you know or not.
Here's what I would like to see:
Ala Carte plans - pick your number of anytime minutes, whether you get unlimited nights/weekend/mobile to mobile/incoming/calls to [X number] of numbers, and how much, if any, data is included.
$0.05 Text Messages - They're sent using control bandwidth and cost essentially nothing.
Advertised prices must include all applicable taxes and fees - I'm sick of this sh*t where they advertise a plan @ $39.95 a month and then after taxes and fees it's $80 a month but there's no way to actually know that until you're a signature away from being stuck for two years.
I don't think any of my requests are outlandish, I'm not asking them to give service away or even abandon their friend the "two year contract"... just asking them to use lube when they ream us.
06/19/09
Ok, I really don't get your position. You're asking the FCC to do something about this and that, when doing away with exclusivity arrangements would take care of all of those problems for you. Yet, you are for exclusivity arrangements?
And, for the record, swapping out radio chips is not that expensive when you're doing it by the millions. It would end up adding, maybe $4/phone, but probably more like nothing.
06/20/09
I'm not for exclusivity agreements but they make sense here. I could get an iPhone 3G, unlock it an use it on T-Mo, but I wouldn't be able to use it's full potential, same goes the other way with the G1.
As for different band radios, it's not as simple as just switching out a chip, at the bare minimum they would have to get each version certified with the FCC and other regulatory bodies. You'd probably be looking at different processor packages between the GSM and CDMA versions due to the extreme integration which is required to cram all the stuff we want into such a small package. If we were talking about Europe, no problem, there's a standard, meet it and your device will work on 90%+ of the networks... exclusivity agreements over there don't make sense, which is why they're far more rare.
06/19/09
BTW: thanks John, for kicking this all off. I knew someone was reading my comments, I just didn't know you would do anything about it.
06/19/09
06/19/09
Your logic is backwards as it assumes that if the iPhone was available for all carriers everyone would give up on trying to make a better phone.
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05/18/09
SD cards so far have 32GB capacities. MicroSD on the other hand, 8. now look up the definition of the word "dumbass". Now look at your comment, then in the mirror. Repeat until you realize you're a dumbass.
@yogibimbi:
Yeah I figured that was probably the biggest reason, but seeing as how cellphone companies are trying to make our phones function as a personal camera and MP3 player as well, it only makes sense to me to use the slightly bigger memory format that has the much higher capacity.
05/18/09
What the hell kind of idiot question is that? thats like asking why they dont use dvd= roms on a psp or 3.5 inch drives in a laptop. There too big!
05/18/09
I dunno how large you think SD cards are but I'll give you a clue. Stop comparing them to the size of your penis and compare them to the size of the phones they'd be in and you'll realize they're really not that big. Especially with similar-sized digital cameras using them just fine.
05/17/09
I kid.
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11/06/08
Worst mistake I ever made. :(
11/06/08
"Great! Let's make it!"
"But you haven't even heard i..."
"Excellent, let's make that one too!"
"Sir, I also have an..."
"Six versions of that one, all different colors!"
"Do we really want to floo..."
"Twenty colors of that one! And put a clock on it!"
11/06/08
You know, they actually do customer focus groups to pick the colors.
I wonder where they find these weirdos....