Posts by TenThousandThings

Quote: Originally Posted by iGenius If not, why can the other party to the contract (ATT) change the terms that they have agreed to previously? Hello? Read the article! They are not saying they are going to change existing contracts...

See here: Apple iPhone eats up 50% share of all mobile data traffic globally [55% in the U.S., Q3 2009] Verizon has yet to deal with this kind of massive load on their 3G network. As Droid takes off, they will start to feel it, and...

Quote: Originally Posted by macologist Whether it's this http://www.idata3.com/iDataMobile.html or other New vendors - that doesn't inspire me much, judging by their site... Qs: How long have they been around? How big are they? Or...

There are basically two kinds of people posting here: those who have worked on the insides of computers for a living and those who haven't. While opinions are all over the place amongst those who haven't, everyone with experience...

Quote: Originally Posted by mike12309 it wouldnt be in the way of goodluck as if it were impossible... but goodluck, in that its difficult and you will need luck That's certainly what Verizon will argue, but in my experience it won't...

Quote: using non-3G for anything other than text msg data is a joke That's not quite true. One can certainly monitor e-mail with little or no problems. The web is much slower (my only experience is traveling around the country with 3G...

It's not about the maps. It's about what Verizon is saying about the maps. One of the elves in an ad I saw last night says something like "Good luck browsing the web and checking e-mail with that [map]" -- the clear message is...

Quote: Originally Posted by Chug This marketing campaign seemed like a good idea but IMO is a huge backfire for MS. Why they chose to project a cheap, budget image with crappy HP laptops when they could've shown off Sony VAIOs and...

Quote: Originally Posted by CU10 Mac OS X 10.1? Yes -- he's making a false comparison. XP was current until January 2007 (when Vista was released to consumers). So he should be comparing XP to Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. All machines that...

These ads are taking advantage of the fact Apple only competes at certain price points. So a consumer says, "Okay, I want to buy a laptop. I have $1500/$2000/$2500 to spend." The fact is that the MacBook is very competitive at...